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Interesting combination of John Wick and Batman's origin story with a bit of Jason Bourne thrown in.

Since everyone speaks perfect Queen's English it barely seemed 'Indian' and at time I was thinking Chinese, Iranian, Russian, and British. The flashbacks are to rural India and Hanuman which contextualized the movie far better than 'The Hotel' in John Wick. The vengeance had more rational than a dead dog.

They evidently ran out of funding at one point and did the filming with Go Pros and iPhones which gave the film a very intimate feel but did make some of the action scenes visually claustrophobic. Dev Patel doesn't quite make it as a superhero but as a string bean version of Jason Statham he worked. Loved the transexuals.

Well worth a viewing on the big screen more than once.

Everything about Black Snow rings true: the dialog, the acting and the setting, which means if you are looking for Jason Bourne or Jack Ryan go elsewhere. But, if you start this series all you will want is more story and watching will quickly become binging to see what story is just over the hill or on the other side of the sugar cane field. This is a cold case drama set in Australia among native peoples which unfold in the present about the past. The screen loves all the actors but two stand out: Travis Fimmel, as Cormac, the very slow talking and walking cold case detective driven by other demons, and Talijah Blackman-Corowa as Izabel Baker, the victim. Talijah Blackman-Corowa as the young Izzy owns the eye of the camera with her acting skill and beauty.

If I compared this story to anything I'd compare it to the writings of Sally Rooney but with more things that go bang.

Highly recommended.

Rarely has any show I have ever seen stunned me in the way The Capture has. The first season in 2019 was an eye opener, but this season has moved to jaw dropping. The final episode is the best final season episode I have ever.

Personally, I am addicted to all things AI, machine learning and deceptive from dark patterns to deep fakes. Eyewitness has become 'sure I bet!' We can no longer believe our own eyes because our eyes are fixated on screens of all sizes, all the time, everywhere to capture our attention for all sorts of purposes, not all of which we understand.

The Capture is so possible now I assumed. Shoshana Zuboff was the technical editor, which she wasn't

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but she could have been. Where Zuboff's book is a text, The Capture has moved that text to filmic literature. The acting, dialog and depiction is perfect, and this show is Binge viewing at its best.

I reluctantly gave this show, and season two 10/10 but wished I could go higher.

This is great work, and important.

-Thom.