The Escape Artist (2013)

Since again I didn't have time to see much this week, I'm constrained to go for the last made-for-TV production I watched, "The Escape Artist". Let's dig in it quickly ...

We're talking about a BBC mini-series, that as genre qualifies as thriller. The subject in brief: Will Burton, a successful lawyer in the English bar (never lost a case), manages to save a serial killer from being convicted. Despite the result though, the killer is not happy that the defense doesn't include handshakes (or in other words, gets frustrated by the lawyer's impersonal approach). And since it's not a very good idea to upset a serial killer, what comes after ... you'll see in the movie ;)

As pretty much all productions made in UK, the cast does its job extremely well. Except that though, I have no idea how the British judicial system works, but the story seems highly unrealistic. Without spoiling much, the murder acquittals in the movie defy the most basic common sense. In the end it gets a bit close to normality (in a sort of ironic way, given the story development). Overall, for the moments when is impossible to find enough time for a full movie, it's an ok option to see piece-by-piece - 3 1-hour episodes - sufficiently well split not to lose you before the next and to allow you a break before conclusion ;)

Rating: 3 out of 5