series Netflix FUBAR, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, starts strong. Created by Nick Santora, it celebrates the legacy of its lead actor in action movies. At the same time, he emphasizes that his past will be important for understanding what will happen next.
In fact, the first minutes of production show that Luke Brunner, the character played by the Austrian is a CIA agent with a long career. One that spans decades, continents, all sorts of dangers, and a handful of notable successes for world peace.
What makes a main character FUBAR into a dangerous figure needed for very specific missions. Due to his knowledge of weapons and his ability to negotiate, the character is of great importance to the institution to which he belongs.
FUBAR
The Netflix series FUBAR, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is a tribute to the action genre. Nick Santora’s screenplay uses its protagonist to show a spy story based on misunderstandings. Luke Brunner, played by an Austrian actor, is a CIA agent who has been hiding his identity for years. But he’s also a loving father and husband who deals with retirement and a family life he doesn’t quite understand. A precarious balance that will eventually be upset when his secret is revealed in the middle of his final mission. With a True Lies-inspired plot, the plot creates a solid story that falters only at a predictable ending.
Echoes of the FUBAR series
But Luke he is also the father of a family who just turned 65 years old. Therefore, in addition to the more than likely retirement, he will have to deal with the first ailments of old age and the progressive exhaustion of the latent personality over the years. Especially when it becomes obvious that his life on the field has alienated him from those he loves.
Of course, script comparison FUBARwritten by Nick Santora, with film True liesJames Cameron. The series does not hide its links, but uses them to its advantage. This allows him to emphasize his irony and turn much of his great action scenes into an opportunity to define his central figure. Luke he is a hero, although no one knows and can not know. Which ultimately becomes the cause of dissatisfaction with the life of the character.
A discovery that will change everything
During the last thirty years, Luke It was a shadow for you. A loving father, but with noticeable absences and a kind husband, although always absent-minded. With a supposed office job, he pretends that back pains, injuries, and broken ribs have a good reason. A crazy idea that is made plausible by the direction of the camera, depicting Brunner’s house from a warm vantage point.
When a character enters a home space, there is a change in atmosphere and dimension. FUBAR. A good decision that allows the plot to move forward, easily avoiding its small inconsistencies. Questions about how the agent has not been discovered so far are hidden under domestic calm. A trick that the plot will use several times over the course of eight chapters.
Retirement gets tricky
But things get harder when his partner Barry (Milan Carter) informs him that he must complete one last mission before returning home for good. Rescue a young CIA agent caught in the hands of a terrorist cell. This could be almost a chore for an agent of Luke’s caliber, were it not for two reasons. A leader who is addicted to him – who borders on the figure of a sick father – and the personality of a captured agent who is none other than his daughter. Emma (Monica Barbaro). It is then that the double play of the plot and its most peculiar conflict are revealed.
Emma Not only did he manage to hide his identity for most of his life, but he also kept his father from revealing it. A double feat that becomes an engine FUBAR and his greatest strength. The chemistry between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Monica Barbaro is believable and their relationship is based on the same personalities. Grumpy, disciplined and demanding. Both of them know that they have the disposition, ability and will to get out of the mission alive. Which will lead to the clash of these two in a family story that is as atypical as it is well constructed.
FUBAR and dilemmas of parents and children
Soon, Emma And Luke They become a duet that complements each other perfectly. As the story unfolds with impeccable staging, FUBAR he realizes that he depends more on humor and the most sensitive moments of his story, so he points to them. Gradually, the heroes realize that cooperation is not enough, they must forgive each other and accept their shortcomings if they want to move on.
In its strange final chapter, the play breaks off a bit at the end of a predictable narrative. Nevertheless, FUBAR it remains the sum of its best parts. A combination of comedy, explosions and love between parents and children that surprises with its good results despite almost self-parody moments.
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