Monday, February 11, 2013

Spacey delivers the chills


Last weekend a friend noticed a new original series that was on Netflix called “House of Cards”. When I saw it was a ruthless political drama starring Kevin Spacey, I had to give it a shot. Spacey plays congressman Frank Underwood, a brilliantly manipulative and cunning politician who will stop at nothing to accomplish his goals. David Fincher directs this US remake of a BBC series by the same name from the early 90s.

The show starts with the presidential election of the democratic candidate, Underwood’s party. Frank was expecting to be named Secretary of State as reward for helping win the election, however the president reneged on his promise, sending Frank on a path of merciless retribution.

Kate Mara, best known from “American Horror Story”, plays an integral role in the series as Zoe Barnes, a journalist from the Washington Herald desperate for hard hitting political news. Frank is more than willing to obliged…as long as she paints the picture he wants.

Season 2 will supposedly start filming in the coming months, so I would expect it to hit Netflix for the Fall season, however I’m keeping my fingers crossed they make it this summer.    

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