Reviews about the series "Stamm" (The Strain): actors and roles, plot, release date

An increasing number of eminent filmmakers are trying their hand at television screens, releasing their own shows, despite the fact that the peak of euphoria on this occasion is over. The viewer gradually comes to understand that the well-known names are not a guarantee of the success of the project, because in the series there are laws different from the cinematography. But after the appearance on the TV-channel FX of the telefilm "Stamm" (release date- July 13, 2014), the belief in the promising future of the "small format" returned to the majority and prompted respect for its creator, the great Guillermo Del Toro.

Contrast of opinions

In general, the reviews about the TV series "Stamm" are positive. For example, based on 37 reviews published on the Metacritic website, the series has a rating of 72 out of 100, according to IMDb version - 7.50. Estimates of foreign experts are close in importance to domestic: Certified Fresh TV rating is 7.5 out of 10, Rotten Tomatoes - 86% of 100%. For the sake of justice it is worth mentioning that it is rare, but there are reviews about the series "Stamm" written in a negative way. Due to the fact that the project was not made for the air but for the cable television channel, it is purely naturalistic and cruel in appearance, so some reviewers were outraged by the scenes of transforming the character's head into a bloody mash and similar liberties. Yes, and the poster, which depicts a worm getting out of the eye, the procedure came from the authors of the contributors. They even provoked a little scandal in this regard. The authors of The Strain, ignoring the attacks of moral journalists, explained the content of the advertising bill by the fact that the viewer needs to be adjusted to the appropriate mode.

Literary source

The multi-series The Strain is a film adaptation of the eponymous novel by the creative duo of the master of monstrous stories Guillermo Del Toro and the author of the work "The City of Thieves" by Chuck Hogan. The idea of the now completed vampire trilogy appeared in the authors as far back as 2006 in the form of a script, but after it was transformed into a novel, and in 2014 reached the coveted goal of a screen, though not broad. Due to the fact that the creators adapted the serial format themselves, the authors' intention was transferred to the screen in full, reviews about the show "Stamm" to that confirmation. Many viewers, after watching the pilot episode of the television, claimed that the vampire theme and Del Toro - a combination so harmonious and obvious, so the question arises why the Mexican director has not yet screened Bram Stoker's "Dracula" in category "B", corrected for the film history of vampirism And personal pickiness to detail.

How it all began

The show was premiered at the ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas, early June 2014. All present could appreciate the pilot episode of the TV movie "Stamm". The release date of the first season in the Russian Federation is January 2, 2016.

According to reviews of experts present at the premiere, the charm of the pilot series of the television movie is not so promising in the development of the plot, but in its structure - the case when the director's extensive experience in the big cinema went exclusively for the benefit of the project. Most of the creators of serials like to let in the initial episodes a lot of fog, place a lot of question marks. In contrast to professional serials, Del Toro removed the pilot in the form of an incomplete but still complete small movie. The director, according to critics, exhaustively acquaints the viewer with the characters, skillfully awakening curiosity and not letting the audience empty-handed.

What will the pilot show?

So, as it was already said, the series "Stamm" (season 1) starts a pilot release. In it, the viewer can contemplate the main monster in all its glory (a typical Deltor monster, something in between the horrors of the "Mutants" and "Blade 2"). In addition, the nerves of the beholder will necessarily bring to the limit the scene of a mass return to the life of the undead, and the culmination scene with an insinuating knocking on the glass will immediately recall in his memory one of the most frightening episodes in the history of the film industry and literature from the King's "Part of Salem." By the way, the series "Stamm" (season 1 especially) contains typically King's elements - hints at the global scale of the impending disaster, characteristic, but ambiguous in terms of the generally accepted morality of the heroes, a light "plot" that does not pull the blanket on itself, but is a peculiarity.

Brief description of the story line. Start

The series "Strain", actors and roles were selected personally by Guillermo Del Toro, begins with a demonstration of New York, frozen in anticipation of a solar eclipse, which should happen for the first time in 400 years. Soon, the Moon will effectively close the sun in a piece, and afterwards and at all for 5 minutes will plunge the world into the night. Before this significant event at the JFK airport , a passenger Boeing landed without signs of life on board. All its curtains are tightly closed, the engines are silent, and 200 passengers do not leave their seats, since they do not show signs of life. Because of the excitement, the government sends a group of virologists under the leadership of Efraim Goodwether to the scene. Ef (actor Corey Stall), a real hard worker, abusing alcohol because of family troubles. The hero intends to understand the causes of the tragedy, especially since the four deceased come to their senses, giving scientists the hope of establishing a rational explanation.

Aware - it means armed

The elderly professor at the same time was an Armenian and a Jew named Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley), who managed to survive the Holocaust, to help understand the reasons for what was happening. A hero with a professorial degree currently owns a pawnshop, having preserved among all sorts of antiques the heart of a vampire in a flask and an ancient blade. The third component of the triangle is an archaic box decorated with openwork carvings, identical in shape to the coffin filled with earth, in which the capillary worms are teeming. He was transported incomprehensibly on board the "dead" "Boeing", and soon after the landing, the team of virologists also mysteriously disappeared.

The public is indignant, the politicians are trying to hush things up, Setrakian is sharpening the blade, and Goodweather is in perplexity. Over time, vampires emerge from the shadows - wise with rich experience, and converts who approach the eclipse on hand for a global contamination of others. Film critics, leaving comments about the series "Stamm", appreciated the intrigue and creation of a tense atmosphere of narration.

Performers of the roles of the first plan. Corey Stoll

Telefilm "Stamm", the actors and roles of which are known and loved by the fans of the project, can rightly be proud of the performers of the roles of the central characters.

American actor Cory Stall for a long time was known as a performer of secondary and episodic roles. But after the role in the series Netflix "House of Cards", which became his breakthrough, the artist was nominated for the Golden Globe. After such recognition of the career, Stoll went up, he took part in the project "Law and Order", "Marine Police: Special Department", "First Aid". Also, the filmography of the actor also contains full-length films: "Man-ant", "Air Marshal", "Lucky Number Slevin", "Midnight in Paris". Since 2014, he became the lead singer of the series "Stamm" (The Strain). Cory Stall starred in the Del Toro project throughout the three seasons.

David John Bradley

British actor of theater, television and cinema David John Bradley is a performer with worldwide recognition, he is a laureate of the BAFTA TV award. The range of actor's works of Bradley is more than diverse - he took part in the classic adaptations and modern youth films such as "The type of tough cops". The most famous actor is famous for his role in the epic about the adventures of Harry Potter. In addition, he starred in the most popular series of modern times: "The Game of Thrones", "Doctor Who" and "The Strain" ("The Strain"). David Bradley, along with Corey Stoll created a great acting duo.

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the merits of the project, famous filmmakers call the innovation of Del Toro and Hogan, who invented their author's history of vampirism. According to their idea, the unfortunate vampire turns not a curse, but a parasitic worm that manipulates the bearer and the state of their body. The authors were not afraid to deprive the ancient blood-sucking gloss and external attractiveness.

To the disadvantages of particularly demanding experts include the writer's detail of the finished television movie. Noting that even shock episodes do not save the project from predictability and sluggishness. Sweeping for three or four seasons, the telefilm is swinging only to the middle of the first, when the primary appeals of people to vampires come to an end, the reasoning of the ancients about the nature of human under the flashback scenes from concentration camps begins.

Currently, the series consists of three seasons, crossing the equator, the creators promise to "throw fuelwood into the furnace," thereby bringing the tragedy to a new level.