The series has been written by Guy Burt, who has worked on British dramas including The Borgias and The Bletchley Circle, with Horowitz on board as executive producer and, on the basis of the first two episodes, it's a slick, fast-paced and enjoyably gritty adaptation of the second Alex Rider thriller, Point Blanc, that remains true to the source material while thankfully ditching some of the more dated (and, dare we say, daft) aspects of the 2001 novel.Ī few elements of the first book remain to set the scene and introduce Alex to those who haven't read the YA novels.
Alex Rider minor spoilers for episodes 1 and 2 follow.Īlex Rider fans can release the breath they've been holding in for months – yes, 20 years after the first Alex Rider novel Stormbreaker was published, author Anthony Horowitz's bestselling teenage spy series finally gets a decent screen adaptation with a new eight-part TV show (launching in the UK on Amazon Prime).
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