Inside Men

Britain's biggest cash (bank is not quite the right term) robbery as dictated by the contemporary TV top crime genre channel, BBC One. It's not an original hit, but the surgical precision in the development of the plan, the functional characters, including the changes in their thinking, and the movement between the two time planes (preparation/execution) works great. This is, above all, because it manages to sell even the banalities to the audience as essential tense moments. The edit of the last shots of the fourth episode triggered maximum salivation in anticipation of the second season. 4 ½. (02/27/2012)

I consider Inside Men to be an inconspicuous and somewhat underrated gem in the field of British TV series production. While other shows suffer from excess and gradual decay, where the viewer slowly and surely loses interest in their protagonists, Inside Men has the opposite problem. This four-part miniseries unfolds such a game between its characters, and above all with the viewer, that it is a shame to cut it off so soon. In my opinion, it should be extended to double the number of episodes with a clever script. The creators waste no time and immediately unveil a shocking brutal robbery at the start, seemingly revealing all the cards. However, the viewer later realizes that action, or even the crime itself, is not the focus here, but rather the human characters and that something is slightly different. Just as onion layers can be peeled off, here too, disguises are lost and our outer protective layers of personality, which we expose to the public, fall away. This exposes new motivations and unexpected character traits. Add to that the excellent cast and you have a series that is a joy to spend time with. There is no gratuitous manipulation of the viewer, but rather an intelligent game, where the stakes are not so much a pile of money, but rather self-respect, friendship, family, and one's own conscience. Overall impression: 90%. (09/13/2018)