![]() Carlisle might be the engineer of the assassination plan, or like Ellen a victim forced into doing wrong by more ruthless conspirators.īy presenting "Hostages" as a limited series, CBS should attract viewers interested in serialized storytelling-as long as they don't drag things out too long. We learn that Carlisle is a single dad raising a daughter because his wife is in a coma. Ellen's husband, Brian (Tate Donovan), is having an affair. Show creators Alon Aranya, Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir and Jeffrey Nachmanoff pack the "Hostages" pilot with a ton of side plots. ![]() Her nuanced portrayal obviously shows Ellen's terror, but also a steely determination to protect her family and the president. Like Spader, Collette is fascinating to watch there's always so much happening just under the surface. "Don't think of it as killing the president," Carlisle says. ![]() The rogue agent orders Ellen to kill the president (James Naughton) during a rudimentary surgery or he and his cronies will kill her family. Ellen Sanders, a surgeon whose family is taken hostage by FBI agent Duncan Carlisle (Dylan McDermott). The limited series "Hostages" also benefits from a strong lead performance. If none of that interests you, Spader's magnetic performance alone is enough to warrant at least a couple looks. The unanswered questions pile up in the pilot: Why is Red fixated on Elizabeth? What is his past relationship with Cooper (because clearly they know each other)? Is he truly helping them, or duping them somehow? But the marvelous action sequences and intriguing plot twists should lift it above any standard procedural. There's no doubt that "The Blacklist" will present a terrorist case of the week. Creator Jon Bokencamp and pilot director Joe Carnahan manage to breathe new life into the familiar. But don't be disturbed that "The Blacklist" borrows liberally from that film, or from "Seven" or other thrillers. If their budding relationship sounds similar to that of Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs," wait until you see the set-up of their initial meeting. Eventually he promises to help the FBI catch the criminals he has catalogued in his personal "blacklist." ![]() "I'm going to make you famous, Lizzie," Red tells her. Although skeptical, Assistant Director Harold Cooper (Harry Lennix) and Agent Donald Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) play along as Red tells them he will only deal with Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone), a rookie agent who hasn't even begun her new job as a profiler. Red walks into FBI headquarters and gives himself up, offering to help the agency catch an international terrorist long believed dead. I give "The Blacklist" the edge, thanks to the dazzling performance of James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington, an ex-government agent who disappeared years ago and has been selling classified information to the highest bidder ever since. 23, NBC 3 stars out of 4) and "Hostages" ( 9 p.m. While no individual list could be considered a definitive list of Mirren's best films, especially considering her career is still active and thriving, sites like IMDb are a great way to achieve a public consensus.Two of the better network dramas go head to head starting Monday: "The Blacklist" ( 9 p.m. With such an expansive and varied career and filmography lasting over 50 years, it can be daunting to scope out exactly which performances and films are the best from Mirren's repertoire. RELATED: 10 Best Movies & TV Shows About the British Royal Family Even outside of her award-winning roles, she has been a part of a wide variety of blockbuster films like The Fast and the Furious franchise and the upcoming Shazam: Fury of the Gods. Of her many accolades, she is the only performer to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting (Academy Award, Emmy, and Tony) in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Dame Helen Mirren has had a long and varied career, resulting in numerous awards, mass amounts of critical praise, and a longstanding legacy as one of the most iconic English actresses.
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