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Dominic Cooper and Ruth Negga in Preacher
Dominic Cooper and Ruth Negga in Preacher Dominic Cooper and Ruth Negga in Preacher

Preacher, Amazon Prime Video

GARTH Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher has long been one of the most revered titles in the world of 'alternative comics'.

Violently gory and viciously funny, not many thought it would be possible to bring this twisted religiously-themed tale to television without seriously watering it down.

Thankfully, under the guidance of Preacher superfans turned producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express), US network AMC's take on Preacher pulls no punches right from its blood-soaked pilot episode.

Dominic Cooper (The Devil's Double, Agent Carter) is excellent as titular anti-hero Jesse Custer, a Texas padre with a shady past who takes on extraordinary powers after being struck by an apparently extraterrestrial bolt from the blue.

Episode one also introduces us to Jesse's outlaw ex-girlfriend Tulip (Ruth Negga), Cassidy (Joe Gilgun), an Irish vampire with wits as sharp as his fangs, and Eugene (Ian Colletti), a badly disfigured teen with the unkind yet entirely descriptive nickname 'Arseface'.

The series proper begins streaming every Monday from June 6, so be sure to get caught up with the excellent opener before then.

:: Amazon.co.uk/PrimeVideo