Life (TV Series)

Charlie Crews was a police man wrongly convicted of murder, he was given life in prison. 11 years later he proves his innocence and leaves prison as a millionaire and a police detective (both his settlement from the state). his time in prison gave him a long time to reflect and he decided to replace his anger with Buddhism, this leads to a very unusual, almost child like character but due to being a police officer in prison there is also a dark side to reflect the things he done to survive that sentence. Charlie now lives in a mansion with his ex con friend, however the mansion has no furniture in it to speak of and the only time the main character ...  Read the complete review

Life is a very good solid TV Show. Don't expect any out-of-this-world stoylines or anything that's hard to believe (I.e. Heroes and Lost) but expect good writing and decent acting in this quirky cop drama. Charlie Crews (Damien Lewis) is a cop back on the job after being locked up for 12 years in a top security prison for a murder he did not commit. Charlie is a changed man, he uses the way of Zen to help accept matters of life and he carries a knife around with him 'just in case'. Oh and he's been given $50m compensation! With this he buys a house, a car and employs his ex-dodgy CEO friend to look after his investments. With that taken care of he starts his ...  Read the complete review

Damian Lewis, one of Britain's hottest stars (both professionally and physically), is in a new American TV show called "Life". Here he plays Charlie Crews, a cop who was mistakenly convicted of a violent multiple murder and sent to prison for life. After 12 years behind bars, they found out that the DNA at the scene proved him innocent and was released. Even though the state financially compensated him for this wrongful conviction, Charlie goes back to work on the beat, but he's a very changed man, indeed. What's more, aside from his day job, he's also trying to find out who the real murderer was - because the people who were killed were close friends of ...  Read the complete review