THE
DIPLOMAT
aka
False
Witness
With
Dougray
Scott,
Rachael
Blake,
Claire
Forlani,
Richard
Roxburgh,
Jeremy
Lindsay
Taylor,
Don
Hany
Written
by Ronan
Glennane,
Nell
Greenwood,
Greg
Haddrick
Directed
by Peter
Andrikidis
It took
about
4 viewings
to finish
this
one
- as
I popped
it in
late
at night
and
never
survived
more
than
15 minutes
at a
time(!).
Then,
when
I finally
sat
down
one
afternoon
to finish
it,
I realized
this
was
in fact
a mini-series
close
on 3
hours
and
not
a feature
film!
That'll
teach
me for
not
scoping
out
the
running
time.
A diplomat
who'd
lost
his
child
(which
also
led
to the
disintegration
of his
marriage)
finds
himself
in a
pickle.
He is
bust
for
assisting
the
Russian
mafia
and
after
death
threats
he and
his
ex wife
is moved
to Australia
under
protection.
But
the
plot
thickens
quite
a bit
when
the
British
secret
service
gets
involved
and
the
the
threats
become
all
too
deadly.
The
English
detective
investigating
his
case
takes
her
job
very
seriously
and
travels
to Australia
to get
to the
bottom
of what
may
involve
a serious
nuclear
threat.
Dougray
Scott
didn't
rise
as meteorically
as everyone
had
thought
after
his
turn
as Mission
Impossible
II's
villain.
Here
he is
pretty
deadpan
as usual.
Not
a bad
watch
overall
with
some
espionage
staples,
intrigue
and
action
- but
again,
if seen
as the
mini-series
it was
intended
for,
this
may
be more
palatable.
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/ C
- Paul
Blom
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