'True Story' lets Kevin Hart show off his serious side in a close-to-home role
CNN
Kevin Hart stays close to his comfort zone in one respect in "True Story" -- playing a wealthy and famous comedian -- while stretching in another, in a dark drama of cascading stakes and consequences. Also producing the Netflix limited series with "Narcos'" Eric Newman, Hart delivers a crisp and compelling drama that, at seven episodes, avoids the mistake of prolonging the act beyond its weight.
The series notably follows another dramatic role by Hart for Netflix, the movie "Fatherhood," a much softer exercise.
Here, he plays Kid, who comes to play in his hometown of Philadelphia, where a night out with his support-hungry brother Carlton (Wesley Snipes) triggers a major crisis, forcing him to engage his brother's help to clean up the mess, while being drawn into the orbit of some very, very bad people.