The central metaphor of the Netflix crime thriller “ Black Rabbit ” is obvious enough. When Brooklyn-born brothers, ex-bandmates and restaurant co-founders Jake ( Jude Law ) and Vince Friedken ( Jason Bateman ) reunite after a prolonged estrangement, the combustible mix of Vince’s gambling debts, Jake’s ambition and both men’s childhood trauma sends them down — say it with me now — a rabbit hole of hustle, codependency, resentment and, as foreshadowed in the limited series’ opening scene, armed robbery. But for these kinds of stories to work, the audience has to want to follow the protagonists down the namesake spiral that leads to their unraveling. That’s where this eight-episode show stumbles.

Created by married couple Zach Baylin (“King Richard”) and Kate Susman, “Black Rabbit”

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