The title of the review is not accidental, it is the tension felt all 4 seasons, the plot makes you keep the focus of attention clearly, without distraction, this is not the series that can be turned on in the background, oh no, it needs to watch and see all these emotions, feel them, naked, complex, and they are in order here - hatred, thirst for revenge, justice, love for loved ones, friendship, love, passion. Applauding the cast of the series, to which the actors are correctly selected, because these characters are not forgotten, the first time I watched the series after the release of season 3, now I watched it again, and again enjoyed the acting game, because Queen Victoria is damn good, Nolan Ross is charming, smart and charming, one of the most charismatic characters I saw on the screen, Emily is simply magnificent, the spectrum of emotions on her face is expressed in all available ways, from angry-pressed lips to unexpected sincere smiles, secondary characters are also beautiful. They all contribute to this intricacy that won't let you go from season 1 to the end of season 4. Bravo, bravo!!! All actors, directors, writers, cameramen – in a word, it’s great!
Every story has to have a beginning and an end. It is good when something cheerfully begins and ends somehow. For four seasons, we were mutilated in a variety of ways: someone died, revenged, loved, hated, pretended to be someone, heroes appeared and disappeared, and then could reappear from the dead. There was a lot of fornication, and the fornication in the series is presented as something good - it says a lot, by the way, about American Christianity. They're always trying to seduce me. It's a seduction.
Season 4 has become more of a sura. Here suddenly, as you could already understand at the end of the previous season to understand, there is one around the persona of which the whole series revolved. And yes, he's alive! So I want to say: Tsoi is alive! Suddenly, we were deceived about him for so many years, as about Elvis ... they say that even Hitler could have taken refuge after World War II in Argentina or elsewhere. What if Stalin didn’t really die and we were shown his double? Anything is possible.
But the second most important character of the picture returned from the dead like Christ. And naturally, he decided in part to arrange Armageddon, the Apocalypse, for the enemies. One of his enemies will literally burn in a coal fire in the end.
But otherwise, the last season, I hope, has remained a soap opera. Someone here suddenly becomes a cop when they were a bartender. The other suddenly disappears (even before the start of the season), that is, dies, he is only glimpsed in the episode. The other one dies so much that it hurts his heart a little. One rather pretty person appears, burning in every sense redhead (one in love with her calls her “Red” – actress Elena Satine). In general, the selection of characters here is like on the catwalk. all beautiful, beautiful and handsome, mostly in great shape ... Barbie and Kena dolls. I have one slightly thin heroine who recently appeared in the series (or rather, actress Karin Vanass).
A juicy series. But I still can’t just watch it: all the time I do something else in the background – I read, even now I listen to music muffled, I listen to a line of review, I play mobile rescue service, I think about the eternal and momentary, I build different hats in different ways, I build the eyes of the KP – she, being shy, reddens even more – yes, many hours of my life flow before the KP, just worshipping something, the altar of my computer, sometimes a smartphone with an application. KP is God? The god of the movie world.
We all worship something. Children to parents, parents to children. Businessmen of money, power, honor. Wives to husbands, husbands to lovers. It's all in the show. Worship something. Actors even, apparently, drag from their roles, worshiping Hollywood fame.
What did the show teach us? Not to be rich? The rich cry too? Are the rich sinners purer than us because they have too much free time? Yeah, maybe. And the fact that revenge is a puff... and any revenge ends in revenge for yourself, for yourself.
But the thirst for revenge, anger at resentment, at the loss of someone through the fault of someone ... a person by himself cannot forget this, forgive, unless with the help of God, Christ. I myself, in part, against the background of the media, the news, lately, increasingly indulge in evil, linguistic, mental ... hatred ... hate those who I myself am in the flesh - people. If I cannot forgive, then I feel the lack of God, opening a dark corner of another in my soul, where the Lord did not let me. And it is good to realize the darkness sometimes, to let the light in, to heal the wound with salt.
Thanks to ABC Studios for this trip. We’re going to go to the next movie, maybe the dragon. You give dragon revenge!
Genre of the series ' Revenge & #39; to determine not easy - there is a lot of things in the plot and, according to KinoPoisk, even the motives of the famous novel Dumas have a place to be. True, I did not notice them much in fact, but the memory of the Count of Monte Cristo flashed somewhere in the middle of the second season. Mining and not finding 'soil' for stability, sank into the black terrible waves of the night ocean, as on the screensaver. By the way, it was these shots of agitated muddy water that made the strongest impression on my quite stable psyche - everything was afraid that she would dream in nightmares. While God has mercy. So, as for the genre - after all, I stopped at the melodrama, with small spots of the detective and barely noticeable traces of the thriller.
Revenge, as a motive for action, is not a new motif in American (and Western) cinema. Moreover, as a rule, it not only moves the plot, but is also a certain, if not spiritual, then everyday value, for which the characters sometimes fight so zealously that hot Eastern guys, for whom revenge is a truth prescribed by the laws of the family, nervously smoke in the sidelines.
In this case (and this is the fundamental difference of the series from the novel by Dumas) the honor of the family on the principles of revenge is defended not by the offended himself, but by his daughter - a subtile pretty girl, seen earlier in a couple of kisses with a Marvel superhero - it is not in vain that bad habits can be transmitted by airborne droplets. Fortunately, in this case, actress Emily Vancamp has much more opportunities and, most importantly, time to not only reveal the character of her character, but also show us, the audience, the level of their abilities. And, admittedly, they are much above average. However, somewhere in the third season, almost all acting techniques were exhausted and then replays and stamps went into use: ruffled eyebrows, clenched lips, sharp movements, daring tone ... But to reproach a relatively young actress even does not come to mind, because the same trouble overtakes a much more experienced in the professional sense Madeline Stowe, depicting the main ' the opponent' but she found a more correct solution - from the first frames, many of her emotions to hide under a meaningful smile, which is more expressive than clenched lips and rudeness. But at the end of the epic you catch yourself thinking that you really want to hit this smile with something heavy - after all, the audience's patience is not infinite. And then it's time to say a couple of unflattering words about the writers - their fantasy ended even before the acting arsenal of the heroines - hence their vulnerability and rolling into cliches. So smoothly and clearly lined narrative was enough for only two seasons. And then there was the whirlwind with the revival of the dead, chaotic shooting without any consequences, the appearance of new characters who did not contribute anything to the plot or to the transformation of the main characters and just rudely cut off in the middle of the word - I will not list, so as not to stretch the size of the review. From here begins too ragged narrative, slowing down the dynamics of events and distracting the viewer’s attention.
In addition, ' uneasy' the plot largely depends on the number of directors who put a hand to it - I counted ten and, here's the bad luck, some of them have ' their own handwriting', so in some places there is not that dynamism, but some, I would say, nervousness - both in the picture and in the actions of the characters.
I firmly believe that the success of such long-running series is largely ensured by the successful selection of actors. It was nice to see Henry Cerny, Olivier Martinez, Roger Bart, Hiroyuki Sanada, James Tapper, Courtney Love ... who are always on the level, demonstrating both acting and understanding what they play. Another thing is young people, especially the constantly caste, to which the scale of the series literally put a pig. Except for Gabriel Mann and Bury Sloan, everyone else looks incredibly faded and even very unsuitable for roles. Especially Nick Wexler. I understand, play 'positive hero' for almost 90 episodes, an archievable task. In this case, his hero irritates from the very beginning - his ' positive' stupidity, constant reflection, dullness. But so is the script. In order not to oppress the viewer so much by this 'good guy', one should at least give him some outstanding appearance, so that at least somehow one can justify and share it 'positive charge'. But there is nothing to look at, except for a very bad acting and very ugly appearance. And when in the end the heroine goes under the crown with this, which is on the head below her (so I want to say insignificance) - I feared this from the third season, when ' killed ' Aiden... The final shots crossed out the whole movie for me. As they say, the mountain gave birth to a mouse. Wretched and hurtful.
In general, the fourth season, which fell out of the style of the series, both externally and semantically, and completely crossed out the final morality, once again proved that scale is the most dangerous for such creations. And to avoid this, in the so-called production film, it is necessary, at a minimum, to motivate the writers well and to do with a limited number of directors. And this is the famous story about the swan, cancer and pike.
The Count of Monte Cristo in Modern Interpretation.
A multi-page story about the Count of Monte Cristo at one time I did not succeed, but I always want to look at his cinematic incarnations. And the series “Revenge” is just the same modernized interpretation with the main character in the center of the plot. Another reason to watch this series for me was actress Emily Van-Camp (Cap films).
A little bit about the plot:
The plot focuses on the Grayson family living in the Hamptons, on Long Island, New York. Years ago, Conrad and Victoria Grayson framed their friend, David Clarke, for orchestrating an act of mass death. David was convicted and died in prison. Years later, his daughter, Amanda Clark, returns to the city under the name Emily Thorne to avenge those responsible for her father’s death.
Before talking about the series, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the series was released a long time ago and it can be attributed to the wave of series that were very popular in those years. This is very evident in the way the series are built: they tell individual stories, but at the same time united by the common idea of the series. Another distinguishing feature of the series is the number of episodes in the size of more than 20 and therefore it was difficult to keep the focus of attention and not lose the thread of the narrative. But for the most part, the series goes smoothly and tries to develop its characters according to the plot. And the problem initially developed throughout the seasons. Also, we can talk about the good components of this series: an interesting cast of almost unknown actors, the musical accompaniment serves here not only as a background, but also as a way to heat up passions and an inconsistent depiction of the plot (we first show the result, and then slowly lead to it).
What I really didn’t like was the love lines, which are a whole bunch of them and, often, they are very template, but affect the main plot. Probably the most interesting of all is the love line of the main character, but it is also very template.
The most interesting and high-quality I thought season 1, and then, apparently, imagination was lacking writer. I think the worst part was season 4. Revenge was done and could have ended.
In general, if you love this kind of series, you can watch with pleasure!
Revenge is a series I will definitely remember.
Plot. It's twisted and has to be unraveled like a ball. The first two seasons are fresher and more dynamic than the last two, but the plot is so addictive that the series wants to watch until the end. I didn't notice the obvious self-repeats and self-copying. You learn something new every time.
Characters. In four seasons, they have changed and grown. The main characters go a long way and change. Yes, some of their actions are difficult to agree with, but they are explained.
Nolan Ross is my favorite fictional IT scientist, he is beautiful.
Actors. A good cast that is pleasant to watch. Emily VanCamp - perfectly copes with the main role. Madeline Stowe - her ' Queen V' just demolishes the tower and plays to the end. Separate ' thank you' Gabriel Mann, whose character was perhaps the most interesting to watch if there was a separate series about Nolan Ross I would watch it because of this actor.
Locations. Special ' thank you ' give it to the people who picked up the locations. The main characters’ houses are chosen chicly and they reflect the characters living there. Sometimes it seems that the house is a separate character with its own destiny.
Over. The series is thought out. There are a lot of nuances that are explained. The plot lines are closed by the end. Definitely, you can sit down for this series if you have the time and desire to immerse yourself in an exciting story.
The Count of Monte Cristo is probably the most beloved book of my childhood. I can't count how many times I've read it, I can't describe the impressions I've had. Especially when you read it at different ages. And, of course, I wanted to see the film adaptation of my favorite book. I really liked our Soviet version - Prisoner of If Castle. And so, this summer, I learned about the free American film adaptation, where the action is transferred to the modern world, and the main character was made a woman. I couldn’t help but be interested...
Welcome to the Hamptons, an idyllic coastal town where Wall Street financiers, billionaires and the New York elite live and relax. Therefore, at first it does not seem strange to anyone the appearance in the city of a young and rich socialite Emily Thorne, who quite quickly starts a relationship with the son of the “royal couple” Hamptons Conrad and Victoria Grayson, Daniel. But no one knows Emily’s secret: her real name is Amanda Clarke, about 20 years old Grayson framed her father David, accusing him of a terrorist act, and who spent 20 years in prison with the title of “America’s Most Hated Man”, and the girl herself was sent to a correctional colony. And now Amanda, under a new guise, is trying to get as close as possible to the Graysons to avenge those 20 years and restore the good name of his father.
Realizing that only the main story would be used in Revenge or Revenge – an elaborate plan of revenge for a man who spent most of his life in prison on trumped-up charges – I was pleasantly surprised when, while watching the series, other familiar motifs of the famous novel are discovered, with some almost verbatim used in the series, and some successfully adapted for modernity. For example, the story of David Clarke, where the accusation of aiding Napoleon is replaced by no less serious in the preparation and commission of a terrorist attack. And of the familiar book details, there are dangerous games on the stock exchange, and children who dream of the art world against the will of their parents, and a secret romance, and an illegitimate child, and unequal social relations, etc. Also, the series introduces new characters who were not in the book, but who successfully fit into the narrative. Speaking of which, the series constantly uses flashbacks, when the events of the past directly affect the present - and it is built very impressively!
The main characters of the series easily recognize the features of the characters of Dumas’ novel. In the center of the plot is a seemingly sweet and charming girl Emily Thorne / Amanda Clark, who hides behind a charming smile the tragic past, a difficult childhood and adolescence spent in orphanages and correctional colonies, and a carefully planned plan of revenge aimed at those who caused everything she experienced. Like her literary prototype, the Count of Monte Cristo, Emily skillfully wears a mask of courtesy and benevolence, without revealing her true intentions. Therefore, the plan of her revenge is embodied clearly and mercilessly. But like Monte Cristo, she couldn’t take away her heart and feelings. Therefore, the moments when she doubts the correctness of her actions are torn between overflowing feelings for Daniel Grayson, the son of her sworn enemies, and love for childhood friend Jack Porter, who has not forgotten Amanda, but does not recognize her in Emily. I was fascinated by Emily Vancamp's play, which perfectly conveyed Emily's inconsistency of character and ability to instantly reincarnate - it's no wonder she got the role of a double agent in the First Avenger.
Opposed to Emily is the equally bright heroine Victoria Grayson (Madeline Stowe) - the matriarch of the Grayson family, the unconditional Queen of the Hamptons and the main object of Emily's revenge. What is interesting about Victoria - throughout the series my attitude towards her has changed many times. Despite being despised for the events of the past and the intrigues of the present, there have been times when attitudes towards her become almost positive. More often than not, these were the moments when Victoria acts like a mother - and for the sake of her children, she would do anything, even a crime. But still, her constant struggle for power and influence, her intrigues and plots against those who interfere with her happiness leave her the main antagonist of the series.
One of the favorite characters of the series is Nolan Ross ("Gabriel Mann") - a billionaire, the only one who knows the secret of Emily / Amanda, who became rich thanks to the help of her father and now feels obliged to take care of Amanda. That’s why he becomes her accomplice and sometimes her voice of conscience when she goes too far. And also Nolan in many ways animates this dark vengeful drama with his eccentricity, style and free attitude to life.
Equally interesting are the following characters: Conrad Grayson (Henry Cherny) - the father of the family, a tycoon who from the very first series draws the image of a man of calculating, imperious, often cruel and soulless, who cares only about his company and the further prosperity of the family business; Daniel Grayson (Joshua Bowman), who left dreams about the future of the writer, forced to enter the family business, which radically changes it, sometimes not for the better; Jack Porter (Nick Wexler), a childhood friend of Emily’s and her first love, who involuntarily becomes a witness, and sometimes a participant, of her revenge, but despite the negative attitude towards this plan, he still cannot abandon her and will try to help as he can.
I really liked the series after all. I don’t know if I would watch it if it wasn’t based on the story of my favorite novel, but... Despite the sometimes excessive complexity of the plot, Revenge / Revenge / Revenge (how convenient) to watch was quite fascinating.
8 out of 10
Another story from the world of intrigue and luxury. Parties, charity events, penthouses, Guchi, etc. Nothing special if it wasn't for one thing. Intrigue! More specifically, a million intrigues, one after another throughout the series!
The series tells a dramatic story. In the center of this attractive world of dreams lurks an impostor named Emily Thorne. A pretty blonde, posing as a rich heiress and engaged in charity. It would be fine, but she's not who she says she is. Years ago, her father was accused of a serious crime he did not commit. He was also given the status of a terrorist and then killed in prison. And the girl came to the people who were actually guilty of this act to take revenge.
The plot is also not distinguished by high originality, but a series of events drags the viewer from the first series and takes him into an endless whirlpool that stretched as much as 4 seasons. There we are waiting for a love triangle, and the complexity of the relationship of children with parents, crime, murder, lies, despair and attempts to remain human.
The first three seasons are fast and enjoyable. The final season has been stretched in part, with the latest series crammed with a waterfall of events, causing a slight disappointment. After the series is over, it’s hard to assume that’s it. The end, revenge no longer makes sense and, of course, happy ending, which was long-awaited but not plausible. Because this is not typical for such series. However, with all my heart you can rejoice for the main character. There is a taste of bitterness at this end. This is, first of all, the death of Amanda’s father, for whom the whole story began and made sense. Fate once again gave her the chance to get to know him and end her revenge once and for all. But, alas, this hero was buried already from the first series, so the viewer should rejoice in his presence at least in the final season, which no one actually expected. It was also unfortunate to lose Victoria Grayson, who clearly did not deserve to die. Yes, she was a rare bitch, but still her punishment, in my opinion, should not have ended in death. And I will mention Daniel Grayson and his unborn child, whose deaths also did not make sense, except that to stretch the series.
Playing actors at the highest level. One heroine Emily Thorne, or rather Amanda Clark under a false name, what was worth! The actress perfectly fit into the role and performed it incomparably. I can’t imagine another in her place, although I didn’t sympathize with her at the beginning of the series.
In general, the series can be called mediocre. Nothing unusual here. But how it is presented, how it is executed! From musical accompaniment to philosophical reasoning. And this endless intrigue, for which the viewer cannot let go of the series for a minute. Definitely, the series can be called quality. The end, as I wrote earlier, is a bit crumpled, in principle, as in all series of this kind. It lasted a long time, and ended in one episode that I did not even have time to feel the aftertaste. I would definitely recommend it to a female audience.
This series reminds me of my favorite semolina. In the beginning, everything is fine, but the closer to the end, the slower you smear the remains of the already cold porridge on the plate, hoping that Mom will come out and you will get rid of the porridge.
I have to say that the first 2 seasons I watched in one breath. The seemingly innocent main character takes revenge for slandering her father. Emily is Bruce Willis and Olivia Pope in the same bottle. Incredibly smart and agile. She knows the enemy’s actions before they even think about it. She would have been so lucky in the White House. But no. All her thoughts concern the Grayson family, who killed her father and separated them almost 20 years ago. At the same time, incredible physical strength, like a strong nut, allows the girl not only to masterfully play with fates and people and fool the smartest and most influential, but also to defeat the bad guys who attack from dark corners. She survives where only the heroes of Bruce Lee and Bruce Willis could survive – in fire and water. Not a bullet or a dagger to take this super-heroine, who lightning quickly replaces cocktail dresses with black hoodies.
But don’t think this series is about a bond girl who fights evil in every episode. Nope. She's fighting herself. There is an incredible internal struggle going on in this girl. We won't always agree with what she does and how she solves problems. So I want to say to this angelic face: “Do not torture animals.” Emily seemed too categorical to me, stepping over and mutilating many people in order to whitewash the name of the deceased father.
This series has everything that our mothers loved foreign TV series: love; death; murder, mysterious murders; chases; injustice – a lot of injustice and of course, mental hospitals, unexpectedly revived heroes for the death of which have already killed 20 heroes in previous seasons.
The main decoration for me was the costumes of heroes. The good, the bad, the secondary - they're all dressed in Valentino and Ralph Lauren. This is certainly not “Gossip Girl” with its endless defile, but there is something to see.
There's one thing. The series can be placed in two seasons. By the middle of season 4, I was tired of the reanimated relatives and unexpectedly changing plans of the heroine. And now I'm rewinding whole pieces. Heroes too quickly turn from friends into sworn enemies and even a person who has the same grandiose experience in watching TV shows as I do feels deceived and confused.
Still worth seeing. It is good, but remember, as semolina it cools down.
The first season was good. Honestly, I was hoping it would be like American Horror Story, one season, one story. But no, the series was delayed in the most unbearable, by the middle of the second season, the characters do not cause anything except disgust and bewilderment. Even a kind of positive hero Jack wants to call an idiot and shoot, so as not to suffer and torture others.
Absolutely all the characters are negative, talk a lot about compliance with the law, honesty with loved ones and from time to time violate the law, lie, cheat, set up. There's not a single positive hero, amazing. Oh, no, there was a dog in the first season, the truth died unfortunately.
I won’t advise you, I think you can find a more interesting series.
I really liked the series at first. Since the first series I couldn’t get away from it, so it was interesting to know what would happen next. However, the further you go, the worse...
The first thing I would like to say is that at first I was terribly sorry for the main character. Almost to tears. But with each series, pity for her slowly went away, and disgust came. Judge for yourself, the girl spends a good half of her life to get revenge on everyone who somehow contributed to the fact that her father was imprisoned. I wonder why. No, her thirst for revenge is understandable, but why take revenge on every gnat?
The second thing I'm going to look at is the cast. Almost all the actors are selected perfectly, especially the incomparable “Queen V”, but the main character, or rather the actress, leaves much to be desired. To me, Emily VanCamp didn’t fit into the role. No matter how hard I tried, I could never like her. Maybe because she’s a mediocre actress, maybe because it’s just not her role, I don’t know, but the fact remains.
The most important thing is that I do not understand the message of the series. “Avenge everyone who hurt you.” This series does not teach anything good.
This story is not about forgiveness, but about always being able to stop in time.
This is what the creators of this creation wanted to say. Stop it! Why sculpt extra seasons and suck out of all parts of the body storylines to them?! However, I have long despaired of finding logic in the work of ABC. She's not there. Therefore, it is worth relaxing your brain and immerse yourself in a weak parody of my favorite book.
At first, it felt like I was looking at the characters from Gossip Girl in retirement. We are annoyed by the social status of the characters ("Queen V" is a good reference), as if the action takes place in an American school. The first intrigue of GG in general was at the level of showdowns of high school girls. It’s a good idea to play big.
The message of the series is this: walk on your heads, break life (and not only the guilty), play with feelings, leave a mountain of corpses behind you - you can do anything, because you were offended. In return, you will find happiness and half a kingdom in addition. We are being pushed to think how disgusting the Graysons are because they are doing the same thing. Dear writers and co, let me decide for myself who is disgusting and who is not! Double standards are annoying.
As annoying and stereotype: if a person is rich and popular, then without options, a rotten personality, and over the poor are about to light up the halo. But audiences are idiots, they need to constantly tell who is bad and who is good. They will never be able to figure it out.
There are no complaints about acting. Everyone was in harmony, except Emily Vancamp. Wooden, chained movements, an unchanging poker face and barely squeezed tears in tragic moments. I want to quote Stanislavsky, looking at her.
So, I will outline my vision of the main characters (this is just my purely individual opinion, which many fans will not share).
Emily (aka Amanda), an unhappy, resentful girl, embarks on a path of retribution. Okay, she has a right to be ruined. Having pumped all kinds of skills to an exorbitant level, it easily wins the hearts and minds of the inhabitants of the coast. If at first you sympathize with her, looking at a beautiful girl, her loving father, Labrador (already a worn indicator of family idyll in American cinema). By the middle of the series, the impunity of this cute girl is already beginning to infuriate.
Jack and his brother Declan are kind of the only examples of humanity in this rotten society, but they are too perfect and boring. Most of the screen time read morals and leave with a proudly raised head. No development until the end.
Nolan is one of his favorite characters, sincere and direct, not afraid to be himself, while cunning and prescient.
Victoria has an ambiguous attitude towards her, her hypocritical stretched smile is boring already in the half of the first series. She's a big bitch, but in Amanda's father story, she wasn't the root of evil. Until the end could not understand why her GG appointed the main opponent.
Daniel is probably the only character I really care about. Throughout the series, there were constant references to him as a “shithole”, “pampered boy”, etc. But I can’t remember his actions to justify those words. I personally saw this character as one of the most open and sincere. I do not justify his actions on the yacht and its consequences, but I can understand. Emily is guilty and deserves some punishment for how cruelly she played with him.
Conrad is a man willing to do anything for his crumbling family, and his anger can be explained by a lack of understanding from loved ones. For him, the end justifies the means, but he does not waste, unlike his wife.
Amanda (aka Emily) is a fearless girl without complexes and with the manners characteristic of her profession, immediately evokes sympathy. She is a loyal friend, although she is no different in mind.
In general, if the first two seasons are intrigue, revenge, almost thought-out plot, then then the typical soap with miscarriages, illegitimate children and amnesia began. There are so many new heroes that it is already becoming lazy to delve into who, what and why? Revenge reminds the Arrow of the number (and stupidity) of returns of characters who have long been considered dead. In the fourth season, the creators did not strain to preserve the logic of what is happening on the screen, the relationships and characters of the characters, who eventually stagger on their own, invent problems and successfully solve them. The series decided to close, the money will not receive, why keep the bar? You can quickly finish and think about spin-off.
There was a lot of negativity in this review, but that’s because the series Revenge somehow catches on. Sometimes you want to gouge out your eyes so as not to see what is happening on the screen apotheosis of illogicality and heaping. But it's also hard to pull away.
A beautiful picture, good acting work, unprimitive dialogues and monologues, beloved heroes and a special atmosphere do not immediately let go of their viewer. For a pleasantly spent time and received aesthetic pleasure, I can not give less than 8 points.
I should say that I could easily pass by this series. After watching the first series, I wasn’t surprised. It wasn't exactly what I wanted to see at the end of "Fringe," nor the early end of "Twin." The main character visually looked gray, and in the plot about revenge for my father, I did not think that anything significant would turn out. It took another couple of months without fish to return to it, as nothing was better at that time. And you know, the second series was pretty much a turning point.
Easy understandable narration once again emphasized that the series does not make a blunder. In each new series, the heroine either dealt with another villain involved in the case, or prepared the ground for this, making her own trial for her father, and it seemed that there would be no end to this. By the end of the first season, the numerous circle of villains significantly thinned, a slight trampling on the spot and introspection began. Despite this, the first season ended, nevertheless, intriguing and encouraging.
In the second season, the creators of the series added new faces on both sides of the barricades, as a result of which they slightly refreshed and simultaneously confused the action. I want to note that there was an addiction to the characters, although the main character - Emily Vancamp has not yet become as native as, for example, Anna Torv from the same "Fringe". The main theme of this season was the fight not so much with individual malicious personalities, but with the global that stood behind them all. The ranks of the enemies, though again and thinned, but the remaining of them strongly strengthened, falling into a bunch, thereby complicating the heroine's task.
The third season showed that villains can play revenge. New faces were introduced again. The heroine almost did not take revenge, but fought off counterattacks and even slowly began to “go crazy”. Once again, trampling on the spot began, turning the action into a "soap opera." It felt that the season could be the last, but the authors still decided that they could score another two dozen episodes, as a result of which an unexpected intrigue was added to the curtain of the season.
The long-awaited fourth season is finally over. On the one hand - alas, on the other - a good little. Evil has finally come to light in its pure, uncluttered form. Although the main character had previously faced him one on one, but always interfered with others. You know, I’m not a big fan of extreme measures, but what they did here, I took for granted: season five would be superfluous.
There is a big difference in whether you watch the series step by step or all that came out at once. When between series - a week, and between seasons - six months or a year, the sensations of viewing are smeared on the reality of their own life to a thin film. It's like reading an interesting book page by page: one page today, and another page tomorrow. I was a week ago ' I read' a volley of season 3 and five episodes of the fourth. And it got me pretty hooked. Or rather, it hooked, so I watched. As I watched it, I became more and more interested.
It is no secret that any work of art, literature, film industry, we perceive as much as we need it: in its ideas, themes, generated feelings. Sometimes even without realizing the need. And if we catch resonance, we forgive the authors costs and shortcomings. For example, if you now go back to the pilot episode, you can easily see the discrepancy between what is stated there and the picture that is before us now. Conrad Grayson in the pilot is a syuha-mother from the point of view of his relationship with Victoria - a kind of lump that dominates everyone and everything. This was a false premise, because in the course of the action, Conrad was discharged by a strong personality, including in family relationships. But why did that happen? Because the creators of the series at first went as if in the dark, groping for the right accents, interpretations, intonations. But they evolved. And pretty successful. And so this sin with Conrad claimed and Conrad ' real' can be omitted as a trifle, as all other costs and stretches, as the main story and its characters fell in love with themselves. In addition, the laws of the genre have not been canceled. Therefore, in such a tape there will necessarily be some conventions and assumptions that too meticulous critics may consider untrue.
Almost all TV shows and movies are fairy tales.
And the fairy tale is a fairy tale, the main thing is that it was beautiful, as in this case. The main thing is to want more and more, as in this case.
10 out of 10
The series "Revenge" is gaining momentum and fans. And there's a reason. The news that it is based on the plot of the famous novel by Alexander Dumas “The Count of Monte Cristo” will not leave anyone indifferent who is familiar with this novel. I'm no exception. But, based on my purely subjective opinion, I can single out the pros and cons of "Revenge".
Pluses.The main positive side of this plot, I consider the dynamics of the plot. No empty and boring series! None! Always on the screen of mystery, mystery, intrigue, investigation and action-action-action. Also, the cast seemed to me quite strong. The inimitable charming female antagonist Victoria performed by the brilliant actress Madeline Stone is simply delightful. The best “evil” heroine will not be invented and will not play, I believe. Pleased the male cast of the series: Joshua Bowman, Henry Cherny and of course, Gabriel Mann - the best of the best. The main character of Emili Vancamp did not inspire me and left me indifferent. I don't like it or believe it. Another plus of the series for me was the scenery and ... costumes. I could not admire the appearance of the actors: simple, elegant, aristocratic and tasteful. They say that beauty requires money.
Minuses. Since I liked the series very much, I can not highlight many negative aspects. First , the banality of some cases, for example, the constant resurrection of the dead. Second, is ridiculous. In some cases, the technology used by the characters seems to be from the 22nd century, not from the 21st. No matter how brilliant the characters were, I was disappointed by the constant death of the characters. Too much, guys, too much! Our Grayson antagonists seem like superhumans with possibilities without limits. Maybe naively, but I think limits are not alien to everyone.
Revenge is a series that makes you think and plan. There are moments where you can relax, and there are times where you need to think. If, so to speak, the secondary banality is sometimes annoying, then the events themselves and the plans for revenge of the main character are quite complex and confusing. In addition, the aphorisms at the beginning and end of the series help to tune in to the right way. Watch everyone!
The predictable monotony of resort Haptons' regular hangouts is disrupted by the appearance of the mysterious Emily Thorne. A handsome blonde instantly blends into the local secular society, “accidentally” spilled a glass of champagne, setting in motion her far-reaching plans. The fact is that the mysterious girl is actually the daughter of the disgraced David Clark, once treacherously put under attack by financial tycoons willing to profit. And now the luxurious estate of the richest family of the local coast will become a place of hidden hostilities, because the heroine, hiding behind a strange name, intends to wipe off the face of the earth everyone who is somehow involved in the collapse of her father’s fate.
Television “Revenge” is a very deceptive thing, because if you do not stop in time, you can lose a lot of free hours for meaningless viewing of merciless, primarily to your audience, soap opera. Hiding at the start of the image of a thought-out thriller, the serial paraphrase “The Count of Monte Cristo” subsequently turns into endlessly looped plot twists and turns, for which the concept of completeness simply does not exist. Aggressive and at the same time exquisite unscrupulous aspirations is limited to the framework of the stunning first season, the finale of which can be considered a conditional point of no return - stop, and you will be admiring for a long time from bold plot moves and non-trivial decisions, go further - and plunge headlong into the realm of scenario anarchy. The Procrustean bed of the chosen motivation forces the creators to constantly cut off the protruding ends and assemble the action from continuous iterations, while a certain stabilizing gyroscope in the form of banal logic of actions disappears without a trace - the events of past seasons are sometimes mangled in the most shameless way.
The proverbial symbol of double infinity acquires its special meaning, signifying the illusory nature of any multi-step plan that invariably leads only to another hasty cliffhanger. The metaphorical poker game with Victoria Grayson, positioned as Emily’s main rival, is conducted with varying success, the restless intriguers achieve their goal only to soon lose something (or someone) because the boomerang principle is elevated to the absolute – both sides mutilate the bodies and souls of opponents, invariably suffering in response. Defiling in fashionable dresses of varying degrees of openness, hissing in each other’s faces and planning the next deadly footsteps, socialites have much more in common with each other than it seems at first glance, and therefore the division into bad and good becomes more conventional. Although over time, all the boundaries of common sense are blurred in the series, any narrative lacunae are obligingly filled with countless relatives and acquaintances from the rewritten in the course of the past, doing everything (impossible) to keep the flywheel of intrigue spinning, albeit idle. Remissions in speculative action are rare and temporary, and as a result, the traces of the incessant struggle can be imprinted on the sand of Hapton beach many times, the waves of the new season will still carry them away.
You can look endlessly at three things: fire [devouring your enemy’s dwelling], water [unless it closes over your head] and stars [whose lives are full of gossip, sensationalism, scandal, and pretentious parties, collectible wines and branded clothes]. Deciding to combine all three elements, the creators of the series “Revenge” choose the scene of the famous American resort for rich buratins, populating it pumped in all senses the characters of Dumas. Unlike the multi-page “brick” of the French classic, the local Dantes, who became a victim of the “games of thrones” of immensely greedy fat cats, turned out to be less lucky and quirky, so his daughter – Amanda Clarke – takes revenge. Instead of a former Corsican smuggler, the assistant/accomplice is a colorful dandy whose vast capital, whose growth was facilitated by David Clark, plays the role of a treasure of Monte Cristo. Armed with her father’s diaries, Amanda, like the book Dantes, used stray millions to conduct her own investigation of the dark affairs of the enemy Grayson family, in the process of which she also changed several guises until she settled on the mask of the rich heiress Emily Thorne, perfect in her pokerface.
You can endlessly watch this protracted chess game: the Queen of White, with her inherent beauty and grace [using intrigue, forgery or simple, but effective, muzzle], systematically takes all the pawns out of the game and goes one-on-one with the Queen of Blacks [and the soul, heart, and curls], but two pieces do not have so many moves, and the writers [for the sake of the stability of the plot and budget] have to work hard to master the difficult science of sucking another episode from their not very muscular fingers. Having cleansed the Hamptons of filth and David Clarke's glorious name of false accusations, they face a fundamental problem - not even the Queens can walk beyond the chessboard. Having put Amanda/Emily before a difficult psychological choice - to seize the chance for a new beginning or to go to the end, the trunk of life accidentally turned up under the arm, leg, bullet or knife - they are forced to dissect the consequences of this choice, inventing extraordinary moral challenges for the heroine. On the "white" they put childhood attachments, former lovers, close friends and relatives who took from nowhere, that by the very fact of their existence constantly create new versions of the past of varying degrees of alternativeness. On the "black" - scars on the wrist, for some reason became noticeable only in the fourth season, as well as endlessly multiplying scars on the soul and another somewhere in the area of the reproductive organs, which gives the exhausted topic of revenge another round, and another, and another... This is how the Queens conduct their deadly dance, contrary to the rules and logic of the Game. And this music will be eternal, because Revenge is measured in two infinities.
Dedicated to the Paranoid Kinophane and each of his ears
As a result of a plane crash that claimed many lives, David Clarke - the father of the main character - becomes a scapegoat: he goes to prison, where he is soon killed. Baby Amanda is sent to an orphanage, where she leaves on the day of her 18th birthday and receives her father’s inheritance, as well as a mysterious box containing David’s diaries. In them, her father reveals the truth about the terrorist attack and all the participants in the conspiracy. Then Amanda has a plan ripened - driven by a thirst for revenge, she returns to the high society of the Hamptons under the name Emily Thorne. Her main target is Victoria Grayson, David's former mistress.
Now there is such a huge number of films and TV series telling about the powerful and the skeletons that they hide, that it is high time to single out such stories in a separate genre. And in two directions – about the “golden youth” (the series “Gossip Girl” and the classic in the face of “Cruel Games”) and about the media moguls and socialite (“Dynasty”, “Dallas” and others). Revenge offers us an age compromise to attract a diverse audience. There are secular intrigues, and teenage experiences, and the struggle for power, and even a political conspiracy.
Without a doubt, the most spectacular and spectacular scenes are the episodes with the confrontation between Emily (Emily Van Camp) and Victoria (Madeline Stowe): the degree of passion rises very high - from the first minute Victoria understands that Emily is hiding some secret. This is the case when you clearly understand why you love a particular show. During the confrontation, the main characters emerge hidden motives and old grievances, family secrets and insidious intentions. At some point, Emily in the eyes of the viewer becomes an antihero - her revenge knows no mercy, and the resolute girl does not intend to retreat. However, there is growing sympathy for Victoria. With this confrontation, the plot sets the tone of the entire series – where is the boundary between Good and Evil, is it, and is this line sufficiently clear? Finally, no one will doubt that characters definitely do not follow the laws of morality, and sometimes this applies not only to antagonists.
Unfortunately, watching other characters, especially teenagers (played by Krista B. Allen and Connor Paolo), becomes completely uninteresting. As is customary in such stories, the female characters are most fully revealed, although Henry Cherny as mogul Conrad Grayson looks no less bright than his on-screen wife Stowe. Among the favorites of the audience is also Gabrielle Mann - he played the rich Nolan Ross, a friend and mentor of Emily. Daniel Grayson, the hero of Joshua Bowman, risked remaining a boring invertebrate mama's son, but the writers led his character in an interesting direction, a road of doubt and temptation, which made the young man conform to the family name of the ruthless Graysons.
As for the dynamics of the plot as a whole, certain lines gain momentum and end very effectively, but still the main part of the narrative is the dialogues. In addition, the series uses numerous flashbacks, delving into the events of the past and revealing the characters. Of course, to a greater extent it is expensive in terms of staging a melodrama, but it is not without plot and elements of a thriller. The plot is unpredictable, but sometimes it throws from originality into the disappointing improbability of soap operas.
Summing up, I would like to note that is a beautiful and stable , in terms of artistic features and presentation of material, a project that quickly found its style and the main viewer - "Revenge", first of all, will be interesting to the female audience. But the men also have something to see on this show.
In truth, this series was a real find for me. I didn’t expect incredible plot twists or deep feelings of the main character from him. At first glance, it seemed like such a typical series for housewives with elements of a detective and a love triangle. I've never been so wrong before. )
One of the main advantages I consider the cast.
Emily VanCamp. I knew her as Captain America’s neighbor. She will be remembered as Emily Thorne. Over the course of three seasons, you can learn something new about this character. And not only the good. Obsessed with revenge, she often does things that she later regrets. However, she will never turn away from this path.
Madeline Stowe. Queen Victoria. I still admire the beauty of this woman. In all its appearance one can feel power and aristocracy. She is one of those people who, at a secular reception, standing in an elegant expensive dress with a glass of wine in her hand and a charming smile on her face, will say that they despise you with unflappable ease. The main antagonist is perfectly selected. She lies with such grace that she believes her over and over again.
Gabriel Mann, Nolan Ross, Homegrown Billionaire with High IQ My favorite character in the series. His main weapon is his mind. A talented programmer with a good sense of humor, impeccable taste and the ability to bake muffins. He is one of the few in the series who is honest with himself and others. A wonderful friend who is ready to part with all his fortune if someone close to him is in trouble. I would love to watch more films with Gabriel.
As I watched it, I thought, “I’ve seen it before.” Really. “Revenge” is very similar to one of the series on DC comics – “Arrow”. In both franchises, the protagonist’s father dies. After death, he leaves a list of “bad” people. The main character returns and begins to take revenge. Emily Thorne, like Oliver Queen, speaks martial arts, several languages, a sharp shooter, and is obscenely rich. She has an assistant programmer - Nolan (Oliver - Felicity), Charlotte Grayson is very similar to Thea Queen. However, I do not mean to mention plagiarism. On the contrary, both paintings are good in their own way.
To my surprise, the series was very violent. I’m still impressed with the third season finale. I'm looking forward to the fourth. Where else will Emily Thorne's revenge lead?
8 out of 10
Revenge. The main task of the heroine of the series. But was it worth it?
At first, you watch the film calmly without any emotions, by the middle of the first season the plot twists more and more, and more and more catches the viewer.
Emily Thorne is the main character of the series. Strong, intelligent, able to control everything and everyone, including their emotions. She was trained and taught this for years so that she could accomplish what she had long wanted: avenge her father’s death. She is ready to do anything to achieve her goal, no matter how far she has to go.
Victoria Grayson is the Queen of the Hamptons. Unfeeling, cold and terrible. She doesn’t love anything or anyone that truly inspires fear. For the sake of its goals and benefits, it will destroy everything that comes in its way.
Nolan Ross is Emily's real friend. At the beginning of the film, he did not inspire any trust, but then he proves himself a true, loyal friend. He will always help and help, and if necessary, he will give his life for Emily.
Daniel Grayson is the son of Victoria and Conrad Grayson. Mysterious and ever-changing. At the beginning of the film, there was one Daniel, and at the end he became a completely different one: the true Grayson. At first, his affair with Emily seemed interesting to me, but with each episode it became more boring and unnecessary.
Aiden Mathis - oh yes! This is a true man and love of Emily Thorne. Even with his secrets. As soon as he appears, Daniel immediately takes a back seat. Aidan dedicated himself to Emily, they were as one. Helped, loved, saved, did everything for her. With his appearance, it really becomes interesting to watch the series. Especially her and Emily. They were so happy and passionate, really loving each other.
I want to note the fact that the first 2 seasons are perfect, interesting, exciting. But gradually it all comes to naught. Too many losses, tears and casualties. It's too much. The writer crossed all boundaries. With each new series, I didn’t understand why they were doing it: they were taking away characters they loved so much. Even if not the main ones, so many deaths ... that with each episode you realize that you do not want to know what will happen next. Emily lost everything, and she had the chance to drop it all so many times and leave, but no, she stubbornly went to her goal, losing loved ones along the way. The end of season 3 finally disappointed me, removed the stuffing that gave hope and faith. It’s a pity that Emily was just mired in her revenge and hatred, and there was a chance to stop, and the resurrection of the dead is too much. I don’t know what to expect in Season 4, but after such an end, after so many losses that you go through with the characters and so many tears, I don’t even want to watch the sequel. The writers themselves spoiled everything, everything in this series is good, and the play of actors, a well-chosen cast, and the musical accompaniment, and beautiful shooting, but... unfortunately, all this does not compensate for what was lost. There is no interest in the film. If you don’t want to be disappointed, this movie isn’t for you. Emotionally, I had a great impact on me, and I did not expect that end.
Think before you take revenge! What could it cost you?
And when words come back, sometimes they strike like lightning. (c) Emily Thorne
Yu TV channel so chicly advertised this series that it was impossible not to pay attention to it. Even in advertising, I liked his idea and the picture on the screen. It was impossible not to feel the emotionally and qualitatively filmed memories of a little girl about how they lived happily with their father and dog in a house by the sea, and then one day their father was taken to prison. You look at little Amanda as she laughs cheerfully, runs along the shore, her father picks her up in his arms and they laugh together - and you feel the pain and injustice that ended the life of a good man and ruined the life of a child. In the series, happy shots from childhood are just flashbacks, the story only begins: Amanda under a false name comes to her home and begins to punish everyone who helped fabricate a case against her father.
The first series of me, like many other viewers of this series, delighted: one episode - one revenge. Everything was dynamic, logical, exciting. But then, as Wikipedia writes, "the subsequent episodes had more end-to-end central storylines." This is one of the main problems of the series. The further into the forest, the more wood. If the first season I have no complaints, the second and third seasons the heroine departs from his plan and the series slides into a soap opera, as writes the same Wikipedia (although at first I strongly disagreed with this definition).
Instead of revenge for the main culprit in the death of her father, Grayson, the heroine is sprayed on all sorts of lawyers, priests and secretaries. While Emily cracks down on small biscuits, the Graysons not only live and live, but also destroy a couple of people close to the heroine. And what do you think, the heroine suffers again and they go unpunished again.
As it seemed to me, the more episodes passed, the more screen time began to get not the main character, namely the Grayson family. And this is not the most pleasant spectacle - scandals, intrigue, treason, mutual barbs and humiliations. Watching it was hard and very unpleasant. Constant squabbling about anything, a real ball of snakes, as someone here rightly put it. But the director seems to admire them, fascinated by their vicious beauty. The main character, too, instead of really avenging the death of her father, goes to parties with them, smiles, rubs into trust, is going to marry a representative of this family. She justifies it all with a plan that will come to fruition in the end and punish them more than anything. But yesterday I watched the series with her plan and I want to say in the face of writers ha ha ha ha ha.
I’m not saying that the show is bad, that you shouldn’t waste time on it. That's not true. This series could have been much better. Minus for the constant presence of Conrad and Victoria in the frame (over time, their constant machinations and insidious plans become sickening), minus for “soap-opera” features, for ill-conceived revenge of the heroine to his main enemies, for the appearance of some strange storylines (for example, the story with “American Initiative” and their new terrorist attack) and no less strange heroes.
I wanted to scold the series, but I couldn’t. There is something spiritual about it that I really liked and wanted to look further. This is the story of Jack and Emily, the image of David Clarke, and of course Nolan Ross. Philosophical digressions and moral and ethical arguments of the heroes about revenge and forgiveness were also interesting. But just at some point, the abundance of Graysons, intrigue and conspiracies, the ridiculous behavior of the characters and the unrealistic twists of the plot outweighed it all. I'm afraid that one day other Revenge viewers will face this.
Revenge, although I prefer to call it "rematch," is really great. In my opinion, it has everything you need for a real series. Intrigues, all sorts of scandals and investigations, of course, attract the attention of the viewer, so the high rating of this series is fully justified. Perhaps many jokingly call it the second “santa barbara”, but it is radically different from the above in that it has a goal that the main character Amanda Clarke fulfills, and all sorts of scandals in each series are just some accompaniment (after all, this is what makes this picture undeniably interesting).
As for the cast, everything is simple, all actors are good. There's nothing to pick on. And yet I was most impressed by Madeline Stowe (Victoria Grayson). She really struck me, this role seems to be written for her, the perfect transformation into an insidious intrigue. Emily VanCamp also fit perfectly into the role of the offended girl, although she was no better than her enemies.
The soundtracks perfectly complemented and embellished the series.
Therefore, if you have a lot of free time, run to include this series, because it is just hyper-interesting. You just can’t get away from the screen!
According to the 3rd seasons viewed, I boldly assess without exaggeration:
In search of a worthwhile series, on the advice of her friend, she began watching Revenge (Revenge, Revenge). To view this creation transgressed with a biased attitude, as it is not quite my genre.
The plot tells the story of a young girl Amanda Clark, whose father was accused of terrorism and death. Mr. Clark died in prison, leaving diaries in which she told her daughter that he was innocent and was framed by the powerful Grayson family. The girl grows up and returns under the name Emily Thorne in the Hamptons, on Long Island, New York, where her father lived with the sole purpose of avenging his father and begins to carry out revenge.
At the very beginning, namely the series so heel, I was completely delighted with the serval and clever moves of the writer. Emily so famously took revenge on the abusers that I wondered (previously knowing that it was already filmed for 2.5 seasons) what will happen next, because she will take revenge on all the abusers so soon. I was so wrong. Everything began to gradually get out of control of Emily, not having time to overcome one problem, she had a new hour. As a result, the plot is not bad, the script is also, but by the end of the second season, a series of endless problems Emily began to annoy me, and the vicissitudes between the characters (extramarital children, husbands and wives from the past, memory loss) reminded me of another soap opera from the 90s.
The main characters
Emily Thorne, aka Amanda Clarke (Emily VanCamp) is a girl determined and obsessed with revenge for her father, sometimes you as an audience marvel at her cruelty and sophistication in terms of revenge, the ability to manipulate other people, but at the same time, as a girl, she is not alien to feelings - friendship, affection and love. The actress, in my opinion, skillfully coped with her role, her cute angelic face on the screen just glows with kindness and sincerity and only a small devil in the eyes shows us the true motives of Emily’s behavior.
Victoria Grayson (Madeline Stone) is a woman who can rightfully be considered the same main character as Emily, although the story is not about her. She is very beautiful and elegant, firm in decisions and actions, considers any position impeccable right.
Nolan Ross (Gabriel Mann) In every series there is always a favorite of the audience, then this is undoubtedly Nolan. And this is not the lover of the main character, this is her friend, selfless and kind in all respects Nolan, only a little gay. And his phrases and skillful remarks are asked to remember.
Daniel Grayson (Joshua Bowman) is the son of Victoria Grayson and concurrently, so to speak, a weapon in the shafts of revenge in the hands of Emily. A handsome boy who lived a carefree student life, but suddenly changed his mind when he met Emily. At first, he was like a hero, I was cute, heated my interest in the fact that the actors meet each other, but it was not long before the mysterious British Aidan Matthews (Bayerry Sloan) appeared in the second season. So, Aidan came from Emily’s recent past, trying to help her at this stage of her life, but who has his own retribution. Aidan, in principle, does not need to play anything, he just needs to appear on the screen with a silent look at Ems, kiss her on the top and all the good part of the female audience is hit hard.
Jack Porter (Nick Wexler) is the guy Amanda/Emily fell in love with when her father was still alive. In adult life, Jack remained a kind of good-natured, completely without initiative and naive, but it is he who is loved by Emily / Amanda and all the other heroes only appendices to her revenge.
In addition to the above, the series bribes shown a beautiful life, stylish outfits and a good soundtrack. For me, as a viewer, the philosophical statements of Emily at the beginning and end of the series about the place in her life and so on in the same vein are still interesting.
6 out of 10
- for a great start to the series and its well-designed characters.
The film is quite interesting made in contrast to two such different countries and continents. One storyline is set in Africa, where doctors without borders rescue impoverished African pregnant women who have been ripped apart by local gangsters to “see if there’s a boy there or a girl.” The other is in Denmark, where the son of the protagonist and his friend are trying to avenge the offended feelings of his father.
To take revenge or not to take revenge is the question that arrows the film. Is it worth turning the other cheek when you hit the first?
A beautiful realization of the idea that any evil ultimately produces even more. And endless questions to think about, what is its true strength, and where is its real weakness?
So, before us a series with a fairly good and not beaten story: A young girl comes to the city of childhood to avenge her father. There is everything - a beautiful and rich main character, enemies who need revenge, loyal allies, a guy who spent his childhood in close friendship with the main character, and a well-thought-out plan for whom and how to take revenge, there is also the most important thing - a well-thought-out plot that pleases with unexpected turns. That’s all there is to say about the show.
What's wrong with that? The show is long. Every now and then, some completely illogical actions are committed, thanks to which there is a reasonable reason to show another couple of series. What could divert the viewer’s attention from the fact that the series is deliberately delayed, is the play of actors. But alas... Most of the time, you just watch the story unfold. Sometimes, of course, there are moments when you watch the actor’s play without taking your eyes off, but with each new series, these moments come across less and less. Best of all, in my opinion, Madeline Stowe (Victoria Grayson) coped with her role.
To sum up – a good, but too long series, with not the best acting. I recommend starting to watch.
P.S. If you cut this series 2 times, or write a book with such a plot, it would be much better.
8 out of 10
In search of a series I came across Revenge. I decided to look at it with no hope. For nothing. So in order.
Emily Thorne (aka Amanda Clarke) is beautiful, bright, confidently going to the goal. I took the path of revenge, but unfortunately, I did not get rid of my feelings until the end. I wasn't personally hooked. Goes over the heads of other not only enemies, but also friends and to a greater extent breaks their lives.
Victoria Grayson - the standard of intelligence and deceit. Truly cruel woman, a real "socialite". But she is not alien to compassion and love. Behind the mask of a monster, she hides pain and loss.
Nolan Ross was a real discovery for me. Smart, handsome, charming, rich, devoted friend, kind heart... in general ideal. And largely due to the charisma and charm of Gabriel Mann. How did I see such a great actor before!!
Now for the series as a whole (currently two seasons). I watched the first season very quickly, literally in a couple of days. The plot dragged on from the first series. Each series is better than the previous one. The second season was not so interesting to watch, but the end was pleased.
Overall, the series is good and worth watching. Especially those who like intrigue, investigations, secret organizations. Next up is the third... Wait!
For season 1 10 out of 10, for season 2 - 4 out of 10. And in total
The first episode of the series delighted me: what happened on the screen completely corresponded to the declared synopsis. The main storyline is very simple - the girl decides to avenge the death of her father, carefully works out the plan and proceeds to its implementation. The first few episodes, in my opinion, were built on the perfect scheme: one episode - one revenge. Since there were a lot of people involved in the story, the writers could easily have created several seasons, but they backtracked on the original plan, and it went. . .
The first season is quite watchable: favorite characters appear and the logic was still traced, although shortcomings began here. Suddenly, the mother of the heroine is found and just as suddenly disappears, as if the writers had to buy time to decide which way to turn the whole story. The second season began to resemble a typical Santa Barbara: illegitimate children, a heroine who can not understand who she loves and what she is revenged for, election games, countless deaths, family intrigues. And, of course, anti-government attacks, where without them! In short, a ball of snakes stinging each other.
I watched the second season only because of my favorite characters, but the last episode was completely upset: the number of intrigues, deaths and illogical acts beats all records. Hardly anyone will remember how it all began and why the heroine decided to take revenge, she has already forgotten about it. It is a pity that a good idea remained an idea.
When everything you love is taken from you, the only thing left is revenge. . .
The most exciting series of this year, and possibly of recent years! This series is beyond taste and age. Delays with the first series of his original presentation is not a new story about power, injustice, revenge, and, of course, love!
Every story has two sides, just like every person. One is revealed to the world, and the other is hidden deep within. This duality is governed by the balance of light and darkness, somewhere within, we are all inclined toward good and evil. But those who can dissolve the line between them gain true power. (c) Emily Thorne
Emily Thorne - a kind of sweet and harmless girl who conquered the residents of the Hamptons, fell in love with Daniel Grayson (son of her main enemy), is friends with millionaire Nolan Ross, steadfastly endures the checks of Queen Victoria, is engaged in charity, trained in martial arts, sat in a colony for minors, has a gun, a couple of billion dollars, and most importantly - she is actually Amanda Clarke, the daughter of David Clarke, who was unjustly convicted, and is driven by revenge!
Women are called the beautiful sex... But in nature, females can be much more ferocious than males. Protecting the nest is our oldest and strongest instinct. And sometimes the most pleasant. - Emily Thorne
Victoria Grayson is the unconditional Queen of the Hamptons, she is rich, beautiful, smart, married to a millionaire who loves her more than anything in the world, but does not receive reciprocal feelings, she has two children: a favorite son Daniel and a child of true love – daughter Charlotte, and even the best friend who sleeps with her husband. . She betrayed her greatest love, David Clark, and she never ceases to regret it every day. She is a character of admiration, hatred and pity. . .
Every time I smile at you, or we bump into you at a reception, or I invite you home, know that my smile will remind you of my contempt, and when I hug you with the warmth you feel, it will be the fire of my hatred.
Nolan Ross is a billionaire who made his wealth thanks to the investments of David Clarke, a splinter at all parties, a lonely bisexual, an eternal assistant and the only friend of Emily.
I Googled the word 'friendship' As it turned out, after a quarrel with a friend, it is customary to apologize.
From the first series to the last, the characters force themselves to love and hate equally, empathize with them and blame them.
'Vengeance' - a manual on how to get up from your knees, go on... and take revenge!
10 out of 10
This story of a young woman named Emily Thorne is about finding justice after her father’s false conviction of terrorism.
When the justice system fails, we have to seek justice ourselves. Justice, like beauty, depends on the observer. Some see the innocent victim, others see the evil in the flesh that they deserve.
Emily’s father mistakenly trusted his beloved Victoria Grayson, and, as a result, ended up in prison.
Those who trust you will expect your loyalty, those who hate you will dream of it, and those you value most will abuse it.
But Emily firmly decided to take revenge on all the real perpetrators of the incident and thus embarked on a thorny path of revenge, although sometimes her heart makes her commit rash and impulsive actions.
Retribution, like life, can be an unpleasant thing. Both would be much easier if our minds could understand where our hearts are taking us, but the heart has its own causes, which the mind does not even know.
Initially, she wants to go on the path of war on her own, not trusting anyone, only trying to use circumstances in her favor.
Trust is something difficult, it is difficult to find someone to trust, it is difficult to trust good people in bad deeds. After all, the only person you can trust is yourself.
But fortunately, there are people who help Emily, and whom she eventually begins to trust. Nolan and Jack help Miss Thorne not to lose themselves, because no one knows where this dark path will lead her.
They say life is the sum of all our choices. But what really defines us is not elections, but how committed we are to them. But there is a dark side to devotion that always asks a person how far I will go. In the battle between who we are and who we try to be, the battle between the halves of the individual cannot be won.
I look forward to an equally exciting continuation of the story and
9 out of 10