Surprisingly well done, but seems a bit desperate for storyline near the end.
It is similar to "Humans", but also different in its own ways, with its very distinctively Russian flavor.
Definitely a fun watch, with its collection of cliff hangers at the end of each episode. However, this is where it gets a bit long towards the end. It seems like they had to fill so many episodes with material, so the storyline gets a bit more drawn out, with evermore implausible "filler" substories woven in to keep it going.
I will, however, admit to binge watching some of the episodes, great for a slow Sunday evening.
Stylistic, well crafted, Russian sci-fi is usually different in its own particular ways, either terrible, or very well done. Fortunately, this series is in that latter category, though a bit long. This entire story could have easily been compressed into half as many episodes, but I know, that's not how the business works.
Anyway, it's much better than it might seem at first glance. Quite a range of productions have come out over the years depicting what the near future might become in the age of AI humanoids and all that. At best, whatever that future might be is likely to be a mix of these various depictions, but this particular version, with its intrigues and dubious characters, is probably pretty close to what the Russian version of this future might be.
This could have been 9 or even 10 stars, but I'll go with 8, being just a bit too long and drawn out with extra, distractingly irrelevant sub-stories tossed in to keep it going.
It is similar to "Humans", but also different in its own ways, with its very distinctively Russian flavor.
Definitely a fun watch, with its collection of cliff hangers at the end of each episode. However, this is where it gets a bit long towards the end. It seems like they had to fill so many episodes with material, so the storyline gets a bit more drawn out, with evermore implausible "filler" substories woven in to keep it going.
I will, however, admit to binge watching some of the episodes, great for a slow Sunday evening.
Stylistic, well crafted, Russian sci-fi is usually different in its own particular ways, either terrible, or very well done. Fortunately, this series is in that latter category, though a bit long. This entire story could have easily been compressed into half as many episodes, but I know, that's not how the business works.
Anyway, it's much better than it might seem at first glance. Quite a range of productions have come out over the years depicting what the near future might become in the age of AI humanoids and all that. At best, whatever that future might be is likely to be a mix of these various depictions, but this particular version, with its intrigues and dubious characters, is probably pretty close to what the Russian version of this future might be.
This could have been 9 or even 10 stars, but I'll go with 8, being just a bit too long and drawn out with extra, distractingly irrelevant sub-stories tossed in to keep it going.