Started watching Jekyll (2007) last night.
Steven Moffat's new modern take, no, more a sequel to the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as it uses the Stevenson tale as it's back story of what has gone previously.
It stars James Nesbitt as Tom Jackman, a modern-day descendant of Dr. Jekyll, who has recently begun transforming into a version of Mr. Hyde. In true Moffat style it's cleverly constructed and quite different to what you may come to expect.
Nesbitt is excellent as Jekyll and Hyde although it's quite interesting that at times when playing the sadistic and twisted Hyde if i shut my eyes i could hear Peter Capaldi's take on Doctor Who more than a few times. I guess that's slightly worrying when that show is for a family audience and this is violent and sweary and thankfully uncut unlike when it was broadcast on BBC1.
Two episodes in out of six and i'm thoroughly enjoying it.
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