من الأشهر اليوم؟

From the writer of The Hurt Locker, this show about a rescue mission to save a loved one from Colombian guerrillas stars two buff bros who channel Phil and Grant MitchellI shouldn’t, but I’m rooting for the Taliban. Twenty minutes into Echo 3 (Apple TV+) and our buff heroes, brothers-in-law Prince (Michiel Huisman) and Bambi (Luke Evans) are trading bullets with Afghans in the snowy mountains. They’re part of an elite unit choppered to a remote region and tasked with springing American hostages for reasons unclear.Perhaps it’s because the Americans in white helmets and snowsuits look like dead ringers for Star Wars Imperial Troopers, while their foes resemble medieval greengrocers who’ve found some guns and shut up shop for the afternoon – their support for institutionalised misogyny notwithstanding. Continue reading...