Prime Video’s Priyanka Chopra Jonas-led spy thriller Citadel needs more than shallow villains to succeed.
After years of waiting, the first two episodes of Citadel are finally available on Prime Video. Produced by the Russo Brothers, Citadel is the first chapter of an intertwined spy thriller story that will expand toward multiple international series, including spinoffs set in Italy, Mexico, and India. And since the main U.S. series was already renewed before the premiere of the first episodes, we can say that Amazon Studios is betting a lot of money on the Russo Brothers' intriguing project.
As Bernard tells Mason and the viewers, Citadel is a network created to counter the potentially destructive actions of other spy agencies. Since each of these agencies works for the interest of their home country, across history, spies have been responsible for causing wars, spreading misinformation, and murdering people for national interests.
The Citadel vs. Manticore Conflict Feels Too Shallow It’s easy to understand why Citadel presents its titular network and Manticore as the obvious heroes and villains of the story. By making it clear to the audience who they should be cheering for, Citadel ensures any fans watching the many spinoffs being developed won’t have to do homework to learn who are the bad guys.
While setting Citadel as heroes and Manticore as villains, the first episodes of Citadel undermine the spy thriller concept it’s trying to sell. Instead of a complex story where multiple players try to get ahead of each other, we have two forces with clear goals punching each other until one falls. It’s a shallow approach to spy thrillers that throws away genre conventions in favor of practicality.
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