With Moonlight and Three Rivers, CBS has tried and failed twice to sell Australian import Alex O'Loughlin to a skeptical American public (three times, if you count the CBS-produced feature The Back-up Plan). But this time, the sale is likely to go through, even though this by-the-bookremake succeeds more despite his leaden performance than because of it.
Stepping into the role so much more distinctively played by Jack Lord, O'Loughlin stars as Steve McGarrett, a military cop who comes home to investigate the murder of his father. With a push from the governor (a cameo by Jean Smart), he's soon forming his own unfettered task force — a formidable group made up of Chin Ho Kelly (Lost's Daniel Dae Kim); a now-feminized Kono (Battlestar Galactica's Grace Park); and, as "Danno" Williams, Scott Caan, who steals every scene he's in.
As origin stories go, it's efficiently told, with a gunfight every 15 minutes or so and enough explosions for even the most demanding action fan. It's TV at its least challenging, but it has an incredibly gorgeous setting, a pre-sold concept, a cushy time slot, a solid supporting cast and a starmaking turn by Caan. And if the actual star marries the body of a surfer to the magnetism of a board, let's just say it won't be the first time CBS has overcome such a problem.
Theme song sounds great, though. At least the network got that part totally right.
Hawaii Five-0
CBS, Monday, 10 ET/PT
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