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The Last Enemy

2008 · 1 season

A slow-burning, cerebral thriller that immerses you in a paranoid near-future where every detail matters and trust is a luxury.

Created by
Peter Berry
Genres
Mystery, Drama
Overview
Reclusive mathematician Stephen Ezard returns to England after years in China, finds his brother's widow, and becomes entangled in a plot involving a new national database (TIA) and a terrorist scheme.
How it feels
Tense, dark, cynical and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Conspiracy, survival, power, corruption
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Created by
Peter Berry
Genres
Mystery, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
mystery, drama
Created by
Peter Berry
Written by
Peter Berry
Starring
Benedict Cumberbatch, Anamaria Marinca, Max Beesley, Robert Carlyle, Eva Birthistle, Geraldine James, David Harewood, Alex Caan
Music
Magnus Fiennes
Cinematography
Nigel Willoughby
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes, 60 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom, Romania, United States of America
Languages
English

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