Some people believe that they are not being seen by others but for Richard Mayhew (played by Gary Bakewell) he actually has this happen to him. After he helps a injured girl name Door (played by Laura Fraser), Richard gets pulled into a world that he never knew existed, a world that lives underneath the streets of London, and a world where he is no longer seen by the denizens of London. Losing his job, his home, all his friends, and even his fiancé, Richard’s life takes a turn when he finds himself becoming a citizen of the underground world of London Below. Not know what else to do, Richard helps Door as she is being hunted down by assassins while also getting her help in keeping his sanity in a world where the strange and odd are the normal.

LONDON ABOVE:
Neverwhere was created by Neil Gaiman that aired as a TV miniseries in the UK in 1996. I’ve heard of it before but I’ve never seen the show or read the novel that was made from it later. This 6 part miniseries is a cult favorite and within the first few minutes of the first episode it’s easy to see why it is one. It contains everything that makes for a cult fan favorite, mysterious plot, a world within a world, people that seem out of place yet fit in with each other, magic, and the wonderful film quality that only dedicated fans can like.

I didn’t like the first episode of Nevewhere, it was too confusing, I didn’t know what was supposed to be going on, the acting was horrible, the quality of it was very low grade, and the effects that was being used to make it seem all psychedelic just made it annoying. I couldn’t figure out what was going on with this show. The story seemed to be jumping around, there were all sorts of characters being used, and there was more questions being brought up than answers. From the start I knew this was going to be a cheesy and corny show, which it is, but after I got past the first 2 episodes, I began to like it. I still didn’t know what was going on with the show but I was at least starting to enjoy it.

This miniseries might not have had much of a budget it did have a lot of imagination. Sets look like what they are, low grade cheap sets but because the show has the dark humor and very imaginative creation of Neil Gaiman, the cheap looking sets work well enough. What got me liking Neverwhere is how the story has characters that are fantasy yet in this world they are real and supposedly living in the real world, like a fallen angel and two assassins that have been around for a long time. I might not have been able to follow most of what was going on, the sets look cheap, the acting is a mish-mash of some good but mostly shody acting, but it was still fun to watch and it has a ending. What impressed me though was how well the quality of the picture looks for a show that was nearly a no budget series because it was so low budget with sets that are crudely pieced together, it looks sharp. The colors on it are vivid and bright, the audio levels are better than some of the DVD’s and Blu Rays that I have bought in the recent years, and there’s hardly no grain in the dark scenes. Not only is the show one that is fun to watch because of how corny and outlandish it is for it’s plot and acting, but there’s more bonus features on this one disc than on other movies that should have more. There’s a cool map, an interview, and my favorite the photo gallery. Neverwhere is confusing, it’s corny, but it’s also fun, has a imaginative plot that’s different than what’s out there, and by the end it did get me hooked into wanting more.