I watched the full season of Citadel on Amazon Prime. But before I get to that, let me complain about how much streaming services have destroyed a lot of movie/TV genres.
Most streaming content is just garbage. It is! It's done on the cheap, and not usually too concerned about quality. It's contrived, cliched, poorly acted, written, and directed. It reminds me how so many of the cable channels ruined themselves by getting away from their niche programming (History Channel - History. Bravo - Fine Arts. MTV - Music.) when they found out they could air reality TV in its place. They all just quit.
It's not exactly the same for streaming services. They are so desperate for the content they just churn out programs like Twinkies. On the plus side, it does give a lot of people work, and some of it is good, but the vast majority is not worth it.
The spy genre is one which has been beaten into the ground. There is very little 'spy' to it anymore, just an over-the-top action scene followed by another over-the-top action scene. That's why I was somewhat pleased by Citadel. Sure it is predictable at times, and some of the action scenes are over the top, but overall I thought it was good.
Citadel is well written, with some really unique concepts and twists. The acting was enjoyable with Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden having nice chemistry. Stanley Tucci was also entertaining.
The series just finished up its first season a week ago, with a heck of a stunner in the end. Enjoy the opening 10 minutes of the first episode of the season.
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