I SO wanted to like “Black Doves”, which has a whopping 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but I'm 4 episodes in and not understanding the hype. The whole thing plays as if the creators couldn’t decide if it wanted to be hearty realism à la Slow Horses or a cartoonish romp straight out of Guy Ritchie’s playbook. Instead, we’re served a strange hybrid of offbeat characters & dubious dialogue. Yes, London looks lovely—but let’s be real, it’s never that quiet unless there’s a... Read more
I SO wanted to like “Black Doves”, which has a whopping 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but I'm 4 episodes in and not understanding the hype. The whole thing plays as if the creators couldn’t decide if it wanted to be hearty realism à la Slow Horses or a cartoonish romp straight out of Guy Ritchie’s playbook. Instead, we’re served a strange hybrid of offbeat characters & dubious dialogue. Yes, London looks lovely—but let’s be real, it’s never that quiet unless there’s a citywide power outage. Netflix clearly threw some cash at it (because explosions don’t come cheap), but maybe they could’ve invested a bit more in plausibility or am I missing the point? Also, if you manage to follow it, congratulations—you’ve got a future in cryptography.