Black Rabbit, the "engrossing" thriller with a Hollywood cast that includes Jason Bateman and Jude Law, has jumped up the UK trending chart since being added to Netflix. Set within the "high-pressure New York nightlife scene", the limited series explores the chaotic lives of brothers Jake Friedken (Law) and Vince Friedken (Bateman), founders of the Black Rabbit restaurant and VIP lounge.
When Vince returns to New York City to pay his brother Jake a visit, trouble follows, and everything they have built is put at risk.
The logline reads: "A rising-star restaurateur is forced into New York's criminal underworld when his chaotic brother returns to town with loan sharks on his trail."
Rounding out the star-studded cast are Dopesick star Cleopatra Coleman, Succession's Dagmara Dominczyk, Bodies star Amaka Okafor, Slow Horses actor Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector, and CODA's Troy Kotsur.
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Created by Zach Baylin, Black Rabbit was recently added to Netflix and has clearly become a hit among viewers, as it currently occupies the number two spot in the streaming service's top 10 series in the UK.
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Despite being popular with viewers, the show has received mixed reviews from critics and currently has a score of 64% on Rotten Tomatoes from 44 reviews.
Original Cin said: "A well-plotted, tense, engrossing thriller, populated by strongly drawn, richly interesting characters. Black Rabbit plays like an intense New York crime story, but doesn't let down the personal stories."
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The Daily Beast called it "a gripping saga of loyalty and self-destructiveness that's elevated by riveting performances from Bateman and Jude Law".
"We're served up a story that sometimes flirts with the implausible, but add Law, Bateman and a glossy production and any rough edges can be forgiven," penned The Times.
Meanwhile, Slate had this to say: "There's so little variation in its eight-plus hours that its intensity becomes merely oppressive. The show keeps telling us it's for real, but it's writing checks that it can't cash."
"For these kinds of stories to work, the audience has to want to follow the protagonists down the namesake spiral that leads to their unravelling. That's where this eight-episode show stumbles," wrote Variety.
Black Rabbit is now streaming on Netflix.
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