Tim Roth’s renegade cop in Tin Star is one believable bloke
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In a review of the opener of the final series, it s Roth that keeps you hooked - and boy, would you not want to meet him down the pub
Tim Roth returned as sheriff Jim Worth for the final series of bloodthirsty drama Tin Star
Somewhere nestled comfortably in the Canadian Rockies was the quaint little oil town of Little Big Bear. And somewhere nestled uncomfortably between Twin Peaks, Fargo and the oeuvre of Quentin Tarantino, was the crime drama Tin Star, complete with its quaint little British sheriff, Jim Worth (Tim Roth). Little Big Bear’s oil company, however, was corrupt and Jim, it turned out, wasn’t Jim, but Jack Devlin, a psychotic, hard-drinking former undercover cop, whose true self burst bloodily to the fore when his cute poppet of a son was killed.
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