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“Banshee” on Cinemax: Drama! Romance! Suspense! Sex! Action! … Amish?

Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by Ryan R. channelguidemagblog.com
http://www.channelguidemagblog.com/index.php/2012/12/26/banshee-on-cinemax/
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“Banshee” on Cinemax is a new action drama series following the world of crime and corruption stewing under the seemingly idyllic surface of rural Pennsylvania Amish town Banshee.

“I spent 15 years picturing this day, and I got to tell you, this is not how I saw it playing out,” Lucas Hood (Antony Starr) tells his ex-lover — understating things just a little bit — in the new Cinemax action drama Banshee, premiering Friday, Jan. 11, at 10pm ET/PT.


Immediately upon his release from state prison, Lucas has a busy day that would tucker out any ex-con. He hits a bar, steals a car, gets in a chase and shootout in Manhattan, boosts a motorcycle, stalks his ex-lover in a rural Pennsylvania Dutch town, and kills two guys in a bar fight. Oh, and by nightfall, he’s the town’s sheriff.


The premise of the show — executive produced by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, True Blood) — may seem a little preposterous and over-the-top, but that’s what makes it incredibly engrossing and a lot of fun. Like its Cinemax series brethren Strike Back and Hunted, Banshee is a serious drama that smartly doesn’t take itself too seriously. “You have to buy into the heightened reality of the show,” Starr says. “One of the great things about the show is that when we have very serious moments, that we have just a pinch of something else, a pinch of color, just to remind us that it’s not real. We are existing in this heightened universe.”


The Banshee universe is a surreal, sleazy stew of ex-cons, techie drag queens, politicians, corrupt businessmen, drug dealers, Ukrainian gangsters, rebellious teenagers and local yokels — all with their own secrets and agendas. And yes, there are Amish.


“You can’t turn the corner at the moment without seeing something about Amish,” Starr says. “They’re so hot right now. It’s amazing. Every time I turn on the TV, there’s another reality show about Amish.” (Irony!) But Banshee isn’t just jumping on the trend buggy. The Amish country backdrop adds rich layers to the story. “There are a lot of bad people in the town of Banshee, and having this idyllic Pennsylvania, sort of pristine ideas that run along with the Amish ideology, is a backdrop for the criminal enterprises that are going on, the bad people that are around,” Star says. “It’s a stark contrast for the world. It really creates a landscape where there’s true good and true evil and they’re really polarized next to each other.”


The Amish would definitely shun Banshee for all the sex scenes (it’s Cinemax, after all). Ivana Milicevic (Casino Royale), plays Carrie, Lucas’ past partner in crime and in bed who has reinvented herself as a wife and mother while hiding from the gangsters she and Lucas betrayed years ago. Milicevic, a former model and Bond girl, has plenty of steamy screen time in Banshee. “As for sex scenes, I’m sure everyone you’ve ever asked always tells you the same thing: They are awkward and ridiculous,” she says. “Everything about them is embarrassing and a funny story. Although, the cool thing was is that we really wanted the sex scenes to kind of be natural and real. I really wanted them to be like, ‘If we’re going to do them, let’s kind of do it.’ I mean not do it do it, but I wanted it to be natural,” she says. “It’s just the whole thing is really funny. And it’s got nothing to do with sexiness or anything. You just kind of do it. And the cast and crew were all so close, it was pretty comfortable considering how awkward the whole thing is. And then you just kind of get used to it.”

For a trailer of Banshee, please see the below YouTube link


You can watch "Banshee" on Cinemax starting Friday, January 11, 2012 at 10:00 PM ET/PT.


For more information about "Banshee" please see the official website below.
http://www.cinemax.com/banshee/


IMDB link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2017109/


See y'all there
 
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#473 ·
I've always enjoyed seeing Rebecca nude..until now. Wow, what a way to kick off what was a very graphic, even for Banshee, episode. The head in the vise ranked right up there in the grossest scenes I have ever witnessed.They simply must find a way to bring back Job.
I thought it was extra violent. Glad other people feel the same!

Nice to see some sex as well. The final season(s) of Strike Back was limited on the nudity.
 
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The show still has teeth. Respect the run up to now and the writing. Bold & a little insane, but entertaining like no other before.
I remember the first season and how crazy it seemed - Amish territory, a recently released con who takes the identity of a cop from across the country in order to get close to his lost love, who was also in the big city Russian Mafia with him, but decided to rip it off and escape. The small town is full of super corrupt people and insane amounts of violence in many directions. Still, 5 episodes from the end we do now know the true identity of Mr Hood (AKA) but it's generally understood that he has special opps training from some POV. Insane premise, but it plays so well you stick with it.

Today, I tried to explain the story to someone who doesn't watch this type of stuff. The look he gave me was priceless. WTF times ten ;)

I still say it's good they get out while the story is fun, and that could have been the end of season 2!
 
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