Rabbit Hole, the series starring Sutherland, perfect for streaming – Corriere.it

“Data moves everything.” potential ah risks of a World dominated by the algorithm and measuring every aspect of everyday life and manipulating it ever more widely are the ingredients of “Rabbit Hole”, a spy story with Kiefer Sutherland Available on Paramount+. The actor whose character had sanctified the genre Jack Bauer With the success of “24” (historical and beautiful series from the early 2000s), he returns here to enter the stage of seriality and give the face of an obscure, ambiguous and brilliant character, an expert in corporate espionage able to manipulate images, relationships and situations at any cost.

But who is he really? John Weir (that’s the protagonist’s name)? What secrets does it hide? On which side of the line between good and bad should we place it? It’s all questions that they captivate the viewer They do not always succeed in asserting themselves from the start and in providing answers with the utmost clarity. In fact, Weir soon finds himself at the center of a situation conspiracy tactics concocted against him, almost in retaliation for his subtle and cynical agency. The accumulation of characters and levels (Weir’s childhood flashbacks make for continuous progression). turns and Narrative News), «Rabbit Hole» is a series that moves on different fronts, from espionage to action, without sacrificing the irony and the ironic intentionally exaggerated making it a product that is sometimes “over the top”.

Sutherland undoubtedly pulls the strings, in keeping with the story’s ambitions, even as it gets muddled and complicated. “Rabbit Hole” is many things: a warning, a narrative conspiratorial moves, but also a no-frills “divertissement” given the extreme eccentricity of some situations; It is a perfect product for streaming, both for a continuous view and for a more timed view where information and feeds can be deposited the atmosphere of waiting. The series’ creators are John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, the signatures of This is Us, proving they know how to move across multiple genres and multiple universes Stories.