Echoes review – devious identical twins lead Netflix’s dull thriller series
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The limited series about two deceptive identical twins, both played by Michelle Monaghan, tries a lot of lanes but struggles to conjure any suspenseEchoes, a Netflix limited series about deceptive identical twins, might have worked on paper. It has the elements of an intriguing thriller: two inscrutable sisters, both played by Mission: Impossible’s Michelle Monaghan, whose impenetrable bond masks disturbing secrets; a Gone Girl-type mystery that exposes something sinister beneath enviable tranquility – in this case, the twins’ bicoastal yin-yang, country and city success.Gina is a bestselling writer who lives in an airy LA mansion and drives a Tesla, Leni runs a horse farm in their rural hometown of Mt Echo, Virginia. Both are married to handsome men – Gina to Charlie (Daniel Sunjata), Leni to wrangler Jack (Matt Bomer). But they’re most devoted to each other, uploading their daily private lives into a shared virtual diary until the day Leni disappears in a suspected burglary, pulling Gina back to Mt Echo. Continue reading...