当欣赏StarZ频道明年春季的新剧《斯巴达克斯:血与沙的传说》(Spartacus: Blood and Sand)时,你很难不想起电影《角斗士》(Gladiator)和《斯巴达300勇士》(300)。事实上,该剧将有厚重的「剑、魔法与动作」味道,这与他们的「血统」是分不开的--创作该剧的Sam Raimi和Rob Tapert是魔幻与奇幻领域的一对黄金搭档,他们创作的《武神传说》(Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)、《武神公主西娜》 (Xena: Warrior Princess)一直为人们津津乐道。去年他们再度出山打造的《探索者传说》(Legend Of The Seeker)虽然赶不上前辈的辉煌,但也得到了不少人的认可。毫无疑问,时代在变,观念在变,观众的口味也在变--《斯巴达克斯:血与沙的传说》没有《武神传说》的轻松,也没有《武神公主西娜》的幽默,有的只是惊险、刺激、飞溅的鲜血。在该剧的前三集中,故事情节退居其次,大量的格斗场面成为最主要的看点,其中又以发生在角斗场中的一对一角斗居多。该剧在拍摄手法上存在大量《斯巴达300勇士》的影子--纯色的画面,慢动作镜头、混乱的打斗场面和绿幕技术的运用。《血与沙的传说》还充分利用了收费有线电视网不受任何约束的「特权」,脏话、粗话非凡多,比以脏话闻名的电视剧集《死木》(Deadwood)还要「脏」。斯巴达克斯将率领古罗马的奴隶起义,他的起义大军差点埋葬了整个罗马帝国,这是斯巴达克斯传说中的核心情节。《斯巴达克斯:血与沙的传说》无论怎么变化,都不会改变故事根基。这些或许不会在第一季中出现,但终究是要出现的。换句话说,我们完全可以预料到斯巴达克斯的命运,以及本剧的最终结局。
After her bittersweet success in series one, Karen has been promoted to Detective Inspector and seemingly given the authority she has long been fighting for. Just as she’s getting into the swing of her powerful new role, she is assigned an infamous unsolved case that will put her under intense scrutiny; from her boss, from the media, and ultimately, from sinister forces that would rather the past stayed in the past.
The 1984 case of Catriona and Adam Grant has confounded investigators and intrigued the public like no other. Catriona, the charming young heiress to a vast oil fortune, and her two year old son Adam, were brutally kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chip shop in Fife. The ransom notes that followed stirred up an uncontrollable press storm, but when the culprits fell silent, the police faltered, and Catriona and Adam were never seen again.
Now, a man’s body has been discovered, with indisputable links to the original kidnap. With the first piece of evidence in decades, Karen must assemble an unbeatable team alongside her sincere and lovable sidekick DC Jason ‘Mint’ and the brilliant – but romantically complicated – DS Phil Parhatka. With the international renown of the kidnap and the constant pressure from Catriona’s father, Sir Broderick Grant, the team take on the biggest challenge of their careers to date. As Karen delves deeper into what happened in the autumn of 1984, political grudges and painful secrets reveal themselves, and it soon becomes clear… the past is far from dead.