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BLACK WIDOW
June 24, 2019  | By David Bianculli

Cinemax, 9:00 p.m. ET

 
Killing Eve, the fabulous BBC America series created by Fleabag star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is based on a highly unusual premise and dynamic. A female investigator (played by Sandra Oh) becomes obsessed with tracking down a woman (played by Jodie Comer) who has left several bodies in her wake around the globe, and trying to pin her to those murders – while, at the same time, becoming increasingly fascinated by and emotionally attracted to her. Two female leads – one quarry, one hunter, both interchangeably dangerous and unpredictable – is indeed an unusual premise. But not unique. In 1987, the same general outline was laid out in this character-driven crime drama, with Debra Winger as the investigator and Theresa Russell as the chameleonic killer. Russell’s not really up to the demands of the part, and Black Widow is no Killing Eve – but it’s a fun exercise in “compare and contrast.”
 
 
 
 
 
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