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Dec 10, 2020 · Our review of the 1938 movie The Citadel that was nominated for Best Picture at the 11th Academy Award ceremony in 1939. IMDB Synopsis: Andrew Manson, a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his...
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Apr 28, 2023 · Stream It Or Skip It. Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden, Stanley Tucci and Lesley Manville star in a new action series from David Weil and The Russo Brothers.
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By Samantha Nelson
Updated: Apr 27, 2023 6:20 pm
Posted: Apr 27, 2023 6:16 pm
Citadel premieres on Prime Video on April 28, 2023.
We’re only three 40-minute-long episodes into its first season, and yet there doesn’t seem to be a spy cliche that Citadel hasn’t embraced already. Executive produced by the Russo brothers (of Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame fame), this series mashes up the goofier eras of James Bond with plot of The Long Kiss Goodnight, the star-powered romantic comedy of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and science-fiction elements reminiscent of Total Recall or Dollhouse. It’s as much of a hodgepodge as it sounds, and mixing together so many discordant ideas results in a show that seems as confused about its own identity as its amnesiac protagonists.
It begins by filming upside down, which will be one of several uses of spinning shots in the first half of the six-episode season, and emblematic of a style-over-substance approach. In a Bullet Train-like setup, the mission of sexy super spy Nadia Sinh (Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra Jonas) to take out an arms dealer on her train through the Alps gets more complicated with the arrival of her former partner – in every sense of the word – Mason Kane (Richard Madden of Game of Thrones) and a target who isn’t what he seems.
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The chemistry between Nadia and Mason is the highlight of Citadel, with the two stars playing on each other beautifully as slick spies in flashbacks and humorously in their present confused state. Bernard explains that Mason was good on his own but really hot stuff with Nadia at his side and it’s easy to believe, though it’s also revealed that their fiery romance was filled with inevitable secrets and betrayals. These episodes just tease at the depth of their story, and so far it’s a more compelling mystery than whatever Manticore has planned.
It would be easier to have faith that the pieces will all come together if it weren’t for Citadel’s troubled production, with the original screenwriters leaving due to creative differences with the Russos and David Weil taking over as showrunner for extensive reshoots. Weil doesn’t have a great track record, with his revenge thriller Hunters starting as a pulpy character-driven drama before collapsing under too many twists, and his ambitious science-fiction series Invasion taking far too long to deliver on its premise.
Just in the first three episodes, Prime Video’s Citadel is so packed with spy cliches it’s hard to tell what it wants to actually be, alternating between feeling like a goofy romantic comedy ode to classic James Bond and a twistier science fiction-driven drama. Some great action sequences and very charismatic stars go a long way, but that might not...
May 5, 2023 · The Opening Scene of Citadel | Prime Video. Enter the world of Citadel with the debut of the first 10 minutes of the series. Don’t miss episodes 1-3, available now on Prime Video. ...more....
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Apr 27, 2023 · Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Stanley Tucci star as spies battling a rival organization across the globe in this series from Prime Video.
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Mar 6, 2023 · Citadel was an independent intelligence agency owing fealty to no country on Earth and dedicated to the safety and security of all people everywhere. Eight years before the series begins, it...
