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What’s the Story?

Reviewed by Kari Croop

The lives of nine random Los Angelenos collided on an otherwise average morning when two brothers robbed a bank and held them hostage. But what really happened inside the building during the tense, 52-hour standoff that followed? That's for them to know and viewers to find out. That's the titillating premise of THE NINE, a character-driven serial drama that strings viewers along by revealing bits and pieces of information via flashback without revealing the entire story all at once. The Nine's motley crew of captives includes Nick (Tim Daly), a police detective with personal problems; successful surgeon Jeremy (Scott Wolf) and his social worker girlfriend, Lizzie (Jessica Collins); dedicated bank manager Malcolm (Chi McBride) and his teenage daughter, Felicia (Dana Davis); type-A assistant district attorney Kathryn (Kim Raver); bank-teller sisters Eva and Frannny (Lourdes Benedicto and Camille Guaty); and Egan (John Billingsley), a self-proclaimed suicidal "loser." Owain Yeoman co-stars as Lucas Dalton, one of the gunmen who makes their lives a living hell.

Is It Any Good?

3

The premise of The Nine is definitely intriguing, and Daly and McBride's nuanced performances are particularly noteworthy. But how many times can Hollywood twist already successful shows like 24 and Lost into "all-new" reincarnations before dramatic devices that were once inventive become hopelessly tired and cliched?

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