It's 1930s London and Robert Jekyll is a naive, sensitive young man finding his place in the world and moving away from the protection of his loving foster parents. As he begins to feel himself coming under the power of a darkness he cannot control, he realizes that all this time his parents were protecting him from his true self. Jekyll has inherited the curse of his grandfather, and when angered or in danger he undertakes a graphic and twisted transformation to become Hyde, a shadowy, brooding figure of incredible strength and agility; confident and fearless.
As he tries to discover his past and search for a cure, Robert Jekyll is drawn deep into Hyde's world of monstrous creatures and freaks of nature. This is a really fun and interesting show.
As you would expect of a popular story that was first written nearly 130 years ago, the strange tale of Dr Jekyll and his evil alter-ego Mr Hyde has been retold numerous times. For instance, the last version on British TV was only back in 2007, when Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat gave us BBC One’s.
It has an Indiana Jones feel with lots of interesting characters, secret societies and other monsters. It's over the top sometimes with decent special effects.Although when Jekyll turns into Hyde he does it mostly by acting. It feels like they are trying to set up a world so I hope it gets a second season.
Instead of a standalone monster Hyde is part of a lineage of monsters. I find the point that people complained about the violence laughable as it is no where near as violent as say Walking Dead and it's mostly just fighting and cartoon violence. It's why I checked it out and I was surprised with a better, more interesting show. Maybe British people have a different idea of violence.
Give it a look.
The miniseries Jekyll is a modern day retelling of 'The Mysterious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde,' starring Irish actor James Nesbitt in the title role. Jekyll out of Victorian London and into modern England, the show presents the viewer with his inner struggles and brings them along on his journeys to learn more about himself and his condition.
Tom Jackman is a once-prolific professor living in London, currently estranged from his wife and fathering his two sons on brief weekend visitations. While it seems like a simple enough life, Tom has a secret; at night his other self, Hyde, takes over. He must rely on modern technology, family, and a mysterious assistant to help him not only keep his darker side at bay, but escape an organization out to capture him and understand what he truly is.
With his family on the line and Hyde making his presence known more and more, Jackman must face extreme odds to either free himself of his alter ego, or die trying.
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