Netflix you glorious people I believe you've done it again you have given us another series that is worth talking about so that's what i'm going to go here is my review of the new netflix series Altered Carbon.
The plot of the show us in the future, people's consciousnesses are contained in what are called "stacks" storage devices attached to the back of a person's neck. Physical bodies are turned into what's called "sleeves" mere disposable vessels. Takeshi Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) a violent mercenary wakes up 250 years after his sleeve is killed and he's given the choice to either spend the rest of his life in prison for his crimes or help solve the murder of the wealthiest man in the world. I'm not gonna lie I really liked the plot of this show because of the simple fact it forces you to think and believe it or not people do like to be challenged despite what the poor box office for Blade Runner 2049 will have you believe.
The show stars Rick Flagg , Will Yun Lee , Renée Elise Goldsberry , James Purefoy , Kristin Lehman and Martha Higareda. Acting wise the show is freaking perfect because all of the main actors in this show do a really freaking good job I had no idea that Joel could act and in this he blew me away.
To say that this film took visual inspiration from Blade Runner would be an understatement but in all honesty I think it works for the show and for the world it's set in but with that being said with the show looking so much like Blade Runner it might as well have been called Blade Runner: The Series.
This show is very much for a mature audience and it lets you know it every single chance it gets , there's original Robocop levels of violence and so many love making scenes that it would make the makers of Game Of Thrones blush and don't get me started on swearing so bottom line here don't let little kids watch even a single episode of this.
The opening title sequence is visually stunning and in a change from other Netflix shows it doesn't last that long it's only on screen for around twenty seven to twenty eight seconds. The only issue I have with the intro is the fact that the music playing over it is just sounds dull i'm not sure if that was done on purpose or not but you can fall asleep just from listening to the opening music.
I've already mentioned how violent this show is so I won't go into it again here but I will say that the action scenes I thought were really well done for a TV / Web series they honestly look like action scenes that you'd find in a big budget movie that's how good they truly are.
Another thing that was movie quality for me was the CGI it looked damn good and dare I say it better then what is used in must movies these days I don't know who did the CGI effects for this series but I hope that they got paid well.
Overall you guys should go and check this series out like i've mentioned before it's out on Netflix and it's freaking worth it for me the series gets a 9.5 out of 10 and since it's on Netflix it's safe to say we'll be getting a second season.