《真实故事》让凯文·哈特在一个扎心的角色中展示了他严肃的一面

(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.

Kid is also juggling high-profile movie roles, but his off-screen performance to appear cool and collected under these trying circumstances is a little hit-miss, with his agitated behavior unsettling his manager (Paul Adelstein) and causing friction among those around him.

Much of the kick in "True Story" involves seeing the world through Hart's eyes, or at least the equivalent of them, as someone who is under constant scrutiny but receives plenty of benefits, all while dealing with adoring fans, one of whom (well played by "Sons of Anarchy's" Theo Rossi) figures prominently in the plot.

Yet "True Story" mostly works as a pass-the-popcorn affair, where each apparent escape from the hangman's noose yields an unexpected twist that drags the comedian further into this nightmare, threatening the career he has struggled to build, and revealing how far he'll go to protect that.

Indeed, if Kid seems miscast for this world of true crime, as he says at one point regarding his stardom, "They don't know what I did to get here."

The story also zeroes in on the tension between the two brothers, with Kid having bailed Carlton out in the past, but now more prone to rely upon him under these extraordinary circumstances. "I got this," Carlton reassures him.

Streaming has become an ideal platform for stars like Hart to explore other creative avenues without having to fret about opening-weekend concerns.

"True Story" achieves a delicate balance, providing a kind-of glimpse behind the central character's (and by extension Hart's) velvet-roped existence while taking on its own life as a solid thriller that tells a tight, self-contained story.

While nobody would want another season of that -- after all, how unlucky could one guy be? -- it is the kind of polished production that as Hart spreads his dramatic wings makes you eager to see what he'll do for an encore.

"True Story" premieres Nov. 24 on Netflix.

《真实故事》让凯文·哈特在一个扎心的角色中展示了他严肃的一面

（美国有线电视新闻网）凯文哈特在“真实故事”的一个方面保持接近他的舒适区 - 扮演一位富有而著名的喜剧演员 - 而在另一个方面则伸展，在一场级联赌注和后果的黑暗戏剧中。哈特还与“毒枭”埃里克纽曼一起制作了 Netflix 限量系列，提供了一部清晰而引人入胜的戏剧，在 7 集中，避免了将表演延长到超出其重量的错误。

该系列特别是在哈特为 Netflix 扮演的另一个戏剧角色，电影“父亲”之后，一个更柔和的练习。

在这里，他扮演基德，他来到他的家乡费城玩耍，在那里与他渴望支持的兄弟卡尔顿（韦斯利·斯奈普斯）出去玩一晚引发了一场重大危机，迫使他聘请他的兄弟帮忙收拾烂摊子，而被一些非常非常坏的人拉入轨道。

基德也在扮演备受瞩目的电影角色，但在这些艰难的情况下，他在银幕外的表现显得很冷静和镇定，但他的激动行为让他的经理（保罗·阿德尔斯坦）感到不安，并在他周围的人中引起摩擦.

“真实故事”的大部分内容都涉及通过哈特的眼睛看世界，或者至少是通过哈特的眼睛看世界，作为一个不断受到审查但获得很多好处的人，同时与崇拜的粉丝打交道，其中一个（好吧由“无政府状态之子”西奥罗西扮演）在情节中占有突出地位。

然而，“真实故事”主要是作为一个爆米花事件，每次从刽子手的绞索明显逃脱都会产生意想不到的转折，将喜剧演员拖入这场噩梦，威胁到他努力建立的职业生涯，并揭示了多远他会去保护那个。

事实上，如果基德似乎对这个真正犯罪的世界错了，正如他在谈到他的明星地位时所说的那样，“他们不知道我做了什么才来到这里。”

故事还集中在两兄弟之间的紧张关系上，基德过去曾将卡尔顿保释出来，但现在在这种特殊情况下更倾向于依赖他。 “我明白了，”卡尔顿向他保证。

流媒体已成为像哈特这样的明星探索其他创意途径的理想平台，而不必担心开幕周末的担忧。

“真实故事”实现了微妙的平衡，提供了一种对中心人物（以及哈特）丝绒般存在背后的一瞥，同时将自己的生活作为一部讲述紧凑、独立的故事的坚实惊悚片。

虽然没有人会想要另一个赛季——毕竟，一个人会有多倒霉呢？ ——这是一种精致的制作，当哈特展开他戏剧性的翅膀时，你会迫不及待地想看看他会为安可做些什么。

“真实故事”于 11 月 24 日在 Netflix 首播。