Over the past few years, the number of subscription services has grown exponentially. Either because there is a wider audience that can afford to hire multiple people at once, or because the content has become more diverse. The truth is that due to the significant number of platforms available, it becomes more difficult to choose which one is right or closest to the audience’s preferences. What gets tricky is among the catalogs with more numerous options and many of them of questionable quality. Maybe that’s why, Prime Video this is an option that usually falls in the middle of the extremes of the spectrum
While it doesn’t have Netflix’s extensive collection of movies, it also comes close to the quality and curation of Apple TV+. But it also boasts a significant point. All his series and films represent a very close combination of popular stories and others of a more original nature. Between the two, there are also premises that explore cinematic universes and, without a doubt, some of the most celebrated literary adaptations of our time.
We leave you with a list of the top five series released on the platform this year. Belonging spin off from one of his greatest hits to a controversial version of one of the most intriguing books in literature of the last decade. The options show how Prime Video chooses its material and at the same time the breadth of its vision when analyzing and delving into its new offerings. Without a doubt, this is her highest and most valuable point.
Best Prime Video series of 2023
Jean W.
In 2019 series Boysbased on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis, it broke the mold of how superheroes are viewed in pop culture. If only Marvel and DC had popularized the idea of a primordial figure with high morals for their charactersPrime Video’s production chose the opposite. This allowed him to create a completely different dimension of power, influence and especially justice in the realm of the superhero genre.
His spin off Jean W. He goes even further, imagining a world in which special abilities are nurtured from childhood to have a cultural effect. This leads the plot to delve into the lives and dilemmas of very young people who have just discovered their powers. But more than that, the sinister influence of the company Vought International It’s total in their life. The company’s Godolkin University School of Crime Fighting does more than just educate the future dinners. Also, to shape their personality and performance so that they are products that can be manipulated in a voracious environment.
The plot is carefully deepened through a screenplay that examines the greed, lust for fame and corruption of a group of young men with amazing talents. But also how Vought International He controls everything that happens until he creates monsters under his control. The most frightening message of this unpredictable plot.
Inseparable
In 1988 the film Dead bell ringers David Cronenberg, surprised and dismayed in equal measure. The story of twin brothers, both gynecologists, who use their profession to commit perversions, was a mixture of psychological horror and drama. Especially when he delved into the sinister realm of medical ethics in the service of desire, lust and fear. With Jeremy Irons in a dual role, it was an exploration of the terrifying realm of science from a director’s eerie perspective.
Its television version appeared this year on Prime Video, but with some significant changes that complicated the matter. More like a book Twins Bari Wood and Jack Gisland, on whom the film is based, the plot once again delves into fear. Only the central characters are women. Twins gender reassignment This makes it difficult to internalize his medical violence and his search for borderline violent treatments.
However, the best thing about this production, helmed by the impeccable Rachel Weisz, is the double reading. While the film was more interested in body horror, the series’ format carefully dissects the twists and turns of its central figures. This leads to a morbid exploration of violence from a very unusual perspective.
Continental: From the World of John Wick
Winston Scott (played by Ian McShane) is one of the most mysterious and charismatic figures in the action genre. The manager of the legendary Continental Hotel from the John Wick saga is much more than just a cruel character. He is a strategist among outside manipulations High table. At the same time, he is a formidable man, keeping his secrets and turbulent past. Something that follows him through the film franchise like a shadow.
Series Continental: From the World of John Wick explores Scott’s youth. It details the years before the character became one of the leaders of the criminal hierarchy of New York. Directed by Colin Woodell, the story takes place in a setting similar to the franchise from which it is taken. From revenge to ultra-violence, the story reveals a whole new dimension to the dangerous underworld of feature films.
But it also does something else. This allows Scott’s character to have his own mythology and weight. This series, all about settling scores and defeating the villain played by Mel Gibson, is everything a John Wick fan wants.
Platform
The Prime Video series hasn’t had the same impact as others that are more popular on the platform. But, nevertheless, this is one of the best releases of this year. The story of the mystery that the platform will have to face Kinloch Bravolocated off the Scottish coast of the North Sea, it is frightening in its unexpectedness. What begins with the appearance of a foggy band of inexplicable extent and density will gradually become a supernatural mystery.
Especially when this phenomenon has a second side effect. This will impact more than just the platform’s ability to monitor its environment through tools. At the same time, this will leave the building isolated. Which will make the crew wonder if what they are experiencing is something more than a natural fact.
All of the above, while they will have to face an inexplicable force hidden in the fog. The Platform is a story that begins with simplicity and evolves into a more ambitious idea throughout the chapters. At the same time, the culmination will be one of the most mysterious conclusions of this year in the serial format. Even if it is not renewed for a second season, the production will go away on its own. A well-constructed story with a moral. Evil awaits in the most unexpected places.
Force
Based on the book Power: Power in the hands of women Naomi Alderman, the story explores a disturbing plot. Suddenly and without the slightest medical explanation, all women of the world wake up with the ability to produce lethal electric shocks with their hands.
Which will give them the opportunity to protect themselves and at the same time become more and more powerful. What begins as an anomaly soon becomes a threat to every country’s system of governance. Especially when all the women who can kill with a touch realize that they may face threats that have so far surpassed them.
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The series could have taken a feminist tone, but instead it takes a clear-eyed look at the balance of power between men and women. Which gives the series the opportunity to analyze the modern world from its harshest points.
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