Leverage

Description: TNT / US Drama Series / The series follows a Los Angeles-based team of thieves, computer experts and con artists, ... more

Leverage ... headed up by former insurance investigator Nate Ford. They use their skills to right corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on common citizens.

Newest Review: ... hacking makes them much less appealing than those in Hustle. Another flaw with Leverage in comparison to Hustle is it shows how the con took place straight away whereas in Hustle the mark is noted as is the task but how the con operates isn't disclosed until the end. This means Leverage does not give the viewer a chance to watch the process and try to figure out how the con occurred. It's a ... more

... different perspective but a far less entertaining one. The characters are vaguely interesting. They were more interesting in the first series, in the second certain parts of their own stories seem to have been forgotten about so far. It's worth watc...more

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Leverage: Hustle (252 words)
by - written on 27/08/09 (Very useful, 18 readings)
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Leverage is very similar to the UK tv series Hustle. Unfortunately Leverage isn't as good, or at least it's not as good as Hustle used to be. Leverage follows a team of five thieves who correct injustices using their skills. The team consists of Nate Ford (former insurance investigator), Sophie Devereaux (British actress, able only to act when thieving), Eliot Spencer (the muscle - expert in retrieval, martial arts and weapons), Parker (highly skilled thief, think female version of Ethan Hunt) and Hardison (hacker/IT specialist). Whilst the cons are interesting their dependence upon hacking makes them much less appealing than those in Hustle. ... Read the complete review

The Good Who Turns Bad but Not Ugly (1312 words)
by - written on 06/06/09 (Very useful, 99 readings)
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NOTE: This show is NOT running in the UK. However, the first season can be viewed, in its entirety by anyone in the world, completely for free, at the website noted in the "Technical Stuff" section, at the bottom of this review. Back in 2004 in the UK there premiered a TV series called "Hustle" in which a group of con men (or con persons, to be precise) got together to pull off some cons on people who actually deserved to lose some of their loot. The group consisted of an older man leading a group of four people, who each had a specialty that helped pull the cons together. The show was very clever and continued for five seasons, with the ... Read the complete review

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