Friday, September 30, 2016

House of Cards - Season 2 (2014)

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Year of first release: 2014
Creator: Beau Willimon
Actors:  Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects, American Beauty), Michel Gill, Robin Wright (The Congress), Michael Kelly
Country: USA
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Conditions of visioning: September 2016, VOD, 10" tablet screen
Synopsis: The Underwood couple (Spacey & Wright) keep on progressing towards their goal in the political landscape of the White House.
Review: The progression compared to the first season is obvious and the upscaling of the stakes makes that for once I found this second season as good as the first one, something rare with TV-series. We always enjoy watching Frank Underwood setting up his friends and adversaries alike, and now bringing those twisted schemes to the White House which seemed to work well before he got there.
The destruction he manages to bring to even the most innocent people is the most interesting aspect of this second season. Also it is interesting to see how he applies his skills to foreign policy. This whole season is the theater to a conflict with an adversary worthy of him in the person of billionaire Raymond Tusk (Gerald McRaney).
As I was hoping in my review of the first season, we get to know more about the character of his right-arm Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly), although I found the whole Rachel story to drag for to long. As in the first season, one welcome episode takes us out of Washington for an opportunity to see Frank reflecting on his past (Ep5: Chapter 18) during the re-enactment of a Civil War battle.
And of course on top of all that it is very interesting to see his wife (still wonderful Robin Wright) stand beside him at all times, although we get hints of dissension between the two.
Rating: 8 /10

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