Saturday, May 18, 2013

House of Cards (2013) (TV Series Season:1)

Developed By: Beau Willimon
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara, Michael Kelly, Corey Stoll

Francis Underwood is Majority Whip. He has his hands on every secret in politics - and is willing to betray them all to become President.

It is an adaptation of BBC mini series of the same name which is based on the novel by Michael Dobbs. Series premiered on the streaming service Netflix where all the 13 episodes were made available simultaneously. This I think will be an increasing phenomenon with the traditional TV broadcasting set for a decline. David Fincher served as the producer for the series and directed the first two episodes.

The characters Francis Underwood, Claire Underwood and Doug Stamper are the highlight of the show. Other characters are not very well written and many just act as plot devices without much depth. The thing is that once you've seen 'The Wire', you judge everything in comparison to it and that is very hard for other shows. I even found 'Breaking Bad' to be not that great having stopped watching after second season. House of Cards is a very watchable show with great performances from Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and Michael Kelly. It starts of very well, the middle is not that great but ends rather well setting up nicely for next season. Some of the plot turns are not very plausible and will raise eyebrows. But I am certainly looking forward to the next season.

To end I will quote Francis Underwwod: 'A great man once said, everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power.'

Rating: 3.5/5

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