Taxi driver Vince McKee isn't having the best of times; he is working every night but still isn't earning enough money and the job is utterly depressing. Then his old friend Colin returns after a stretch in prison and is soon trying to get Vince a 'job'. At first he refuses but soon he is working for 'The Horse'; he is just delivering packages but the pay is good and his family are happy, although they don't know where the money is coming from. The Horse always calls before a job but one day Colin turns up saying he is needed; it turns out Colin is to kidnap a rival criminal, beat him and leave him to die. Vince can't cope with that so returns later and takes the severely injured man to hospital. This leads to Colin getting a beating and Vince fearing for his life
it looks as if the only way out for him is to work for the police; crossing The Horse will be incredibly dangerous though.
This series got off to a great start as we see Vince driving aggressively to get away from pursuing police we then flash back to see how he got to that point. The story isn't the most original but it is told in a way that keeps the viewer gripped; right until the final credits began I was unsure what would happen to Vince. This is down to the fine performances; particularly from David Morrissey who plays Vince, the ordinary man in an extraordinary situation and Colm Meaney who plays the menacing Horse. The fact that the series is only three episodes long means there is no time for padding; even the apparently irrelevant subplot involving Vince's son who has joined a cult proves relevant in the end. Overall this was well worth watching; it is probably even better if you watch all three episodes in one go.
This series got off to a great start as we see Vince driving aggressively to get away from pursuing police we then flash back to see how he got to that point. The story isn't the most original but it is told in a way that keeps the viewer gripped; right until the final credits began I was unsure what would happen to Vince. This is down to the fine performances; particularly from David Morrissey who plays Vince, the ordinary man in an extraordinary situation and Colm Meaney who plays the menacing Horse. The fact that the series is only three episodes long means there is no time for padding; even the apparently irrelevant subplot involving Vince's son who has joined a cult proves relevant in the end. Overall this was well worth watching; it is probably even better if you watch all three episodes in one go.