Informer

The six-episode thriller Informer on Prime is yet another example of a fine and exciting show that thee Brits can turn out one after another, all of them well acted with a wide range of social and racial elements , with a contemporary awareness (this series is about a London police agency using "assets" and paid informers to provide info on a pending terrorist attack), and with great use of London topography and with many scenes set in projects and other seldom filmed locations far off the tourist path. There's constant tension as we follow the fate and travails of a young man of Pakistani descent forced into serving as in informer, and his police contact who (of course) has a dark history himself. The only problem is that there are so many plot twists and red herrings that there are some scenes that I simply can't explain and I would have to watch the whole series again if I were to hope to get everything. As w many police procedural there are also scenes that, if you were to pause the stream and think about them could never happen - including some crucial plot elements involving a teenage boy in the final episode. Informer may not a masterpiece but for fans of the wire or of British noir it's worth watch NH.



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