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Sky One's new drama Curfew slated for "awful" effects

Photo credit: Gareth Gatrell/Tiger Aspect Productions
Photo credit: Gareth Gatrell/Tiger Aspect Productions

From Digital Spy

Viewers were far from impressed by Sky One's new apocalyptic crime drama Curfew tonight (February 22), a sort of cross between Fast and Furious and The Purge, with just a hint of The Island.

Starring Sean Bean, Billy Zane and Adrian Lester, Curfew sees amateur drivers from all over the world compete in an illegal night-time street race, breaking the strict curfew imposed on them by the totalitarian government controlling their lives.

It's all mildly confusing from the get-go: it's set about five minutes in the future where the only noticeable difference seems to be a higher volume of computer screens in the streets. The reason for the curfew is initially unexplained, as are the motivations of most of the characters.

Photo credit: Gareth Gatrell - Sky
Photo credit: Gareth Gatrell - Sky

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But it was a piece of particularly tragic CGI that first raised doubts among viewers. After an early chase resulted in a car flipping off a bridge and landing upside down, with the characters inexplicably surviving, viewers took to Twitter to criticise the special effects.

While others expressed broader criticisms of the new series.

Regardless, Curfew has an impressive cast line-up which sees Bean joined by Phoebe Fox (Blue Iguana), Malachi Kirby (Black Mirror), Robert Glenister (Spooks), Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Peaky Blinders) and Rose Williams (Reign).

The eight-part show is written and executive produced by Matthew Read (Pusher) and directed by Colm McCarthy (Peaky Blinders).

Curfew continues next Friday (March 1) at 9pm on Sky One.


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