While Hollywood spends millions chasing the next prestige hit, a group of talented actors just made one for the price of a second-hand car — and it's brilliant.

MOUSE is a 14-episode psychological crime thriller that has no business being this good. Shot guerrilla-style with a crew of two to three people and a budget of under $7,000, the series delivers the kind of dark, gripping drama that television executives spend fortunes trying to manufacture.

At its centre is Lanny Joon — the Korean-American actor best known for Baby Driver — as Detective Sam Park, a haunted cop trying to keep his demons buried while they claw their way back up.…