Friday 18 October 2019

Startup - Season 1 (2016 Creator / writer Ben Ketai)

When Ronny single-handedly takes out the rival gang, where's the rest of his gang? (It's that Steadicam tracking shot of him that's been used from the beginning. ) Though this kind comes up later, partly why the Haitians support him. Is the plotting subtle, or loose...? The ending is kind of a mess for me. They haven't achieved anything to have anything taken away.

Considering her code is so brilliant she seems to get hacked quite easily. And the scenes with the investor at Gemcoin are ridiculous... No one's doing anything, there's no explanation of how anyone's going to make any money, or how much... And the way the money keeps coming and going - is it nonsense, or blackly comic?

Too many rebarbative sex scenes for me. Not sure Americans can do sex scenes well. (Not sure Brits can either, come to that.)

It's all a bit bonkers, and the characters not too likable. Martin Freeman gives a great performance though - very threatening. Edi Gathegi good too (he's in Aloha). With Adam Brody and Otmar Marrero. And Aaron Yoo as the investor (and Vera Cherny).




We're watching this, G.B.H., MalteseSpiral 7 and Modern Love concurrently...

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