I didn’t know about the Devils series until I read a review in the WSJ. Another review was published in Indiewire. Is this worth watching ? I watch very little TV as it is, so for me to invest 45 minutes a week into any show it better be good. Here is what the reviewers say:
“Elements that fit the CW [that’s the channel that has is] include betrayal, murder, lust, and a hotshot Ferrari-driving protagonist…
Patrick Dempsey plays Dominic, the president of a fictional international bank. The flawed hero of the story is the bank’s head of trading, Massimo, played by Alessandro Borghi, an actor with a passing resemblance to Bradley Cooper. The character says he was ‘born low’, making him an outsider among the blue bloods at the bank, who pepper their gripes about his rogue methods with anti-Italian stereotypes…Massimo’s accomplices include an operative for a Wikileaks-like site, Laia Costa. Together they go up against Massimo’s main adversary who -spoiler alert- also happens to be his mentor and father-figure, Mr. Demsey’s Dominic.”
Wall Street Journal’s review by John Jurgensen
The movie is based on the novel “I Diavoli” by Guido Maria Brera and was acquired by The CW after its spring 2020 debut in Italy. Supposedly it was successful in the Italian market (on Sky Italia).
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“In the first five episodes provided for the press, we don’t find out. One assumes it’ll be revealed in the back half of a 10-episode first season, but the question is what ultimately propels the series forward, as Massimo becomes the main suspect in the murder investigation. Fighting to clear his name, he becomes involved in an intercontinental financial war and is forced to choose between supporting his mentor Dominic or going up against him. Without giving anything away, it should still be obvious which path he takes.
The series is teeming with characters and multiple subplots — including the mysterious death of Massimo’s ex-wife (Sallie Harmsen), who may or may not have been an escort, and the travails of an ambitious journalist (Laia Costa) with familial reasons for trying to bring down NYL — that it might be a challenge to keep up, or, in my case stay awake, because this is no Robert Altman movie. It’s clearly more plot- than character-driven and meant to be fast-paced, so there has to be some new major revelation every episode in order to keep viewers engaged. They’re just mostly vapid, essentially made for audiences with short attention spans.”
Indiewire
Well, they got the woman right – Laia Costa, the journalist, is “exposing secrets” which means destroying some man’s life and work.
Devils is available for streaming for free on the CW network