Subj : Despite poor reviews, Prime Video's spy thriller Citadel is a sma
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri May 05 2023 18:15:04

Despite poor reviews, Prime Video's spy thriller Citadel is a smash hit

Date:
Fri, 05 May 2023 17:00:08 +0000

Description:
Amazon Prime Videos spy thriller Citadel is a bonafide hit, despite what us 
humble critics have had to say about it.

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 Amazon Prime Video has a hit on its hands, with the spy thriller Citadel s 
premiere launching it to the number one slot in almost 200 territories 
worldwide (via Deadline ). 

Starring Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jones, and Stanley Tucci, the mix of 
high-octane action and recognizable faces has proved a hit with Prime Video 
subscribers. Citadels premiere numbers are only second to last years Rings of 
Power  which is an impressive feat, since Citadel is an all-new concept, and 
doesn't have a big name like Lord of the Rings attached. Citadel is Prime 
Videos number one title in nearly 200 countries and territories. 
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The show follows two former agents of the spy agency Citadel, who had their 
memories erased and must be reactivated for a new, all-important mission. 
With plenty of guns, parachutes, train sequences, and inter-spy chemistry, it 
has the feeling of a Bond film that focuses less on a singular, iconic 
character and more on the thrill of the ride along the way. 

Madden himself has been tipped as a future James Bond for years now, and this 
could be something of an audition  though we said Bond had little to worry 
about from Citadel . Either way, its a feather in the hat of the Russo 
Brothers, who executive produced the series, and since dropping Marvel movie 
duties have been rolling out action franchises like the Netflix film 
Extraction, starring Chris Hemsworth , alongside their recent Amazon success. 
An "expensive mistake"? 

Critics werent quite so kind to Citadel , with a 52% score on Rotten Tomatoes 
 which writes that Citadel spares no expense but still feels underdeveloped. 
Critical response sits somewhere between televisual crack ( Guardian ) and 
expensive mistake ( Den of Geek ), suggesting that, even if it won't rank 
among the best Prime Video shows overall, some people may find something fun 
that keeps the action moving for them. 

Its that first point that feels like classic Amazon by this point  throwing 
excesses of cash at something flashy that nonetheless cant quite justify the 
screen time. Rings of Power was the most expensive TV show ever made, after 
all, and yet couldnt get audiences to stick with it , muddling through 
Tolkiens source material at great cost to the streamer. 

Time will tell whether Citadel can entice viewers enough to get them to stick 
with the entire season  with only two episodes released so far, weve got a 
while to go.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/despite-poor-reviews-prime-videos-spy-thriller-
citadel-is-a-smash-hit


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