
EPISODE 1.1
Good Luck
As the clock begins on Alma’s dangerous 24-hour passage into
... More a lawless Manhattan in search of her son Christian, rivals Parco and Wilson seek approval from the DMZ’s major gangs in separate bids for governor.LessRosario Dawson (Dopesick) leads this four-part adaptation of the DC comic as a mother journeying across a future war-torn American searching for her lost son.
In the near future after a bitter civil war leaves Manhattan a demilitarized zone (DMZ), destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world, fierce medic Alma Ortega (Dawson) sets out on a harrowing journey to find the son she lost in the evacuation of New York City at the onset of the conflict. Standing in her way are gangs, militias, demagogues and warlords, including Parco Delgado (Benjamin Bratt, Law & Order), the popular — and deadly — leader of one of the most powerful gangs in the DMZ.
LessWhile this premise oozes potential, it’s stifled both by its incoherent politics and its plodding approach to its characters, which makes even its most powerful and charismatic performers feel without purpose.
Full reviewDMZ is generic enough to accept multiple interpretations, which also means it can let specific messages get muddled by broad rhetoric.
Full reviewIt’s a political drama that’s studiedly nonpartisan. Whether that makes the show universal, or too cautious to risk possible future seasons, depends on which side you’re coming from.
Full reviewIt’s full of big ideas that never materialise and characters without room to grow.
Full reviewIt comes down to the usual post-apocalyptic tale about human beings who haven’t really learned anything after the world has been turned upside down... But boy, does everyone look good amidst all the graffiti and fallen skyscrapers and blood and bullets.
Full reviewThat expert craftsman directors and some interesting actors can hold some of this thin plotting and clunky dialogue together at all is a testament to their skill.
Full reviewThe actors stretch mightily in their performances to sell the many plot holes that DMZ requires us to ignore...
Full reviewThe first episode... has some overwrought sequences, but Ernest R. Dickerson brings some welcome grit to the ensuing episodes.
Full reviewDMZ: Limited Series is available to stream in New Zealand now on Neon.
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