What to say about The Regime? It's not easy.
It's often not easy to watch. It's often not easy to understand. It's often not easy to digest.
If you're looking for light entertainment, easy and fun entertainment, a good time, well, I'd suggest you look elsewhere. I can see why many rate this so poorly.
The Regime tells the story of Chancellor Elena Vernham and her chaotic and mercurial rule. She's a mad despot, she's an educated and lucid schemer, she's a tormented daughter. She's not easy.
If you're looking for characters to like, then you'll find one here. Agnes. That's about it. Everyone else is flawed, dangerous, self-serving, violent, and any other negative characteristic you want to mention. It's a miserable bunch. The noble rebel? A self-serving prick.
You'll note no sign of Agnes's son in the finale, why? Because Elena has no remorse, no loyalty, no guilt, not even for Herbert. She is out for herself, as is almost everyone else.
But, onto why I give this eight stars. It's beautifully acted, the sets are fantastic, the various characters are interesting and three dimensional. It mixes horror, humor, excitement, madness, and more. What's going to happen? I don't know, I'm afraid to find out. In the end, my fear is justified.
Is Elena a tragic heroine stuck between China and the United States, doomed to be a pawn? Or is she a self-serving schemer living off the backs of the people. Both.
Brilliant, mad, inconceivable. I loved it, I hated it.
It's often not easy to watch. It's often not easy to understand. It's often not easy to digest.
If you're looking for light entertainment, easy and fun entertainment, a good time, well, I'd suggest you look elsewhere. I can see why many rate this so poorly.
The Regime tells the story of Chancellor Elena Vernham and her chaotic and mercurial rule. She's a mad despot, she's an educated and lucid schemer, she's a tormented daughter. She's not easy.
If you're looking for characters to like, then you'll find one here. Agnes. That's about it. Everyone else is flawed, dangerous, self-serving, violent, and any other negative characteristic you want to mention. It's a miserable bunch. The noble rebel? A self-serving prick.
You'll note no sign of Agnes's son in the finale, why? Because Elena has no remorse, no loyalty, no guilt, not even for Herbert. She is out for herself, as is almost everyone else.
But, onto why I give this eight stars. It's beautifully acted, the sets are fantastic, the various characters are interesting and three dimensional. It mixes horror, humor, excitement, madness, and more. What's going to happen? I don't know, I'm afraid to find out. In the end, my fear is justified.
Is Elena a tragic heroine stuck between China and the United States, doomed to be a pawn? Or is she a self-serving schemer living off the backs of the people. Both.
Brilliant, mad, inconceivable. I loved it, I hated it.