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The Rain
It is raining virus! The apocalypse arrives in Denmark and also
involves part of Sweden, in a series that is one of the big news of the
last month. We are in the first Danish "Netflix’s" production
(which continues with an opening to new proposals really interesting)
and probably in the first post-nuke set there. In fact, Denmark and
Scandinavia, in general, have given us in recent years several
interesting thriller series, but never, if we remember well something
about the apocalypse. So the question "The Rain" gets interesting, even
if the graves are full post-nuke and this thing triggers the
alarm to be in front of an already (extra) seen. And unfortunately, the
first minutes of the first episode do not leave us thinking of anything
good. Denmark, highway. Bad weather and an apparent cheerful little
family composed of mum, dad, two sons (Rasmus the male and Simone the
female) travels without worries until the father played by Lars
Simonsen (formerly a psychopath in "Bron / Broen" and therefore
identifiable as bad potential) launches the rain alarm. Then he took
his family in a bunker not far from the road and forces them to close
in, while he, a scientist of a corporation called "Apollon" tries to
solve the situation. The mother dies quickly, because she ends up under
the water that is obviously contaminated and already you can imagine
that she wake up and start to make the zombie biting right and
left...well you know. The children, we can think, come out of there and
start to goes around the world, with the father looking for them. And
no. It's not like that. The father does not come back and they stay
there for some years before going out and discover an unrecognizable
world. Well, very well, there are no zombies, the father savior of the
country has disappeared and everything becomes interesting. Then as
them are talking about apocalypse and do a series in a bunker is not
very recommended the two boys start to turn the desolate lands and meet
the usual groups of survivors. There is no Negan as there is no Rick
who decides for all and it seems that education and the Nordic order
rules the new world. For a bit no one gets hurt, just some glare and
then everything is settled. But then the Nordics also get angry and are
ready to kill for some food. Rasmus and his sister join a group of boys
slightly older than themselves, where the leader is a former mechanic
who shoots with a rifle and is very democratic. Here "The Rain" begins
to oscillate a bit, taking a post-adolescent way and mixing survival
with the jealousies and problems of the group. They fall in love, they
leave each other and one reflects on being alone in the world. With
these turns that touch the romantic dramas, we approach the highlight
of the season and above all discover that the bad guys are the managers
of the company a sort of "Umbrella" that unleashed the chaos that seeks
to solve with foreign mercenaries who do cleaning in the affected
areas. Soldiers who, for some reason, alternate good manners with
massacres. The father of Rasmus and Simone confirms to be a bad
potential or at least a type a bit 'poised between good and evil,
reappearing in the last episodes that are too paradoxical and diminish
the good start of the series.
Between lights and shadows, or better, rain and sun, "The Rain" passes
the test without being a masterpiece It is able to stay out for a good
part of the already seen and shows a good direction, good
cinematography and excellent special effects (see Copenhagen
devastated), without forgetting the excellent performance of the actors.
