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The Tower (2021)

2021 · Crime,Drama,Mystery · crime-procedural, crime-detective-puzzle, contemporary-realistic

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The Tower is a compact British crime drama — initially a three-episode mini-series — centered on the mysterious deaths of a police officer and a teenage girl who fall from a tower block under unexplained circumstances. Tonally restrained and character-driven, it belongs firmly to the UK deliberative crime tradition: no action sequences, no glamour, no easy resolutions. Its appeal is almost entirely in the quality of its ensemble acting, its slow-burn structural reveals, and its interest in institutional morality — the 'blue line,' race, gender, and the gray ethics of policing. Aimed squarely at fans of British and Nordic mystery, it rewards patient viewers who engage with it as a study in human nature rather than a thriller.

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This show has no gun fight, no sex, no CGI, no pretty hot chicks, no violence, no nothing but only a solid story, I wasn't expecting anything but had to finish the whole series in one time, the script is superb and all the actors are outstanding.
People would easily skip this show bc of no big star and relatively low budget, but if you are reading this, please give it a try, I think this is what "drama" actually is all about.
It is an intriguing watch, very much a story about human nature, you think you understand events, and the characters, but the ending surprises.
Very well acted, Jimmy Akingbola impressed here, as did Scanlan and Whelan.
The show is about a crime that seems straight-forward to begin with, but then more and more details are unearthed that show it to be something else all together.

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