A Review Round: The Witcher S2, Resident Evil S1, Barry S3, The Old Man S1, Star Trek Strange New Worlds S1

The 2nd Season of The Witcher takes the already impressive foundation of the first season and basically makes it better in every possible way, better writing and story telling, much better performance especially from Cavil, and an incredible production that takes the series to grand new heights, fantastic second season.

Netflix’s Resident Evil is a mix bag, it is a story of two different timelines one is 2022 and the other is 2036 and it follows Jade and Bille Wesker, the issue with the series is the 2036 story is excellent and fun and action packed, Ella Balinska’s performance as Jade is also very good, while the 2022 story is boring and follows these annoying kids, I really hope if we get a second season we will get a much more focus on future Jade than 2022 Jade, otherwise it is actually a very decent adaptation of the series.

Barry has returned to dominate, just like how it was with S1 and S2 the third season of Barry is impressive, perfect performance from Hader and Winkler and a very thrilling and funny season, Bill Hader also directed 6 of the episodes of this season and he did a perfect job, Barry is still top tier TV.

A big surprise to me, Jeff Bridges owned the screen with a magnetic performance in The Old Man, it is a show that is so well produced that reminds me of the highest caliber spy thrillers on the big screen, also it helps that one of my favorite actors John Lithgow is a big part of this show and he is giving an amazing performance.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds renewed my love for the classic Sci-Fi series, Captain Pike was one of my favorite additions to Discovery S2 and I loved him on this show even more, he is an impressive character played by a great actor, the show follows an episodic format with each episode having a brand-new story with an ever present larger story in the background, this is the best Star Trek release since the 2009 reboot and I have seen them all.

Author: Aza Jabar

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