''Citadel' is the definition of generic,' writes nschager. New Prime Video series 'Citadel' is reported to be the second most expensive series ever, but they might want to cut their losses.
) and apparently funded by the globe’s richest criminal families. This is basically a Bond-ian MI6-vs-Spectre set-up, although given its thin silliness, it more readily recalls the conflict between G.I. Joe and Cobra.
For his efforts trying to unearth his origins through DNA tests, Mason is discovered by Bernard, who kidnaps his old associate and lets him know about his past. Moreover, he clues him into an urgent assignment for which he’s needed: Manticore seeks Citadel’s super-top-secret briefcase because it contains the whereabouts of both every living Citadel agent as well as the world’s nuclear weapons.
Of course, nothing is what it seems in Weil’s series, as visualized by recurring upside-down and rotating shots that are meant to speak to the narrative’s topsy-turvy nature . When everything is so obviously a ruse, however, it’s hard to take anything very seriously, and that’s certainly the case here, including with regards to peripheral characters who are destined to be unmasked as surprise heroes or villains.
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