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Driven by two exceptional lead performances and a mounting sense of dread, Black Bird is a true crime drama sure to win over even those who aren't usually fans of the genre.
The premise of the new psychological crime drama "Black Bird" might be brushed off as overly fanciful, if not downright hokey, were it not rooted in actual events: a convicted drug dealer Jimmy Keene (played by Taron Egerton) befriending a suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) in prison to pry out the location of a victim s remains in exchange for a commutation of his own 10-year sentence. (If he fails, the murderer will likely be released and continue to kill.)
The 32-year-old actor is back in front of the camera Friday in Apple TV+’s “Black Bird,” playing a former high school hotshot and cop’s son who gets busted for dealing drugs to fuel his lavish lifestyle.