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- Amazon FreeVee
- Jun 4, 2020
- Amazon FreeVee
- Jun 4, 2020
Summary After the death of his uncle, the teenage Alex Rider (Otto Farrant) is recruited by MI6's Department of Special Operations to infiltrate a school in this adaptation of the novels by Anthony Horowitz. [Premiered originally in the UK on Prime Video on 4 Jun 2020]
- Amazon FreeVee
- Jun 4, 2020
- Amazon FreeVee
- Jun 4, 2020
Summary After the death of his uncle, the teenage Alex Rider (Otto Farrant) is recruited by MI6's Department of Special Operations to infiltrate a school in this adaptation of the novels by Anthony Horowitz. [Premiered originally in the UK on Prime Video on 4 Jun 2020]
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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Alex Rider is definitely an above average entry in TV’s spy genre; it takes its main character seriously and develops him enough that we can actually believe he’ll do a good job as an agent. That’s saying a lot.
A pacey romp, far superior to the 2006 film. It’s slick and stylish, bringing the stories up-to-date with smartphones and cybertechnology while sticking to the spirit of Boy’s Own adventures.
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The show takes him seriously, which means their fictional version of the SAS takes him seriously, which means the deeply realistic bad guys out to literally kill him also take him seriously. And while that much seriousness has the tendency to drag lesser adult action series to an absolute standstill, the hyper-realistic teen antics Alex and his tiny circle of friends get up to, even in the midst of life-or-death situations, serve as useful tonal ballast that lends the series just enough warmth and humor to bolster the rest of the story’s inherent tension.
The first two episodes deliver a lot of setup as Alex’s world is ripped apart before he’s set on his path to becoming a spy. The plot mechanics are fairly predictable and it takes the show too long to get where it’s clearly going.
It's fine! The decision was made to double down on exposition for this reintroduction to Alex Rider and his undercover world, which leads to long stretches of narrative clunkiness. But it feels like a reasonable eight-episode set-up for a fun series.
The new Alex Rider is pacy, polished and safe. It’s hard to imagine anyone hating it, but there is something slightly clinical about the exercise, too.
The series will probably benefit from the fact that adults don’t have the bandwidth at the moment to cope with much more than it offers. With any luck, it will buy Alex Rider time to find its feet, decide on its audience and fully realise the vision that floats just underneath the spectacle.