Rent The Serpent (2021)
4.1 of 5 from 89 ratings
7h 34min
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- Synopsis:
Bangkok, 1975. Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim) is a thief and a conman posing as a gem dealer, luring young westerners to his apartment where he drugs and robs them aided by his loyal partner, Marie-Andree Leclerc (Jenna Coleman). Many do not make it out alive. In March 1976, when Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle), a junior diplomat at the Dutch Embassy in Bangkok, and his wife Angela (Ellie Bamber) begin investigating the whereabouts of a missing Dutch couple, they unwittingly walk into Sobhraj's intricate web of crime. Herman is determined to bring justice to the victims and their families, but Sobhraj and his accomplices have no intention of being caught and set off on a destructive rampage around the world. Inspired by real events. - Actors:
- Tahar Rahim, Billy Howle, Jenna Coleman, Ellie Bamber, Mathilde Warnier, Grégoire Isvarine, Tim McInnerny, Amesh Edireweera, Apasiri Kulthanan, William Brand, Chotika Sintuboonkul, Kenneth Won, Fabien Frankel, Adam Rothenberg, Ilker Kaleli, Chicha Amatayakul, Ellie de Lange, Armand Rosbak, Jak Boon, Stacy Martin
- Directors:
- Hans Herbots, Tom Shankland
- Producers:
- Stephen Smallwood
- Writers:
- Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
- Studio:
- ITV
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Thrillers
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Reviews (2) of The Serpent
Highly rate this show - The Serpent review by TH
One of the best shows over christmas/new years 2020. The first episode takes a while to settle but from there I was hooked.
The acting is great from all involved and the shocking true life tale is both disturbing and gripping.
I would highly recommend.
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True story of a psycho con man wreaking havoc on the hippie trail in the 70s - The Serpent review by Martyn
Knew my wife would like it. It ticks all the boxes - missing persons, psychopathic con man, hippies and it's a true story. A lot of effort has gone into creating the period detail of the world of the hippie trail, in a range of countries - Thailand, India and Nepal. Good acting throughout from both Asian and European actors (and good looking women). Maybe Sobhraj should have been a bit more charming - his air of menace would have put me off from the start.
The only flaw would be the jumping between not just two, but several timelines. But how else to tell the story? The story unfolds over decades. Me, I like a story to start at the beginning, proceed to the end and then stop. But then Knippenberg would only have started his investigations in the second half of the story, and they needed to hook the audience in from the start.
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