This HBO murder drama slides into something deeper approximately the randomness of justice,with Riz Ahmed a hypnotic lead characterNasir Khan is a good boy: courteous, honest, and harmless,adorable, A-grade college swot, and mummy’s boy,aunties’ boy. But he is still a boy, so the unexpected invitation by some less good boys to a downtown party with the promise of “crazy females” (hot girls I contemplate) is irresistible – to the extent that when Naz’s ride falls through he nicks his dad’s yellow cab (this is New York). It – the night of The Night Of (Sky Atlantic) – will be a big one, and the biggest of Nazs life.
The night starts badly,relatively. He doesn’t know where he’s going, or how to switch on the cab’s off-duty light. People glean in, or he politely asks them to glean out – Naz K ain’t no Travis B,it would appear. Things look up when a “crazy female” gets in and asks to be taken to the beach. Now it doesn’t seem to matter so much that Naz isn’t going to make the party.
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Source: theguardian.com