(Mini Series) STEAL - An Unconventional but Interesting Heist Thriller Series

I was not aware the existence of this series till it was made available in Prime Video three days ago. Due to its intriguing premise, I immediately gave it a try on that same day and finished it the following day. OK then, I'll just head on with the series.

Brief Story Line

Zara Dunne (Sophie Turner - Do Revenge, Game of Thrones TV series etc) was working at a large investment firm in London that managed numerous accounts from various sources including pension fund. One day a group of people who used nicknames such as London (Jonathan Slinger - A Knight's Tale, Paradox etc), Sniper (Andrew Howard - The Outpost TV series, Taken 3 etc) and several others came to Zara's office and threaten the employees at gun point. They instructed Zara and her colleague Luke (Archie Madekwe - Gran Turismo, Midsommar etc) to transfer large cash out from their firm and left the office building before the police arrived. 

(2026) Mercy - A Suspenseful and Intense Sci-Fi Action Thriller Movie

This movie was made available for advance ticket sale last week. Since my wife and I were available this week, we decided to buy the tickets for yesterday's show. It has been a while since we did such thing, so it felt pretty fun, especially since we saw this in the afternoon with very few people in the studio. OK then, let's just get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Set in the near future in Los Angeles where crime rate was very high, the government decided to create a Justice System called Mercy using Artifical Intelligence to decide whether a suspect was guilty or innocent by using evidence and facts acquired from all possible venues. The system also act as Judge, Jury and Executioner and was a huge success, reducing crime for the past two years.

(TV SERIES) Ponies Season 1 - A Fun Enough Series of Normal Women Becoming Secret Agents During Cold War

 

This brand new series was made available on HBO Max I think on 15 January, though I only started watching two days ago and finished it last night. It had a very interesting premise that made me wanted to give it a try immediately. Without further ado, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the year 1977 in Moscow, Russia during the peak of cold war where CIA and KGB were fighting against each other through various espionage means. Beatrice Grant (Emilia Clarke - Secret Invasion mini series, Me Before You etc) and Twila Hasbeck (Haley Lu Richardson - Five Feet Apart, The White Lotus season 2 etc) were wives of CIA agents who posed themselves as secretaries in the US Embassy. However their lives completely changed when both their husbands were killed in suspicious circumstances and Bea & Twila insisted to find out what actually happened.