TNT's Animal Kingdom
In a year filled with remakes and adaptations, from the upcoming Training Day to the cancelled Minority Report, a very special and original tale gets retold.
Animal Kingdom, premiering on TNT on June 14th 2016 at 9pm (Bravo in Canada), brings an amazing remake of the 2010 Australian film of the same name staring Guy Pierce and Jacki Weaver (who was nominated for Best Actress at the Golden Globes and Academy Awards that same year).
The story has the same premise in the pilot as the movie. Joshua "J" Cody, recently orphaned by his mother who suffered a heroine overdose, is reunited with his estranged family led by his grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody (played by Ellen Barkin). What he soon learns is that Smurf and his uncles have a darker side and is soon sucked into a deep dark criminal world.
If the pilot is any indication of how the tone and grit of this series is going to evolve, then I believe we are about to experience something very special.
While watching the first episode I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Each character brings something very special to the table. Its a pleasure to see Scott Speedman returning to tv, playing the level headed Barry "Baz" Blackwell who tries to bring a bit of calm to the chaos. As a counter balance to the story we are introduced to the recently released from prison, Andrew "Pope" Cody. Pope brings everything wrong but right as the antagonist uncle who is trouble from the very first moment he appears on the screen.
Without spoiling anything, if you like dark twisted gangster movies then you're in for a treat.
Check out the trailer and make sure to set you PVR's to record series!