Netflix’s The Rain is the streaming giant’s first Danish original series. It follows 2017’s twisty German drama Dark as yet another move in the company’s efforts to court a truly global audience. This time, though, instead of a rain-soaked time travel show, Netflix has nabbed itself a YA end-of-the-world series which, despite a preposterously bumpy start that may jettison some potential binge-watchers, eventually turns into the rare post-apocalyptic drama that doesn’t relentlessly double down on nihilism, but instead runs on hope for its band of plucky teen(ish) survivors.
The Rain begins with an all-time ridiculous conceit: killer rain. To be more specific, the rain carries ...
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May 04, 2018 at 07:44AM
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