Genre: Alternate history; Drama; Dystopia
Created by Roberto Patino
Based on Characters created for DC by Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli
Directed by Ava DuVernay, Ernest Dickerson
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Hoon Lee, Freddy Miyares, Jordan Preston Carter, Venus Ariel, Amandla Jahava & Benjamin Bratt.
Music by Kris Bowers
Executive producers: Roberto Patino, Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes, Ernest Dickerson
Producers: Dale Williams, Tim Scanlan
Cinematography: Matthew J. Lloyd
Editors: Gina Hirsch, John Reyes-Nguyen
Production companies: ARRAY Filmworks, Analog, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television
Distributor: Warner Bros. Television Distribution, WarnerMedia Direct
Premise: Alma Ortega, an NYC medic, becomes a symbol of hope in a demilitarized Manhattan Island while trying to find her son, who wandered off instead of sticking with her during their evacuation from Manhattan during the Second American Civil War.
DMZ was terrible.
Pros: My only praise for this show is Rosario Dawson with her command presented mange to keep glue where her shows up on screen.
Cons: This series were too much on it’s politics throughout. I got bored with this & I glad this series was short.
Casts:
Main:
- Rosario Dawson as Alma “Zee” Ortega, a medic who spent the last 8 years looking for her son
- Benjamin Bratt as Parco Delgado, a leader of the Spanish Harlem Kings who controls a part of Upper Manhattan and Alma’s ex
- Freddy Miyares as Skel, Parco’s assassin and Alma’s son formerly known as Christian Ortega
- Hoon Lee as Wilson Lin, the leader of Chinatown, Manhattan, who knew Alma before the war
- Jordan Preston Carter as Odi, an orphaned kid inside the DMZ who becomes friends with Alma
- Venus Ariel as Nico, Odi’s friend
- Amandla Jahava as Nicole
Recurring:
- Mamie Gummer as Rose
- Agam Darshi as Franklin
- Rey Gallegos as Cesar
- Henry G. Sanders as Cedric
- Jade Wu as Susie, Wilson’s advisor
- Sydney Park as Tenny, Skel’s love interest
- Juani Feliz as Carmen, Parco’s wife
- Nora Dunn as Oona, the woman who controls the water supply
- Rutina Wesley as Athena
In addition, Bryan Gael Guzman co-stars as Christian Ortega, Alma’s teenage son in flashbacks.
I would skip this series.
Rating: 3 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
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