(MINI SERIES) Elite Force - A Series Focusing on French Elite Tactical Unit with Some Interesting Drama & Few Shocking Twists

This series was released while I was away on holiday trip with my wife. Though it was interesting, I chose to wait till I was back and could watch it on my TV as it was an action series. So I started watching yesterday which was exactly 2 weeks after it was released on Netflix and finished it on the same day. All right then, let's just get on with the series.

Brief Story Line

Story focused on the French elite tactical unit referred to as GIGN with its main mission that included counter terrorism, hostage rescue, protection of officials and others. After going through various challenges, few people were finally accepted as new recruits in GIGN which included the strong-willed Max (Tristan Zanchi - Dangerous Liaisons 2022 French version, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon TV series etc) and the intelligent Rapha (Nelly Lawson - In Tandem TV series etc). 

(MINI SERIES) Agent Kim Reactivated - Entertaining Action Thriller Series With Plenty of Heart & Humor Based on Popular Webtoon

This series had garnered a lot of attention when it was first released more than a month ago. I was obviously interested in watching it but I wanted to wait till its full season completed. My wife on the other hand started watching around 1 week ago while we were on holiday and she kept on telling me to see. After our return three days ago, I immediately complied and started watching and finished it last night. All right then, why don't I just get right on with the series.

Brief Story Line

Mr. Kim (So Ji-sub - Mercy For None mini series, Confession etc) was a single father who had to take care of his only daughter Kim Min-ji (Seo Su-min) all by himself. He worked at a small bank with one of his colleague Ms. Jung (Son Na-eun - The Wrath, The Tale of Lady Ok TV series etc) who seemed to know his characteristics. Mr. Kim loved to hang out with his two old friends Han-soo (Choi Dae-hoon - The Wonderfools mini series, Lucid Dream etc) the former Taekwondo champion and Jin-cheol (Yoon Kyung-ho - My Daughter is a Zombie, Vigilante TV series etc) the school zone traffic volunteer. 

(MINI SERIES) Prisoner Season 1 - Fast Paced & Action Packed 6 Part Action Thriller Series

I watched the trailer to this series on HBO Max few weeks ago and thought it looked really good. But I did not realize it was released on 30th April and only got the chance to watch it 2 days later. Anyway, why don't I just get right to the series now.

Brief Story Line

After taking maternity leave, Amber Todd (Izuka Hoyle - The Outpost TV series, Persuasion etc) left her baby daughter with her husband Olly (Finn Bennet - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms TV series, Warfare etc) to return work as prison transport guard. On her first day, she was tasked with additional job of transporting high level prisoner named Tibor Stone (Tahar Rahim - Madame Web, The Looming Tower mini series etc) who was key witness in the trial of Harrison Dempsey (Brian F. O'Byrne - Conclave, Nightflyers TV series etc), leader of Organized Crime Pegasus. Unfortunately Harrison's son Declan (Laurie Davidson - Cats, The Road Trip TV series etc) assigned Pegasus trusted assassin Nina (Leonie Benesch - The Teachers' Lounge, Around the World in 80 Days TV series etc) to kill Tibor using any means necessary. 

(Mini Series) Something Very Bad is Going to Happen - An Intelligently Done Psychological Horror Thriller Series

I was aware about this series since few weeks ago which sounded interesting despite being a horror genre. So when it was finally released two days ago, I immediately gave it a try after finishing second season of another series and finished it last night. All right then, let's get on with it now.

Brief Story Line

Rachel (Camila Morrone - Death Wish 2018 remake, Daisy Jones & the Six mini series etc) and her fiancé Nicky (Adam DiMarco - The White Lotus season 2, The Order TV series etc) were on a road trip to Nicky's home to have their wedding party in one week's time. Along the way, Rachel kept on feeling something bad was going to happen and experienced few shocking and scary turn of events till they finally reached their destination.

(Mini Series) The Art of Sarah - An Intricate and Complex Mystery Thriller Series

Since I was on holiday the past week with my wife, I only got the chance to watch things on streaming service when I was back at hotel at night. After completing different series earlier on Netflix, I opted to watch another one that I thought sounded interesting. It was actually released exactly last week but I only started to watch three nights ago and completed it last night after I returned home. All right then, let us get into the series now.

Brief Story Line

When the body of a young woman was found in the sewer, Detective Park Mu-gyeong (Lee Joon-hyuk - Mercy for None mini series, The Roundup: No Way Out etc) was assigned to investigate the case. He was assisted by energetic rookie detective Jae-hyeon (Shin Hyun-seung - Han River Police TV series etc) who was eager to prove his worth. The body was later identified as the Boudoir luxury brand regional head Sarah Kim (Shin Hye-sun - Following, Welcome to Samdal-ri TV series etc) by her friend Jeong Yeo-jin (Park Bo-kyung - Genie, Make a Wish TV series, Hopeless etc) who was also the largest investor of Boudoir. 

(Mini Series) Wonder Man - Character Driven Drama Series About a Person with Super Power in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Two days ago, this latest super hero series set in Marvel Cinematic Universe was released on Disney+. To my surprise, all episodes were made available on the same day instead of the weekly one episode release. So I immediately started to watch on that day and finished it last night. Without further ado, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, The Matrix Resurrections etc) had been struggling to become successful actor for years with the help from his agent Janelle (X Mayo - Freakier Friday, American Auto TV series etc). When he found out from actor Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley - The Thursday Murder Club, Locked Down etc) who used to be the terrorist Mandarin, that famous director Von Kovak (Zlatko Buric - Superman 2025, Triangle of Sadness etc) was doing a remake of the super hero movie Wonder Man, Simon was really interested in the role. So he tried his best to get into the audition without his agent's knowledge. 

(Mini Series) Agatha Christie's Seven Dials - A Pretty Entertaining Adaptation of Lesser Known Agatha Christie's Characters

This series was already promoted by Netflix for quite some time and being major fan of Agatha Christie's novels, I would not want to miss another adaptation from her works. So when it was finally released yesterday, I immediately gave it a try and finished it last night. All right then, let's just get on with it.

Brief Story Line

In the year 1925, Lady Caterham (Helena Bonham Carter - Enola Holmes 2, Ocean's 8 etc) and her daughter Lady Eileen aka Bundle (Mia McKenna-Bruce - Vampire Academy TV series, How to Have Sex etc) hosted a gathering at the request of Sir Oswald Coote (Mark Lewis Jones - Apostle, Gangs of London TV series etc) and Lady Maria Coote (Dorothy Atkinson - Pennyworth TV series, Saltburn etc). During this party, there were plenty of guests including George Lomax (Alex Macqueen - Downtown Abbey: A New Era, Holby City TV series etc) from the Foreign Ministry along with his subordinates Gerry Wade (Corey McIchreest - Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story etc), Ronny Devereux (Nabhaan Rizwan - Kaos TV series etc) and Bill Eversleigh (Hughie O'Donnell - Fight or Flight etc). There was also the wealthy Jimmy Thesiger (Edward Bluemel - Persuasion, Killing Eve TV series etc) and few others.

(Mini Series) His & Hers - An Interesting Mystery Thriller Limited Series Adapted from Best Selling Novel

Last Thursday, this limited series was released by Netflix along with other films & series. The premise looked very interesting which made me curious to give it a try. I managed to finish this in just two days time on Friday night but only got the chance to write about it today. All right then, why don't I get to it. 

Brief Story Line

The small town of Dahlonega,Georgia was rocked by the finding of a woman's dead body in the forest. Detective Jack Harper (Jon Bernthal - The Accountant 2, Marvel's The Punisher TV series etc) and his partner Priya Patel (Sunita Mani - Death of a Unicorn, GLOW TV series etc) were tasked to investigate the case. However their investigation was disturbed with the appearance of WSK TV station reporter Anna (Tessa Thompson - Creed III, Thor: Love and Thunder etc) & her cameraman Richard (Pablo Shcreiber -   ) as they tried to cover the news and made it a huge deal. Anna's action was motivated by her competition with news anchor Lexy (Rebecca Rittenhouse - Maggie TV series, Good on Paper etc).

(Mini Series) Harlan Coben's Lazarus - A Pretty Interesting Psychological Horror Series with Multiple Surprising Twists

I was not aware there would be this new series to be released on Prime Video earlier. But when I got notification yesterday and read a bit on the synopsis, I was immediately intrigued and gave it a try. Having only 6 episodes where all of them were released at the same time, made it easy for me to complete the whole series last night. All right then, I'll just get right to it.

Brief Story Line

When forensic psychiatrist Joel Lazarus aka Laz (Sam Claflin -Enola Holmes, Adrift etc) was informed that his father, the experienced psychiatrist Doctor Jonathan Lazarus (Bill Nighy - The Wild Robot, Love Actually etc) had shot himself, he immediately came back to his home town. Laz did not believe that his father would have committed suicide, though his sister Jenna (Alexandra Roach - No Offence TV series, Anna Karenina etc) did not have any doubt. The suicide was investigated by Laz's old friend Detective Seth McGovern (David Fynn - Trolls Band Together, Undateable TV series etc) and his superior DCI Alison Brown (Kate Ashfield - Shaun of the Dead, This Little Life etc).

(Mini Series) Smoke - An Unexpectedly More Character Driven Drama than Intense Thriller Series

I have known about this series for few months now ever since I noticed it as part of the upcoming shows on AppleTV+. Its premise looked interesting which made me look forward to the series. But as usual, I had to wait till it was completed (which was exactly last week), before starting to watch it 3 nights ago. Well all right then, let's just get on with the series.

Brief Story Line

David Gudsen (Taron Egerton - Carry-On, Kingsman: The Golden Circle etc) was an arson investigator who had been dealing with two serial arsonists in his area. During his free time, Dave started to write a book which centered around his life and experience with the support from his wife Ashley (Hannah Emily Anderson - Jigsaw, The Purge TV series etc). After some time unable to catch the criminal, Metropolitan PD assigned Detective Michelle Calderone (Jurnee Smollett - Spiderhead, Friday Night Lights TV series etc) to assist in the investigation. Despite his reluctance and objection to his boss Commander Harvey Englehart (Greg Kinnear - As Good as It Gets, Sabrina 1995 remake etc), Dave had to accept the decision. 

(MINI SERIES) Missing You - A Pretty Decent Adaptation of Harlan Coben's Novel

This latest series from Netflix was released beginning of the year and immediately reached the Top 10 Watched in Indonesia. Since the premise sounded intriguing and people seemed to dig it, I decided to give it a try after finishing another series. It did not take long for me to finish and I managed to complete it during the weekend. OK so here's more on the series. 

Brief Story Line

Kat Donovan (Rosalind Eleazar - Class of '09 mini series, Slow Horses TV series etc) was the lead Detective for a missing person case and reporting to her superior Detective Chief Stagger (Richard Armitage - Ocean's 8, Berlin Station TV series etc). While investigating, a teenaged boy named Brendan (Oscar Kennedy) approached Kat specifically and requested her help to find his missing mother. Despite her skepticism, Kat still tried to help Brendan.

(MINI SERIES) Agatha All Along - Might be Interesting for Certain Viewers but not so Much to My Personal Taste

After playing for few weeks, the finale of this series from Marvel Cinematic Universe was released two days ago. I started watching on Wednesday and finished it last night. Without further ado, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Three years after the events in WandaVision, Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, A Bad Moms Christmas etc) who was trapped under a spell in Westview, was able to free herself after meeting with a witch called Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza - Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, The White Lotus season 2 etc). Agatha who lost her magic later agreed to cooperate with a teenager referred to as Teen (Joe Locke - Heartstopper TV series etc) to go to the Witches' road where they could get their wish after completing certain trials.

(Mini Series) Who is Erin Carter? - A Fairly Entertaining Action Thriller Mystery Series

I was not too excited to watch this series when it was released a week ago. But after it made to the top 10 soon enough, I became interested and decided to give it a try few days ago. OK, so let's find out more about the series then.

Brief Story Line

Erin Carter (Evin Ahmad - Snabba Cash TV series etc) had moved to Barcelona from England with her daughter Harper (Indica Watson - A Boy Called Christmas etc) few years before. Now she worked as subsitute teacher at a prestigious school and best friends with one of the school staff Olivia (Susannah Fielding - This Time with Alan  Partridge TV series etc). She also got married to a male nurse named Jordi (Sean Teale - The Gifted TV series etc) and living in a rich neighborhood where one of their neighbors Penelope (Charlotte Vega - Wrong Turn etc) always looked down on Erin.

(Mini Series) H/JACK - A Very Suspenseful and Intense Hijacking Story

I noticed about this series some time ago with premise that sounded intriguing and made me interested. But as usual, I would rather watch it when the whole season was completed before starting to do so. Its final episode was shown last week but I only got the chance to begin 3 nights ago. All right then, let's move on to it.

Brief Story Line

Sam Nelson (Idris Elba - Extraction 2, The Jungle Book etc) was a corporate business negotiator who was having estranged relationship with his wife Marsha (Christine Adams - Black Lightning TV series, The Unholy etc). After a business trip, Sam went on a flight from Dubai to London with more than 200 passengers on board including Stuart (Neil Maskell - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Kill List etc) in Business class, Terry (Jasper Britton), Lewis (Jack McMullen - Grange Hill TV series etc), Jaime (Aimée Kelly - The Duke etc) and the others in Economy class. Unfortunately though, the plane was hijacked not long after taking off. The pilot Robin (Ben Miles - The Crown TV series etc) and the flight attendants such as Collette (Kate Phillips - Miss Scarlet and the Duke TV series etc) tried their best to hold on.  

(MINI SERIES) Secret Invasion - Just Another Check-List Series to Cross to Have Knowledge of Complete Story Line in MCU

Once again, a new series from Marvel Cinematic Universe was released on Disney+ few weeks ago. Since I am one of those people who do not want to miss out on anything related to MCU continuation story, I had to watch this series as well. So when its final episode was shown mid of last week, I began to watch it during the weekend and finished immediately. OK, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson - The Protege, Spiral etc) who had been in space developing space defense system was called back to earth when a group of Skrull rebels led by Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, One Night in Miami etc) were trying to take over earth by impersonating high ranking officials. Fury worked together with Talos (Ben Mendelsohn - The Outsider TV series, Robin Hood 2018 version etc) whom he first met during the events in Captain Marvel in pacifying the rebels. Gravik himself was supported by plenty of Skrulls who had the same view of his, such as Pagon (Kylian Scott - The Commuter etc), G'iah (Emilia Clarke - Last Christmas, Above Suspicion etc) and new recruit Beto (Samuel Adewunmi - You Don't Know Me TV series etc).

(Mini Series) Class of '09 - Got Interesting Premise Across 3 Distinct Timelines but Lacking the Spark to Make it Extraordinary

After finishing another series, I was browsing through Disney+ to see what's new and came across this one which truly intrigued me from its brief synopsis. Plus the fact that it was a mini series, I was even more interested. So I began watching on Sunday and finished it two nights ago. All right, I will get on it now.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in three different time lines, year 2009 (the past), year 2023 (the present) and year 2034 (the future) and focused on a group of FBI new recruits in 2009 referred to as Class of '09. They consist of Tayo Michaels (Brian Tyree Henry - Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse, Super Intelligence etc) formerly insurance adjuster, Ashley Poet (Kate Mara - Transcendence, House of Card TV series etc) who used to be a nurse, Daniel Lennix (Brian J. Smith - The Matrix: Resurrections, Sense8 TV series etc) former lawyer, Hour Nazari (Sepideh Moafi - The L Word: Generation Q TV series etc) an Iranian-American graduate from MIT, Murphy (Jake McDorman - Greek TV series etc) who was formerly a police detective and several others.

(MINI SERIES) Kaleidoscope - A Unique Heist Series Where Audience can Watch the Episodes in Different Orders

After released on Netflix for more than a week, I finally decided to give this mini series a try. Aside from the interesting plot, it also promised something unique that got me intrigued. Since it only had 8 episodes, I managed to finish it in 2 nights only. OK, I'll get more to it now.

Brief Story Line

Story focused on Leo Pap (Giancarlo Esposito - The Mandalorian TV series, Maze Runner: The Death Cure etc) who wanted to do a heist job on some bearers bond worth USD 7 billion kept in the vault of security company SLS led by Roger Salas (Rufus Sewell - The Man in the High Castle TV series, Old etc). Leo enlisted the help of several people including the smuggler Stan (Peter Mark Kendall - Strange Angel TV series etc), the chemist Judy (Rosaline Elbay) with her husband the safe cracker Bob (Jai Courtney - The Terminal List TV series, Suicide Squad etc), the driver RJ (Jordan Mendoza) and the lawyer Ava Mercer (Paz Vega - Rambo: Last Wish, Acts of Vengeance etc).

(Mini Series) Treason - An OK Spy Thriller Series but not Truly Memorable

There were so many new movies and series released on Netflix in the past few weeks that I had difficulties in catching up. Especially with the addition of subsequent seasons of older series that I was invested in. But when this one was released yesterday, I opted to see it first because of the lead cast and it was a limited series that would be concluded in one season. All right, let's get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Adam Lawrence (Charlie Cox - Daredevil TV series etc) was the deputy chief of British Secret Intelligence Service MI6 who was married with Maddy (Oona Chaplin - The Longest Ride etc) and had two kids. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Adam had to take over from Sir Martin Angelis (Ciarán Hinds - Red Sparrow, Belfast etc) as the chief while handling a possible threat to the country.

(Mini Series) The Watcher - Pretty Intriguing Psychological Thriller Drama based on True Events

And another series that I was a bit late in watching because of so many new movies and series released on Netflix in the past few weeks. But after few days, I finally finished this one last night. Well, here goes.

Brief Story Line

Dean Brannock (Bobby Cannavale - Blonde, Sing 2 etc) and his wife Nora (Naomi Watts - Boss Level, 21 Grams etc) decided to buy their dream house in the suburb through the real estate agent Karen Calhoun (Jennifer Coolidge - The White Lotus, American Pie movies etc). After moving in with their teenage daughter Ellie (Isabel Gravitt) and young son Carter (Luke David Blumm), Dean and Nora met with various people in the neighborhood such as the elderly couple Mitch (Richard Kind - Spin City TV series, Cars etc) and Mo (Margo Martindale - Instant Family, The Americans TV series etc) and the woman who wanted to preserve history Pearl Winslow (Mia Farrow - Rosemary's Baby, Alice etc) and her younger brother Jasper (Terry Kinney - Oz TV series, Save the Last Dance etc).

(Mini Series) Echoes - A Mystery Drama Thriller with Few Surprising Twists

When this series was released on Netflix last Friday, I was quite intrigued by the synopsis. But I started to watch it only during the weekend and managed to finished it last night. All right, let's get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Gina McCleary (Michelle Monaghan - Sleepless, Source Code etc) who was married to psychiatrist Charlie Davenport (Daniel Sunjata - Rescue Me TV series etc) was getting worried when she could not get hold of her identical twin Leni (also played by Monaghan). So when she heard from Leni's husband Jack (Matt Bomer - Doom Patrol TV series, Magic Mike etc) that she has been missing under suspicious circumstances, Gina immediately went to their hometown to find out what actually happened.