Troy: Fall of a City

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2018
Troy: Fall of a City
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4.1 | TV-MA | en | Drama

A rich story of love, intrigue, betrayal and belonging told from the perspective of the Trojan royal family at the heart of the siege of Troy.

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Released: 2018-02-17 | Released Producted By: Kudos , Wild Mercury Productions Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09szdtr
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A rich story of love, intrigue, betrayal and belonging told from the perspective of the Trojan royal family at the heart of the siege of Troy.

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War & Politics

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Troy: Fall of a City (2018) is now streaming with subscription on Netflix

Cast

Joseph Mawle

Director

Rob Harris

Producted By

Kudos , Wild Mercury Productions

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Rob Harris
Rob Harris

Production Design

Melinda Launspach
Melinda Launspach

Set Decoration

Victor Jenkins
Christopher Aird
Christopher Aird

Executive Producer

Derek Wax
Derek Wax

Executive Producer

David Farr
David Farr

Executive Producer

ROB
ROB

Original Music Composer

Homer
Homer

Original Concept

Troy: Fall of a City Audience Reviews 2u2wb

Develiker terrible... so disappointed.
Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
bellapeligrosa There's a lot of positive and bad reviews here, but ultimately I think this is worth a try. If you're a classical scholar or a fan of the Iliad, then potentially you might be disappointed - but it's not a retelling of the Iliad, which is also a work of fiction let's not forget, but another spin on the tale. Historically there's nothing to suggest Helen existed, let alone a Trojan horse or a 10 year war, so if you're expecting a faithful classical retelling don't even start watching, as many people have pointed out there's anachronisms galore. The hardest thing for me was the way it varied wildly in its delivery, something between a Starz-type T&A series to credible historical drama, and as such it never seemed to settle comfortably or confidently into something that was easy to watch. They could have done without the threesome, however I've got no issue with the casting (and if they hadn't cast black actors in some of the main roles they would have been accused of white-washing, it's a no-win situation). I thought it gained traction and the last few episodes were more enjoyable than the first. I would have liked a little more involvement from the Gods as they seemed to start with a supernatural spin yet not really develop it. For me, personally, it was lovely to see the South African backdrops being used so beautifully as well as a lot of South African acting talent.
scliff-55577 To keep it short....the heading of the review meets all you ned to know about this show.Black Zeus and Achilles climbed the olymp of mediocracy and boredome, like everyone else who gave me the impression that they are all in the show for the pay check and nothing more.The Iliad produced for TV in all the wrong ways you could do it.
danefabri Fantastic portrayal of Troy. A slow burn but well cast and brilliant performances all round. Warning: it's a drama, not balls to the wall action (some scenes are still quite epic though). Hope they do the Odyssey next!
thestoddard76 Well...you're all probably correct. i probably should think this a letdown in a line of BBC greats. hear me out. i'll it that the bar for Sword & Sandal epics have wondered horribly low. i'll it that maybe i've come to feel like loving mythology and wanting to see it come to life on the screen is akin to hoping the next Highlander movie will be the one that really will be amazing. so i do get it. the show has flaws; from the wooden acting, to the pacing, to the "all ancients need to speak with a British accent - again" and of course the horrible changes to some of the myths. this last one gets me the most. i mean i come to these movies just for that reason. but alas, i have come to accept that a portion of my suffering life involves watching movies ruin mythology. that being said, i'm gonna go against the tide and say i did like some of this. i enjoyed seeing the choices made for this retelling. everyone is mentioning how distracting the actor selection is. i agree, just not for the same reason. i actually thought the interracial cast worked. David Gyasi as Achilles was waaaay better than Brad Pitt! i thought the selection for Achilles, Patriculus, and Zeus speaks more about the fluid nature of the diversity of skin tone in the ancient mediterranean. did Troy: Fall of a City represent every skin tone? no. far from it still. but it was better than all the cast being pale white Brits only, no offense to the Brits of course. what really distracted me about the casting choices is how everyone was chosen from a GQ magizine shoot. that was distracting! i also liked how they tied some of the myths together with new interpretive spins. Take for example Agamemnon's grief over Iphigenia becoming a motivation for his stealing Briseis, as well as other atrocities. that's fascinating. i thought it worked well. is it correct? probably not, but i don't watch movie versions of mythology to get Classics Scholarship. it was enjoyable in spots is all i'm saying. i enjoyed it. despite its flaws. i can totally see future graduate students of Classics Departments watching this and creating drinking games out of it, all the while loving to hate it and hating to love it. i went to see myth come to life, and i wanted to be entertained like the Greek ancients of old. there's something here that works is all, and at least when they fail, they fail epically.

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