

The Way

Strikes in Port Talbot spark a revolution – and a family of fugitives go on the run. Facing impossible choices, what would you do?
Strikes in Port Talbot spark a revolution – and a family of fugitives go on the run. Facing impossible choices, what would you do?
An uneven proposal despite the talents involved, and a very strong first episode that is among the best of the year. But the development of the story ends up being too conventional, as if the narrative and visual proposal of the beginning lost content and strength throughout the rest of the series. Perhaps because it wants to convey so many elements that try to reflect on Great Britain and the collateral effects caused by Brexit, on immigration and the refugee crisis, and on the breakup of families condemned to be expatriates. But the accumulation of talents perhaps harms the realization of its pretensions.
First episode's cool, it just get bad after that
I'm finding this confusing. It was billed as a dystopian thriller in interviews, yet the first episode is just about a small town dying on it's arse as the main industrial plant closes down. Episode 2 felt like I had missed an episode ...
An uneven proposal despite the talents involved, and a very strong first episode that is among the best of the year. But the development of the story ends up being too conventional, as if the narrative and visual proposal of the beginning lost content and strength throughout the rest of the series. Perhaps because it wants to convey so many elements that try to reflect on Great Britain and the collateral effects caused by Brexit, on immigration and the refugee crisis, and on the breakup of families condemned to be expatriates. But the accumulation of talents perhaps harms the realization of its pretensions.