I'm hoping this gets better or at least doesn't get worse. The first episode was rather standard for these, enough mystery and symbology nonsense to keep things interesting. The problem here is the casting. Zuckerman is a rather good actor, but just doesn't quite have the gravitas to pull this off. I might believe him as a Harvard professor, maybe, if he didn't seem to be quoting his Latin from the script instead of really reading it, and he just seems more like a first year grad student than a professor, especially one with a distinguished reputation. Hanks pulls it off quite well, Zuckerman might in another 20 years. Izzard is okay, but hardly seems brilliant enough to be a Langdon mentor, and the villains are plastic and seem hardly more than deranged gang members. Still, in a desert where decent fare once was, this is still better than usual for this September so far.
12 Reviews
Great start to the season!
andrew-lundberg-197017 September 2021
As Above, So Below
Prismark1020 November 2021
The series focuses on a younger Robert Langdon (Ashley Zukerman.) A symbologist who is suddenly in a race against time.
The first episode has Langdon rushing to address a meeting at the Smithsonian Gala in Washington He is standing in for his mentor Peter Solomon.
Only to find that there is no event but Solomon's severed hand does show up.
It is a kidnapping case and a voice on the phone needs Langdon to decipher symbols and messages.
In some ways the series reminded me of Condor. A young Langdon who is nervous and a little bit out of his league. The baddie is an expert killer, both armed and unarmed. It is a bit of a cliché.
Fans of the Dan Brown movie adaptations would enjoy the ride as it is fast paced.
The first episode has Langdon rushing to address a meeting at the Smithsonian Gala in Washington He is standing in for his mentor Peter Solomon.
Only to find that there is no event but Solomon's severed hand does show up.
It is a kidnapping case and a voice on the phone needs Langdon to decipher symbols and messages.
In some ways the series reminded me of Condor. A young Langdon who is nervous and a little bit out of his league. The baddie is an expert killer, both armed and unarmed. It is a bit of a cliché.
Fans of the Dan Brown movie adaptations would enjoy the ride as it is fast paced.
Great start
bmiller593 October 2021
Can't wait to see how this develops. I guess because unless you were living in a cave and didn't see all the previous movies how would you know the concept and where this is going. None the less I'm hooked after this first episode.
Though all the previous movies were long and involved, I was disappointed when they ended as I wanted more.
Hope this is as good as it is starting off at.
Though all the previous movies were long and involved, I was disappointed when they ended as I wanted more.
Hope this is as good as it is starting off at.
I've Never Read a Dan Brown Book but I'm Hooked
HockeyMom8624 March 2022
I've never read a Dan Brown book or seen his movies, but after watching this first episode, I'm hooked. The characters are believable and this first episode gives you insight into the main characters, but leaves you wanting more.
Great show
ibrahimkamala18 December 2021
Read the book instead
jensenmish12 October 2021
Messy
poinla3716 September 2021
I'm not a Dan Brown fan and I've never read any of his books nor have I seen the DaVinci Code.
The settings and characters development are almost non existent. People come in from nowhere and you're supposed to follow them?
The story and scenes are really messy, it's hard to follow (not because the plot is complicated, just because the script, framework and cuts are so messy).
The acting is decent but not great, and you can see from the scenes and settings that it's probably a low budget series made for the Dan Brown and QAnon fans.
The settings and characters development are almost non existent. People come in from nowhere and you're supposed to follow them?
The story and scenes are really messy, it's hard to follow (not because the plot is complicated, just because the script, framework and cuts are so messy).
The acting is decent but not great, and you can see from the scenes and settings that it's probably a low budget series made for the Dan Brown and QAnon fans.
Disappointed hearts
usaribas25 September 2021
First of all i have to say that some Informations is given about Turkish prisons in some scenario parts is not true. If you say something about real things, they must be real.
In Second hand; series and its characters are too hard to be understood.
In Second hand; series and its characters are too hard to be understood.
This is rubbish.
Simon-14013 April 2022
This is rubbish, but that shouldn't surprise anyone.
Any author who insists on calling an expert in symbols a "symbologist," rather than semiotician, is either ignorant or so cynically patronising that they deserve our contempt.
I'm generous by nature, so I'll assume Brown isn't ignorant: he just has no aspirations beyond making a buck.
The series contains no "Left Wing Marxism." It's writing as commerce. Within a decade, books of Brown's calibre will be written by computers, just as "1984" predicted.
Any author who insists on calling an expert in symbols a "symbologist," rather than semiotician, is either ignorant or so cynically patronising that they deserve our contempt.
I'm generous by nature, so I'll assume Brown isn't ignorant: he just has no aspirations beyond making a buck.
The series contains no "Left Wing Marxism." It's writing as commerce. Within a decade, books of Brown's calibre will be written by computers, just as "1984" predicted.
Nice Look at Turkey(!)
guvenpekdemir9 October 2021
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