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This is one of the best science fiction series and a good series in general. It has been a pleasant surprise due to its great plot quality in the hands of Aaron Guzikowski. Acclaimed screenwriter for movies like Papillon, Prisoners and also signs the text of a series called Red Road, which I have on my list of favorite series to watch, with none other than Jason Momoa among his actors.

As if that were not enough, Ridley Scott is the producer and director of some of his Raised by Wolves episodes. A first-class endorsement that corroborates the quality of this series that attracts attention.

In addition, the quality of the actors who shine in a series without too many special effects (as you would expect in a science fiction series) is impressive, where the quality of dramatic interpretation brings out the shine of an intricate script, full of winks and references that go putting together like a puzzle as we visualize the series through retrospective scenes (flashback). Amanda Collin is remarkable, who represents the android Mother and who shows a variety of masterful interpretive registers. Abubakar Salim is another actor who surprises us by giving life to the character called Father. Travis Fimmel also stands out for his acting personality.

As negative points there are some somewhat slow episodes, such as the third, which contrast with the visual and action power of the first and second, directed by Ridley Scott. But in any case the set is good. The special effects are not outstanding either, but they are aspects that if Guzikowski's script hooks you, they are forgivable.

The narrative is not predictable and what you might expect does not happen, this clashes but it is coherent as the puzzle is put together. Any distraction while following the dialogues prevents understanding the following chapters, because they are full of clues and open options. Along with a philosophical aspect, there is also a mystical tint that is difficult to follow and irritating for some but enriching for others. In short, it leaves the archetypes and the general taste.

I have seen the series in English and Spanish and the dubbing works quite well.

It is a highly recommended series if you like this genre.

Brilliant and misunderstood debut science-fiction film directed by the popular director George Lucas ("Star Wars"), about the terrifying and dramatic vision of a future world in the 25th century. The film, set in a society controlled by individuality over authoritarianism and drugs, has certain similarities and parallels with George Orwell's "1984", a novel that serves as inspiration as a plot base for this unusual and creepy film, which portrays as an individual registered with a number (the only identity he possesses), he is subdued and tortured against his will. Later he flees in the company of others like him, escaping from a world controlled and programmed by a computerized and intolerant government and a place where everything is prohibited, even romantic relationships. Freedom is an impossible dream in these unbearable conditions for all who live in it under the influence of the drugs they are forced to take.

This film in itself is an excellent filmmaking exercise that builds on the previous experience acquired as a film student by Lucas with his short film "THX 1138 EB". The handling of the cameras and an unusual narrative for its time stand out, with aseptic and claustrophobic images that reflect the places where the story takes place. It was enhanced and improved through the use and addition of special effects of digital backgrounds by ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) in "The Director's Cut" for later edition on DVD, giving the incredible sensation of being a recent film. Realization and that time has not made it age since the year of its production.

Also noteworthy is the important cast led by the great actor Robert Duvall and the secondary (but no less famous) Donald Pleasence, whose characters are very well interpreted, with a certain theatrical air by both, are the best of this title along with the extraordinary and unconventional music by Lalo Schifrin.

In conclusion, "THX 1138" is not a typical science-fiction movie made for a conventional audience, hence its notorious box office failure and its conversion into a cult film in later years. It is a film to reflect on different issues, such as our own current existence, intimacy, personality, the virtues and defects of the individual as an identity within a society that, as unlikely as it may seem today, may not have more no choice but to live one day.

It is a mythical film for all those who, being young, had the opportunity to see it, I remember legions of unconditional and although I was not among them I remember that I liked it too. It is normal that if you are 17 years old and you see it you like it, the real problem is that if you are already thirty-many and still have it as a fetish movie then you have not evolved intellectually the least. There has been no real growth inside.

That does not take away, of course, to say that within the action cinema of the last fifteen years and from which at the beginning of the 1990s it began to emerge, it is one of the best by far.

The action scenes are very successful and we have several among the best I remember. The merit belongs to the director who has more than indisputable expertise. Miss Kathryn Bigelow who had an affair with Keanu Reeves while filming the movie has a different sensibility in action movies that I don't find among male colleagues who practice that genre.

From his filmography I prefer "K-19" which is a much more mature and round work, however normal people prefer the more youthful and less political since they understand it better.

Of the actors I stay with Patrick Swayze, although the girls like Keanu Reeves more. And special attention to some secondary more than correct.

The script is much more careful than is usual in this type of tape and it shows for good in the plot that is plausible (as far as it can be) and in the action scenes that are almost always appropriate.

Of course, all this does not mean that you have to prepare the traca and launch rockets as some do for "They call him Bodhi" (title certainly more fortunate than the original version). We are facing a prototype MTV movie. Surf, cute boys and girls, beach and cops running and hitting shots. The film is purely genre and therefore not extrapolated to the real cinema there six and not a nine that if we were voting action cinema would only give.

Of course, if you are young and have not seen it, I envy you and if you are older, take a look because it will entertain you for sure and even if it was simply because people are encouraged to play sports -