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" This writer&amp;#039;s favourite Black Mirror instalment from the dark anthology drama&amp;#039;s first 2011 run was the Toby Kebbell-starring &amp;#039;The Entire History of You&amp;#039; - a fascinating exploration of how new technology can invade and corrupt a very domestic space. It&amp;#039;s a real treat then to see Charlie Brooker&amp;#039;s creation tread similar ground in series two opener &amp;#039;Be Right Back&amp;#039;.  This hour-long &amp;#039;film&amp;#039; is the story of two young lovers - Ash (Domhnall Gleeson) is permanently glued to his mobile phone - something most Black Mirror viewers can relate to in this age of tweeting as an accompaniment to TV watching. When Ash is killed in a tragic traffic collision, his girlfriend Martha (Hayley Atwell) learns of a new service that gleans traits from Facebook, Twitter, e-mails and other online profiles to replicate a lost loved one&amp;#039;s personality. Though she&amp;#039;s hesitant to use the software at first, the revelation that she&amp;#039;s pregnant sends Martha spiralling and soon she&amp;#039;s embracing one upgrade after another until Ash - or at least a replicant - is back, walking and talking, at her side. But it&amp;#039;s not really Ash - the replicant is hollow, without a soul - and so much of what made Ash the man he was, and the intricacies of his and Martha&amp;#039;s life together, is lost in translation.  &amp;#039;Be Right Back&amp;#039; has a neat sci-fi idea at its core, but there&amp;#039;s more to this drama than just a nifty gimmick - Ash and Martha&amp;#039;s relationship, with its friendly bickering, car sing-a-longs and awkward sex, feels so, so real. It&amp;#039;s clear that the cynical, snarky Brooker has been hiding his soft centre, since he has such a terrific handle on relationships and modern romance. His dark streak isn&amp;#039;t entirely absent though, with the film&amp;#039;s latter half cruelly mirroring all that we saw before; Ash&amp;#039;s secret passion for the Bee Gees died along with the man himself, while his sex with Martha is now robotic - quite literally textbook intercourse. The wonderful portrayal of character means that it&amp;#039;s easy to forget you&amp;#039;re watching science fiction at all - no matter how far-fetched the events of &amp;#039;Be Right Back&amp;#039; become, you just buy it. Hayley Atwell is particularly sensational in the lead role - the gorgeous Captain America star plays down the glamour to bring sweet, desperate Martha to life.  It&amp;#039;s through a combination of Brooker&amp;#039;s superb script and Atwell&amp;#039;s performance that so many moments - Martha&amp;#039;s demented giggling in the mirror or her slamming the door in the police&amp;#039;s face rather than confront the truth about Ash&amp;#039;s fate - just feel so real. Domhnall Gleeson has only a brief opportunity to make an impact as the real Ash, but he&amp;#039;s immediately endearing, and his performance as the Ash replicant is similar but different enough that the viewer immediately feels a sense of unease, even before it becomes truly apparent how huge the chasm is between man and clone.  Unfortunately &amp;#039;Be Right Back&amp;#039; does stumble just a little at the final hurdle - after events reach a literal peak on a windswept cliff-top, we&amp;#039;re treated to a coda that sees Martha lock her problem away in the attic. By shutting Ash away, she&amp;#039;s copping out of any difficult decision. But this ending also feels a little like a cop-out from Brooker too - like Martha, you get the feeling that he doesn&amp;#039;t quite know what to do with Ash now that he&amp;#039;s created him. But that&amp;#039;s pretty much my sole niggle with what is otherwise a fantastic production. Probably the biggest compliment you can pay &amp;#039;Be Right Back&amp;#039; is that Brooker and his excellent cast make the bizarre seem oh-so-believable. Black Mirror&amp;#039;s series two premiere is creepy and moving in equal measure. It has real heart and characters that live and breathe - even when they don&amp;#039;t.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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