Everyone does a very good job, especially Miss Jones, Jack Starbright and of course Tom. Casting - The casting for this show is great. His physique and that superb run is just what you imagined Alex would have. Otto Farrant - Otto Farrant does an incredible job as Alex, and he is everything the books made you believe. The show takes the introductory elements from Stormbreaker and does a near seamless job of attaching them to Point Blanc to make for an entertaining ride for both fans of the books and newcomers to the series.Īlex Rider was a major part of my childhood, so I had high hopes and expectations going into this show. While the show has the arduous task of Frankensteining the second book in the series into a jumping on point, it does so successfully. Alex Rider is a show knows what to keep from the books and what to change and update. The series also has a very capable supporting cast who all fill their roles well and feel very much at home in the shady espionage world created for the show. Otto Farrant is a massive reason why this series works. Otto Farrant is pitch perfect as Alex Rider and brings both a sense of humor to the character as well as a hair trigger intensity that gives the character a darker edge than he had in the books. The approach is very well done and keeps the series' high concept believable and gives weight and a sense of danger and intrigue to the material. The series is developed by Guy Burt of Wire in the Blood and The Borgias, and he brings a more grounded approach to the material that is more in line with the Bourne movies and Daniel Craig Bond movies than with the considerably more fantastical and gadget reliant Bond movies that inspired the Alex Rider series. With this latest incarnation being made in a post Harry Potter/Hunger Games world where adaptations are allowed to have more breathing room, Alex Rider is given a more than worthwhile adaptation. The series was supposed to be James Bond by way of Harry Potter, but Stormbreaker's approach was more akin to Spy Kids than Harry Potter neutering much of the book's action sequences and leaving it a rather toothless and dull affair. Alex Rider is the second attempt to adapt Anthony Horowitz' best selling YA series following the critical and box office failure of Stormbreaker back in 2006. Alex is unwillingly recruited for an operation investigating a mysterious reform school, Point Blanc, for ultra wealthy problem teens that conceals darker secrets. Upon investigating his uncle's suspicious death, Alex discovers that his uncle was an agent for an off the books intelligence section of British Secret services. Alex Rider is a typical 14 year old whose world is thrown into chaos with the death of his Uncle Ian.
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