Chernobyl
Chernobyl
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
Rowan Krzysiak reviewedFebruary 13, 2025
Consume, move on, consume, move on, consume, move on, tell your friends....and forget. In the modern era this show feels different because it steeps itself in the language of classic television.
It has spectacle but not gratuitously, instead choosing to serve the settings, dialogue and performances with heightened poignancy and only where required. It was broadcast to a weekly schedule with 5 tight episodes that were all written and directed by the same two people; someone wanted to tell a story and they were allowed to.
The co-production seems to have taken the best of both worlds by combining the money and polish of American television with the discipline and intimacy of British television.
And then there's the subject matter. What really does go on in the small rooms of these foreign lands or your own land even that profoundly effects the lives and deaths of thousands. The unclean nature of everything will have you practically questioning your own health as you watch the nightmare unfurl.
It's brilliant, it's not disposable and it will not age and in case you didn't know by now it's highly recommended.