McMafia (2018)

Directed by

James Watkins

Genre

crime film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 227 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A London banker with a hidden family past in Russian organized crime gets pulled into a dangerous global underworld. He must navigate threats and loyalties while trying to protect his family.

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What happens

McMafia is a British crime drama television series created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins, and directed by Watkins. It is inspired by the non-fiction book McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by journalist Misha Glenny (2008). The series stars James Norton as Alex Godman, the British-raised son of a Russian mafia boss living in London whose father is trying to escape from the world of organised crime. It is co-produced by BBC, AMC Networks, and Cuba Pictures. It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 1 January 2018, and in the United States on AMC on 26 February 2018. The series was canceled after one season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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