The Cult (2009– )

Creators:

Kathryn Burnett, Peter Cox

Stars:

Renato Bartolomei, Latham Gaines, Gareth Reeves

1 win.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Renato Bartolomei	...	Michael Lewis (13 episodes, 2009)
Latham Gaines	...	Edward North (13 episodes, 2009)
Gareth Reeves	...	Ryan Lewis (13 episodes, 2009)
Kate Elliott	...	Gina Delaney (13 episodes, 2009)
Danielle Cormack	...	Cynthia Ross (13 episodes, 2009)
Scott Wills	...	Saul (13 episodes, 2009)
Sara Wiseman	...	Annabelle Wills (13 episodes, 2009)
Rachel Nash	...	Frances Seger (13 episodes, 2009)
Lisa Chappell	...	Sophie (13 episodes, 2009)
Chelsie Preston Crayford	...	Hannah (12 episodes, 2009)
Andrew Grainger	...	Harris (11 episodes, 2009)
Dwayne Cameron	...	Nathan Lewis (11 episodes, 2009)
William Wallace	...	Hugo (10 episodes, 2009)
Bodelle de Ronde	...	Jenni (10 episodes, 2009)
Kip Chapman	...	Andy (9 episodes, 2009)
Monish Anand	...	Scott (7 episodes, 2009)

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2009 (New Zealand)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Great Southern Television

User Reviews

Slow and not nearly as clever as it thinks it is

I'm a big fan of unfolding the story/ back-story as you go along style of drama but the unraveling is happening so slowly in The Cult that I'm finding it pretty unengaging. So technically the series looks great, the performances with a few exceptions are fine, but the pace of the story telling is killing the story.

There's some good stuff in there but it's so snuggly wrapped up in the 'mystery' that it's hard to watch. Too much set-up people.

Also the music is all wrong- if only they'd gone for something warmer... it would have been a lot more watchable. It's a small thing but I think it makes a huge difference.