Trend is emerging: The original series of Apple TV + are simply excellent. There have been almost no misses in the last year. Unlike most streaming services that want to see a clear profit line, Apple TV + is more of a showcase project by the iPhone and iPad maker. With less than 20 million subscribers in the United States and a complete unwillingness to provide media viewing data, the California tech giant’s streaming service primarily wants to bolster its quality image and be a platform for visionary creators at the HBO level. And as long as the result is series like “Black Bird,” we can have no complaints.
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At the center of the series is the true story of James Cain, a successful and successful young man who became embroiled in crime, received ten years in prison and also received a second option: move to another, tougher prison, befriend a serial killer, milk information about his victims and be released earlier. He published an autobiographical novel, and Apple TV + recruited the successful suspense writer Dennis Lehan, a protégé of David Simon from “The Undertaker,” to turn it into a six-episode TV series. The first two went up last Friday and the remaining four will air weekly, and they show exactly the very high level that Apple is apparently aiming for.
The perfect cast – which features the late Ray Lyute in an excellent final role and Greg Kinnear who always works – features mostly Taron Egerton, the rising British talent (who you will hardly recognize from the biographical “Rockman” on Elton John) in a game show that seems particularly excellent in the lead role , Alongside Paul Walter Hauser in a compelling and blood-curdling performance as the infamous serial killer Larry Hall.
>> “Black Bird”, six episodes, Apple TV +