X-Files alumnus Frank Spotnitz brews up a fresh conspiracy, centred around London intelligence agency Byzantium and vengeful, back-from-the-dead Samantha (Melissa George). The plotting is smart and relentless, but George’s heroine is too remote to really engage, and the premise almost buckles under the weight of its convolutions, rapidly turning into a game of Track-A-Mole.

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