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Run Away review – James Nesbitt brings much-needed heft to this Harlan Coben hokum

Run Away review – James Nesbitt brings much-needed heft to this Harlan Coben hokum

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Another year, another Harlan Coben adaptation arrives on Netflix with the inevitability of a New Year hangover. Run Away continues the streamer’s wildly successful commitment to transforming the thriller writer’s pulpy page-turners into glossy dramas that pile on the implausibilities with abandon. From Fool Me Once’s nanny-cam resurrections to Missing You’s improbable dating-app plot, the storylines are ludicrously daft, stuffed with more red herrings than a Nordic fish market. But the real draw has always been the property porn, right? How can they all afford those kitchens? Those Shaker-style units? This time, James Nesbitt plays Simon, a father searching for his runaway daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) in London’s grimmest corners. His family may be falling apart, but the kitchen remains impeccable: a cavernous open-plan, Farrow & Ball marvel that suggests whatever crisis he’s facing, it’s not negative equity. As with …