Onisciente

Entertaining dystopian sci-fi series. I think six episodes is a good number for these kind of shows, although I hope there's a second season on the way.

If you like dystopian future drama then this is for you. Some of the scenes were slow and unnecessary in my opinion (sex scenes) but the acting was fairly good and I do like dramas where the actors are unknown to me. I can't take the hype of well known U.K./USA/Aussie/NZ actors being in vogue when truth be told most are very one dimensional. Netflix does well putting on series from other parts of the world. It seems to me that the scriptwriters of this series are leaning to giving us more information and expanding the characters and I look forward to series 2.

A very interesting show that reminds me of Black Mirror. Very exciting, a good binge-watch show, hope there will be a 2nd season!

Similar in tone to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - the action is divided between a controlled social system that delegates law and order inside the city to a central computer, and an unmonitored outside zone. The design of the city settings is minimalist Stepford-wife suburban and rather stylised (it reminded me a little of the Good Place - a colourful and safe, yet socially stifling and souless utopia). The outside scenes are more redolent of contemporary Brazilian backstreets (or how those are depicted in other Brazilian movies I've seen). I enjoyed the contrast - which is very clear. As another reviewer said, it's essentially a Brazilian Black Mirror. But it has its own flavour and Carla Salle is rather compelling in the central role.

Netflix's Onisciente is far from perfect in case of its concept, since it lacks important aspects of technology and processes related to it, that would not be missed in real life, but it's direction, camera work, actors' play are quite good. I would love to see a second season of it.