'The Night Agent' review: A cheesy good fun on the run

The smartphone generation just couldn't get that you need to hold binoculars really close to your face for best results. Photos: Handout

Some days, I really miss Kiefer Sutherland's 24, with its outlandish intrigue, brutal action and counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer's no-time-to-bleed single-mindedness.

How fortunate, then, to end a long fruitless search for bingeable stuff (you know the feeling, right – poring over all those thumbnails and "More Info" snippets for hours until you realise it's time for bed and you haven't settled on a thing) by discovering The Night Agent.