Macbeth

It's not the strongest of starts - more foul than fair with some overwrought thriller noir stickhandling that had me rolling my eyes. Macbeth's an orphan SWAT team lead and expert knife-thrower while Lady is a former prostitute now newly minted casino owner. It all feels like something 13 year old me would have come up with. But I get it - it's not easy bringing a 400 year old text into the modern era.

And that's the fun of it. Watching Nesbo tackle this particular challenge. The murders, the visions, the witches and the former sense of inevitability come crashing down to nothing but grim resignation. When Nesbo gets to the action he really shines. The Banquo Fleance scene is edge of your seat writing. But it's all the stuff around it that creeps in this petty pace. It's John Woo come to America - you can still see the action that garnered him international attention in the first place - but at a certain point the slow motion doves becomes cringey cliche. More simply - this isn't the Nesbo you want to start with.