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His chief rival is the blue-blooded sex machine Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) who, fair warning, we get to see entirely in the altogether, while also in the mix is Aidan Turner as hard-bitten journalist Declan O'Hara, who Lord Tony hires to boost ratings on his TV franchise. Legal drama veteran David E Kelley is behind the show - his track record ranges from LA Law and Ally McBeal to Anatomy Of A Scandal - and it's based on the novels by Michael Connelly, who also wrote the books for Amazon's Bosch, so there's a solid pedigree at work here. Based on a story by Tropic Thunder's Etan Cohen and directed with full-throated verve by Palm Springs director Max Barbakow, this is a riotously enjoyable caper with the feel of early Coen brothers films such as Raising Arizona about it.

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