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- 2014
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2014
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary The Netflix series explores the early days of Marco Polo's (Lorenzo Richelmy) time in the court of Kublai Khan (Benedict Wong).
Created By: John Fusco
- 2014
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2014
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Marco Polo (2014)
Season 1 Premiere: Dec 12, 2014
48
8.0
Where to Watch
Summary The Netflix series explores the early days of Marco Polo's (Lorenzo Richelmy) time in the court of Kublai Khan (Benedict Wong).
Created By: John Fusco
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
48
23% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
45% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
32% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
48
23% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
45% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
32% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
A fun, body-flinging, old-fashioned epic.... As Kublai Khan, British actor Benedict Wong gives an impressive performance, one of the best of the year: You absolutely believe his ruthlessness, his power and his calculating thoughtfulness. As Marco Polo, on the other hand, Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy, who looks like a more lyrical Emile Hirsch, mostly has to be put up with.
Marco Polo flits between storytelling styles without completely tying them together as successfully as "Game of Thrones" does.... By the fifth and sixth episodes the action picks up, the intrigue deepens and the stakes some higher.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 550 User Ratings
8.0
82% Positive
453 Ratings
453 Ratings
7% Mixed
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
11% Negative
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 550 User Ratings
8.0
82% Positive
453 Ratings
453 Ratings
7% Mixed
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
11% Negative
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
Shot primarily in Kazakhstan and Malaysia, the series is richly atmospheric, lavishly produced, and artfully rendered. But you may find that the whole is less than the sum of its parts. It doesn't work nearly as well as drama as it does as sheer spectacle.
Creatively, it’s just a middling mess--something so average that a basic cable channel could have duplicated it without all the foreign travel for about $84 million less.
A dull period drama without characters to care about or a narrative in which to invest.
The show suffers from a profound lack of momentum and meaning, with plots and subplots that are stiff and predictable.
Marco Polo might best be utilized as a sedative or sleeping pill. All those dark to pitch black exteriors and interiors seem guaranteed to prompt an onset of heavy eyelids if not a complete conk-out. And if that doesn’t get you, the ponderous pace almost certainly will.
Overall, this show was a very good production and most aspects were convincing. The storytelling kind of entangles the viewer with the story by struggle. You struggle with the characters, their decisions, so that ultimately, you hope for some bright moments in the story, some resolve. Regardless, the show has been canceled due to its huge costs.
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One of the few great/interesting netflix series ever created and It is bloody cancelled tells alot about filthy netflix and their agenda
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Production Company:
- Electus
- The Weinstein Company
Initial Release Date: Dec 12, 2014
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Australian Production Design Guild Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Seoul International Drama Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
