At Amazon they know that science fiction is a vein that can give them a lot of joy. ‘The Peripheral’ already became at the time the series that snatched number 1 on Prime Video from ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ and now it comes to the platform ‘The power’a feminist twist on superhero stories with aspirations to become the most watched series on the platform to date.
electrocuting for life
Starring Toni Colletteone of the best actresses in Hollywood today, even though she is Australian, ‘El poder’ is the adaptation of the popular novel of the same name by Naomi Aldermann published in 2016 that tells how suddenly all the teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people. In addition, they soon discover that they can awaken that same power in older women, so soon all of them have this ability.
In the cast of ‘El poder’ there are other interpreters who will be known to the public as John Leguizamo, Auliʻi Cravalhothe actress who lent her voice to the protagonist of ‘Moana’, Josh Charles (‘The Good Wife’), Rob Delaney, Daniela Vega (‘A fantastic woman’) or Alice Eve. In addition, Alderman herself has been involved in the development of the series, so a good adaptation for fans of the original book is to be expected.
For now, Amazon Prime Video has released the first three episodes of the nine that make up its first season, but the critics seem not to have been entirely convinced with the result, since it has barely achieved 57% positive ratings on RottenTomatoes. Of course, it is curious that it is better valued in MetaCritic, where it has an average score of 6.9.
Now we will have to see the success that ‘The Power’ achieves, of course, all the Amazon series aspire to dethrone ‘The Rings of Power’, but it will be enough if it does not go badly in relation to ‘The Boys’, Prime Video’s great superhero series.
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