House of Cards - Season 4 (2016)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2016
	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: November 2016, VOD, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: Frank Underwood (Spacey) is fighting on all fronts in his presidential campaign, against external and internal enemies.
Review: I am amazed how this series keeps on re-inventing itself season after season, making them very different from one another thanks to new challenges for the character of Frank Underwood and the others. I was thinking that character evolution was also a key to this attractive (and addictive) series, but after some thought I realized that almost only the character of Claire (Wright) is rapidly changing in fact. From the others you know more or less what to expect even though their reactions are continuously pushed to the extreme. After the cliffhanger at the end of the third season, I loved the way the Underwood couple is rebuilding itself (I was expecting something very different) until the turning point (more like the top of the hill) at the key Episode 4: Chapter 43. Many characters from the previous seasons make a come-back either in dreams, flashbacks or truly come-backs, which is a nice touch for those who follow the series assiduously and loved such and such character. We are also finally introduced to the Republican opponent of Frank, a surprisingly young man, married with two children, loved by many, and played by Joel Kinnaman seen recently seen in the Robocop remake. The conclusion of the season is fully satisfying although it seemed scary and unrealistic when I saw it, but since then the true story of the White House future has appeared to be no less scary.
Rating: 8 /10