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Apple TV+’s Lincoln Assassination Drama ‘Manhunt’ Is Informative but Sluggish: TV Review
Tobias Menzies and Anthony Boyle offer two different perspectives as Edwin Stanton and John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination.
His co-conspirators are also on hand, tasked with killing Vice President Andrew Johnson (Glenn Morshower) and Lincoln’s already immobilized Secretary of State William H. Seward (Larry Pine). Though the setting and costumes are beautifully showcased, misfiring guns, horseback chases and added dream sequences make the action and adventure a bit slow and stale for a 21st-century audience. While historically intriguing — since it highlights everything from Wall Street’s direct connection to the slave trade to the revocation of the newly freed’s land grants to current systemic issues — a lot of “Manhunt” is very challenging to watch.
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