Cobra first look review, HeyUGuys
In this fruitful era of golden TV budgets, there’s an almost unreasonable expectation for new action series to deliver – particularly shows without superhero spandex. What might’ve been scrapped twenty years ago to save cash is now on the frontlines, with Spielbergian production values, to further explode the line between TV and cinema. The new Sky One series Cobra follows this trend: not profound in its drama, but eager in its thrills.
Episode one kicks off with a massive set piece: a passenger plane has trouble landing, and the only strip available is the A1 dual carriageway. We jump to 24 hours earlier as we’re introduced to the Prime Minister: not in the bloated, bumbling form of Boris Johnson, but in the tough and watchable frame of Robert Carlyle. He plays Robert Sutherland, the Tory leader, supported by his chief-of-staff Victoria Hamilton (Anna Marshall) to the hatred of almost everyone around.
