Altered Carbon Review - Riveting Campy Hard Boiled Cyberpunk

Altered Carbon is an immersive experience that must be experienced by fans of this genre. This show paints a society in which technology has freed man from his own mortality and from the bonds that bind us to this planet. An impressive illustration of a post-eternity, post-corporeal, post-race, post-god society. Doing a good job demonstrating the inherent complexities of a super-capitalist system that privatized immortality and the road to the stars.

Needless to mention that the world building is fantastic, the production values are high, and each still is a feast for the eyes.

But not everything is perfect, some mid-season episodes are slow, some post-identitary themes, nudity and gratuitous violence should displease puritans of all political sensibilities.

The performances of the actors vary, ranging from complex three-dimensional characters to two-dimensional sketches. But in focus, the central characters are complex with sharp personalities, and with a narrative arc that will take several twists. Because in this world, not everything is what it seems.

But overall, this series is a fun ride. It's kind of hybrid between blade runner and a Hong Kong action movie from the 80 \ 90s. It's an original experience, trippy, fun, compelling, in a cleverly well-built world with some silly characters.

I easily recommend this series. In particular to all fans of this genre