Sugar Review: Colin Farrell Sizzles in Inventive Neo-Noir Drama
The Penguin star elevates Apple TV+'s slick, smart, and sexy detective drama with the biggest jaw-dropping plot twist in years.
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin, The Penguin) is sheer perfection in Sugar. The new neo-noir detective drama set in modern-day Los Angeles is a kind of homage to the classic 1940s and ’50s films that defined the genre, and Farrell’s charming yet determined detective, John Sugar, is right up there with Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe and Farrell fully disappears into the role, delivering a stand-out performance. Our protagonist is shrewd, sharp, sexy, and loves to wax philosophical. Brooding happens. Curiosity deepens with every turn. Farrell captures it all so marvelously that you'll easily be swept away into this story and the dilemmas his characters face.
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