FALLOUT is by far and away a thrilling, entertaining and visually stunning series that explores a future world two centuries following a nuclear destruction in the 1960s. Based on the popular video game of which I know nothing about nor do feel I'm missing out. Airing on Prime Video, the pilot captures a Kodachrome LA at a child's cowboy themed party. Rumblings of nuclear attacks are brushed aside but the nuclear blast casts a harrowing pall on festivities. Families race for their bomb shelter. The birthday boy dad father fights off another dad whom he was just shared a beer. Those few families who built bomb shelters and could reach them are the surviving progeny free of radiation contamination on the earth's surface. These generations went into a two century hibernation. An elaborate underground eco system was developed with tight knit communities. Small populations inside sealed eco chambers necessitates connections with other sealed sectors to sustain the populations. Lucy (a wide-eyed earnest Ella Purnell) pitches herself to a panel which includes the legendary Leslie Uggums. Lucy got the gig which is for an arranged marriage with a young man from the next sector. Lucy's loving father Hank (the great Kyle MacLachlan) is happy for his daughter. The vault doors opens as an excited Lucy looks to meet her betrothed. The wedding goes off without a and the insistent groom can wait to get to his bride to the bedroom. Wedded bliss is short lived as groom's sector is intent on taking over. Lucy (think Emma Stone) is no pushover. The girl knows how to fight. Fight scenes are graphic and gory but there's so much more to the story. Lucy leaves the safety of the only home she's ever known to venture out onto the surface in search of her father. A second story on the surface begins in a brutal army barracks with gargantuan Transformer like Robots. Maximus (Aaron Moten) becomes selected for a mission by the revered leader of this makeshift army of survivors. (How they survived is anyone's guess). The look on the surface is a hybrid of Mad Max meets Dune with a bizarre assortment of mutants. people and LA landmarks. The most ominous monstrosity, Cooper (Walton Goggins) is an immortal, noiseless cowboy reminiscent of cowboy performer at the birthday party prior to the nuclear fallout. (Let's hope this doesn't go Western World weird.) He's menacing, edgy and enticing. All three main characters are well cast. Their ventures in this brave new world are harrowing, violent, gleeful and believable. Believe me. FALLOUT is safe bet for a complex, cunning and unique sci-fi series worth falling into.
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