british drama

Step back, James Bond — it’s time for Alex Rider.

The psychological melodrama “Penance” is, by turns, creepy, silly, predictable and overwrought — and would fit snugly into Lifetime’s over-the-top “women-in-jeopardy” lineup. The three-part series, premiering Thursday on Sundance Now, first aired in March on England’s Channel 5 network. So it’s got a leg up on its American genre counterpart, since the Brits also seem …