Monsieur Spade

[GulfportDoc]

Has anyone watched the new neo-noir Sam Spade series, Monsieur Spade? Clive Owen plays Spade and, although he's no Humphrey Bogart, he might bring it off. Hopefully with male writers and a male director it'll be more hard boiled, and not so feelings oriented...🙂

We plan to watch the first couple of eps this evening.

[GulfportDoc]

Heh, heh. Well it doesn't look like many have watched this series, perhaps because it's on AMC.

We finished it up last night. It's a first rate neo-noir series focusing on D. Hammett's famous shamus, Sam Spade, starring Clive Owen. I was pleased at how good this production was.

It takes place in a small French town in 1962 where Spade has retired, having left San Francisco. Natually he's drawn into a local murder and mystery, which he decides to investigate. It's a pretty good plot, and besides going a little hinkey in the 6th episode, the story is well designed.

But it is Owen's portrayal of Spade, along with very noir-like dialogue and photography that make the show first rate. Owen even faintly resembles Bogart, although his dialogue delivery is not as fast paced.

Doc's rating: 8/10