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- Amazon Prime
- Aug 4, 2017
- Amazon Prime
- Aug 4, 2017
Summary A fictional 1980s Romanian police drama series where detectives Gregor Anghel (Florin Piersic Jr.) and Iosef Baciu (Corneliu Ulici) investigate the murder of officer Nikita Ionesco is "found" and remastered with dubbed voices including Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the leads in this comedy series created by Brian Gatewood an...
Created By: Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka
- Amazon Prime
- Aug 4, 2017
- Amazon Prime
- Aug 4, 2017
Summary A fictional 1980s Romanian police drama series where detectives Gregor Anghel (Florin Piersic Jr.) and Iosef Baciu (Corneliu Ulici) investigate the murder of officer Nikita Ionesco is "found" and remastered with dubbed voices including Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the leads in this comedy series created by Brian Gatewood an...
Created By: Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka
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Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
67
77% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
23% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The result is a kind of Mad magazine parody of tough-guy 1980s cop shows crossed with a Marxist-Leninist version of Woody Allen's hilariously counterfeit Japanese spy thriller What's Up, Tiger Lily?
The layers of this narrative onion make the characters more complex than perhaps was intended. Crafted to embody a political point, which is at the same time being skewered, they are doubly (at least) fictional. Played by humans, they are inevitably humanized, and at some point, the ironies break down and you care what happens to them, as people.
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Based on 35 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
8.0
86% Positive
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
3% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
11% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
What more can you say but BRILLIANT, the way it was filmed was genius.
Well written to be comedic yet serious, the story left you gripped and wanting more.
The acting and voice acting just flow together and you totally forget its actually dubbed. Just watch it, you won't regret it.
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SEASON 1
Director Rhys Thomas shows admirable restraint in not applying too much period embellishment, or letting Comrade Detective become a one-joke show. It works as drama, as well as comedy, and it seems as if putting it together might have been fun. The finished product certainly is.
It draws in you in with the novelty of its approach and keeps you hooked even though what’s happening onscreen is, dramatically and aesthetically speaking, not much deeper or better-made than a Cannon film starring a third-stringer like Michael Dudikoff. But it is intriguing, even if it doesn’t quite justify its modest six-episode run.
In one of the episode introductions, Tatum says he spent 107 hours in the studio dubbing his role, so much time that he ended up hurting his voice. There’s no way to be sure if he’s telling the truth. But if he is, it was time well and weirdly spent.
Comrade is one of those amusing-in-theory concepts that struggle to rise above the level of a cult-comedy inside joke. [4 Aug 2017, p.56]
At six long episodes, it drags, and the comedy isn’t fast or frequent enough. Edited to a tighter length, Comrade Detective might deliver better on its agitprop satire.
Comrade Detective is uniquely original and creative satire with a (surprisingly) compelling story. Its uniqueness makes you press play, its cast draws you in, and the subtlest of humor leaves a lasting impression on you.
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SEASON 1
So satisfied and surprised to have found this new show...Communism defending against the evils of Democracy. Very smart, creative , beautifully filmed, action packed with humor/sarcasm detective show. Supposedly filmed in Bucharest in the 80's, film lost and supposedly **** new show with a heavy hitter cast of voices.. you need to **** me hooked. Love to binge watch a great series.. we did this one and now want another season please! Romanian actors, sets, production so cool. I love these writers...Tanaka and Gatewood. Thanks Channing Tatum for A24 and creating the show!
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SEASON 1
Who would have thought- a show about an indoctrinated state that uses satire and humor to open your mind. This is the right show for the f-ed up times we live in. Highly recommend.
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SEASON 1
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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