The reason it works so well is that it isn't overly complicated - you'll never forget who anyone is - and it doesn't take itself too seriously. A lot of thrillers like Utopia have trouble sustaining themselves past the initial premise in the first couple of episodes, but Utopia remains compelling. The conspiracy plot is twisty and surprising, and is the rare plot like this that stays interesting as it gets deeper. And who are all these kids he's always asking "What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world?" That's kind of a sinister question, isn't it? Who decides who and what is worthwhile? He's up to something really big, something that could bring about the end of life as we know it. However, it's clear from the moment you meet him that Christie is the fulcrum of the conspiracy.
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Kevin Christie's ( John Cusack, in his first series regular role) synthetic meat is apparently making people sick, but a virologist named Michael Stearns ( Rainn Wilson) has been studying this particular virus in a lab and has a cure and a vaccine, so Christie brings him in to help. The comic is very real, and these folks who live their lives almost entirely online find themselves thrust into a real-life conspiracy, with real-world consequences.Īmazon's Utopia Wasn't Supposed to Be So Timely, Which Makes It Even Better They must contend with an 11-year-old boy named Grant ( Javon 'Wanna' Walton) who can outfox everyone, a relentless hitman named Arby ( Christopher Denham), and Jessica Hyde ( Sasha Lane), the main character of the comic who's apparently come to life, and is a very difficult person to be around. But they're not the only ones after the comic. When a final issue is discovered and goes up for auction, the friends - organized and dedicated Samantha ( Jessica Rothe), timid Ian ( Dan Byrd), kind, mysteriously ill Becky ( Ashleigh LaThrop), and conspiratorial Wilson Wilson ( Desmin Borges) - gather to try to buy it in order to decode its meaning and maybe save the world from the coming plague. It follows a small band of nerdy friends who bonded online over their obsession with a comic called Utopia, which they believe isn't fictional, but is filled with prophetic hidden messages about the end of the world, written by an unknown author. The conspiracy thriller comes from Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, who writes and executive-produces this remake of a British series of the same name from 2013, moving the action from London to Chicago but keeping the structure of the story and a lot of the tone (the black comedy in unexpected moments feels very British). But if that sounds even a little bit like something you might be into, you have to check out Utopia. This show is tremendously violent and thematically dark, and undercuts it all with an ironic sense of humor. And to be frank, if that's how you feel, Utopia might not be for you even in less timely circumstances. If that makes you say "Yeah, I'm out, I don't want to see that right now," understandable. Before we really get into this review, something has to be addressed: Amazon Prime's Utopia Season 1 features a pandemic spreading across America and killing children.
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