The Take: Season 1
  • Network: Encore , Sky1
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 2, 2011
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: After being released from jail, Freddie Jackson (Tom Hardy) plans to utilize the connections he made there to join the criminal underworld in this adaptation of Martina Cole's novel.

    It originally aired in on UK's Sky One in 2009.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Dec 9, 2011
    100
    It's every bit as good as "The Sopranos" was in its prime.
  2. RedEye
    Reviewed by: Curt Wagner
    Dec 2, 2011
    88
    Hardy and the supporting cast deliver.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Dec 1, 2011
    80
    It's nasty, hard-core stuff--a tale well told.
  4. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Dan Fienberg
    Dec 15, 2011
    58
    You can feel Hardy and his mad energy desperately pushing The Take along, but you can hear the gears grinding.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. freddyboy
    10
    The Take is powerful and seamless. Wonderful, sociopathic performance by Tom Hardy. My only complaint is that it's unrelentingly bleak and dark. Could really use some black humor a la The Sopranos. I've only seen the first two episodes (only ones available so far on Netflix). Hope future episodes have some humor to balance out the antics of whack job Freddy.… Expand
  2. jeremyp
    7
    An average crime melodrama with Tom Hardy as a stand out sociopath. The question is why are these bad guys putting up with this strutting loose cannon? We all wait impatiently to watch him get his just desserts.… Expand
  3. AlexS67
    5
    I think it's grossly overrated by the reviewers. The Take is just a watchable melodrama of a very average quality. Comparing it to The Sopranos is very misguided and weird, they exist on a totally different planes of artistry.… Expand

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