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Condor
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 5, 2018
66
7.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
66
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
What's certain is that Condor, though perhaps a little too conspiracy-laden for its own good and more than a bit heavy-handed in the portrayals of its villains, is a beguiling trip through the wilderness of mirrors that's modern intelligence work. You don't have to believe it; just enjoy it.
The Joe-and-Kathy relationship in the show is an improvement on the film’s, in both plausibility and tone. ... Condor, rewiring the anxieties of classic paranoid thrillers for contemporary nervous systems, presents every citizen’s sense of isolation as the product of a state overrun with double-dealing.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 43 User Ratings
7.0
79% Positive
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
7% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
14% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 43 User Ratings
7.0
79% Positive
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
7% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
14% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
This Epix series is based on the novel “Six Days of the Condor,” which begat the movie Three Days of the Condor. Max Irons (Jeremy’s son) plays a CIA analyst whose calculations help thwart a major terrorist act. As a result of his discovery, he becomes the primary suspect in a major incident and has to elude nefarious forces that are out to eliminate him. The first 2 episodes are full of action and tension as the major developments play out. Episode 3 and 4 keep the grip, but rely more on paranoia than action. Still, Irons makes a strong impression as the unintentional action hero, while William Hurt and Brendan Fraser add star power. The subject matter isn’t new, but the taut direction and solid action holds promise for an exciting 21st century spy series (the 2nd season is already shot).
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As the plot lines stretch this way and that and back into the past, the main thread--there is one--can get a little lost. Still, the parts themselves make sense, even when you can’t recall how they fit together.
After a slow start early in the pilot episode, the pace quickens, turning Condor into a taut, violent, compulsively watchable series for fans of “24”-style thrillers.
Condor can be a little too blunt--a few of the villains’ lines could use some massaging, especially in romantic scenes--and it hasn’t made any big moves to prove why we need another adaptation, but it has a good handle on the core story. And the story, as we know, is a good one.
The end product lacks a certain verve. ... Condor is an honorable effort, thoughtfully made even when it’s struggling to differentiate itself from similar projects that came before.
The storytelling, here, is workmanlike and efficient. But Joe’s story comes to life too infrequently. ... [Supporting performances] can’t save Condor from a dull leading man and a premise that’s less adapted than retreaded, but they make it much more fun.
Season 1 is filled with young good looking people. Which is ok. The problem is with the naivety of the main character and the general plot. In the end episodes a young rookie is lecturing and kind of commanding his own superiors? That's ridiculous. The good point is a good and evil 'friendship' plot that develops in the end
Season 2 is pretty boring to be honest as there are not much dualistic characters like the female assassin.
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The first season was good, mostly smart and good watch. The second season, however, has a ridiculously shoehorned Russia plot which doesn't keep with the tenor or theme of the series. I find it hard to believe the person who wrote the first season would write the second. I wonder if it was an idea from the studio or someone else that doesn't understand the appeal of the first season.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company:
- Apophasisunproductions
- Audience Network
- MGM Television
- MGM/UA Television
- Paramount Television
- Skydance Television
Initial Release Date: Jun 5, 2018
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Young Entertainer Awards
• 2 Nominations
The Joey Awards, Vancouver
• 1 Nomination
