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Netflix’s Black Rabbit likes to paint Jason Bateman’s Vince as the “bad” brother, but I’ll say it: Jude Law’s Jake was way worse in the show. Quickly after its release, the miniseries jumped to the top of Netflix’s Top 10 TV shows . Black Rabbit is essentially a Cain and Abel parable, with a twist.
Throughout all eight episodes, Black Rabbit likes to present Vince as the “bad brother” and Jake as the “good brother.” After all, Jake has a semi-stable business, and Vince has a mobster named Mancuso and his loan sharks trying to kill the brother because he defaulted on debt. The duo is a co-dependent toxic mess, though.
Vince relies on Jake to fix his problem, and Jake relies on Vince to feel like a savior. Logic