Black Doves - Reviews

...a wry thriller centered on the ride-or-die friendship between Keira Knightley and the man who voices Paddington. It hardly gets more crowd-pleasing than that.

...doesn’t try to avoid the genre clichés, but instead finds its very individual personality by mashing and twisting them into something surprising, thrilling and much more fun than 90 per cent of current offerings.

Watch it for Knightley and Whishaw’s star power – on which basis it was almost certainly ordered by Netflix – and bask in all the fun they look like they’re having.

My holiday wish is that the streaming suits work fast to get Knightley and Whishaw back into production so we can gorge ourselves on another Helen-and-Sam adventure come Christmas 2025.

Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw’s gleefully pulpy Christmas gift.

Uncovering the secrets of Helen and Sam – how they came into this dangerous line of work and how their journeys intersect – is genuinely fascinating, and their chemistry and depth keeps Black Doves an engaging watch...

...packs a lot of action, humor into six tight episodes

...propulsive and briskly paced, with multiple high-tension race-against-the-clock chase sequences and dramatic shoot-outs.

Watch it for Knightley and Whishaw’s star power – on which basis it was almost certainly ordered by Netflix – and bask in all the fun they look like they’re having.

Kemien mellem Knightley og Whishaw slår gnister, og de to skuespillere giver deres karakterer dybde, selv når manuskriptet begynder at vakle...