Life on Mars

[MichaelJ]

Based on a British program of the same name staring, Jason O'Mara, Harvey Keitel, Michael Imperioli. In a nut shell, it’s 2008, a NYC cop is searching for his girlfriend/coworker who was kidnapped by a serial killer when he’s hit by a car. He wakes up in the street but now it’s 1973. He doesn’t know if he’s in a coma or if he time traveled some how. He’s finding clues that relate to the kidnapping that will take place 35 years in the future. Interesting premise, very well acted but what struck me most was the look, NYC in the 70’s, very Serpico, dirty, funky, and the music. The Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Sweet. It brought me back to my youth. In one scene the main character stops in a record store and seeing all the vinyl comments that in the future LP's are “obsolete, replaced by digital sources, CD’s, tiny iPods and it sounds…worse”. I laughed loud enough I woke my wife. Watch this show!!!