Fans of multi-part films can easily get lost in the huge amount of the series of series they offer. Every year, hundreds of new stories, including drama, love, mysticism, and horror, are ready to captivate the viewer for a long time. What is the phenomenon of the series "Preacher"? Reviews say that he was one of the most anticipated premieres of the year, and did not disappoint with his plot and cast. Let's try to figure out whether he is so good and what is his uniqueness.
Banality coupled with black humor
American TV shows in the vast majority show a small town whose inhabitants carefully store their skeletons in a closet. A bored viewer may stop watching such a story after watching the first episodes. Why did not the “Preacher” suffer the same fate, because its plot is rather banal and inspires boredom even in the initial shots? Is it a religious matter? Unique characters? To begin, consider the main line of the series to understand why the reviews for the series “Preacher” are mostly positive.
Briefly about the plot
Priest Jesse Custer, after a long absence, returns to his hometown to receive a branch. He knows all the inhabitants and thinks that it will not be difficult for him to carry the word of God to the masses. Half of the population looks apprehensively at the preacher - many are aware of his dark past. At first glance at Custer, it may seem that he is a noble and honest person. But the past does not let him go in the person of his girlfriend Tulip, who insists on his return to old affairs. Jesse drinks whiskey, can swear hard. Once a local bully decided to teach him a lesson in a bar. The result was a massacre in which the priest beat up a large company.
At this time, he meets a strange visiting guy. The Irishman accidentally ended up in this bar - he had to jump out of the plane, because they intended to kill him on board. He is a vampire, and already tired of wandering around the world in search of his own meaning in life. Jesse goes to the parish, where the essence arises in him, which arose after the connection of the angel and the demon. The preacher spent three days delirious. All this time, the vampire lived in the attic and tried to fix the air conditioner. Caster goes to the flock to report that he leaves them forever. But at the most crucial moment, he feels a surge of strength and changes his mind.
For some time he continues to live like an ordinary person. Communicates with a vampire, who revealed his essence to him, and regularly gets drunk. He had a tremendous power of suggestion, with the help of which he instructs all parishioners on the true path. During the next sermon, the congregation is a fraudster in the image of God, whom the pastor takes to clean water. However, it becomes clear that the Lord left heaven and chaos will now begin. Jesse, Tulip and the vampire set off in search of God. Ahead they have a difficult path and many adventures.
The series "Preacher": reviews from critics
The scriptwriters came up with, or rather adopted from a comic book of the same name, a good idea. You can safely say - the embodiment on the screen is completed at one hundred points. Initially, critics doubted the abundance of obscene expressions in the series, but after several episodes it became clear that this gives a certain flavor to the whole action. Blood, fights, suicides, violence - each episode is crammed with this "good." But the filing of these atrocities makes film critics indulgent to such moments. The very story of a priest who intends to find God and for this resortes to the help of a vampire and ex-girlfriend makes one believe that interesting stories have not yet ended. Reviews and reviews about the series “Preacher” are full of phrases: “True, exciting, high-quality, beautiful.” Wild West lovers will love the scenery. Those who were waiting for the action will enjoy the scenes of the massacre in the church. Love? Where without her! And she found a place in such an ambiguous and trash movie!
Actors of the series "Preacher"
In the ranking of expectations, this multi-part film competed well with the third season of Twin Peaks. And this is not surprising - the synopsis revealed all the cards long before the release of the pilot series. In one of the main roles, Joseph Gilgan will star. The British actor, whom everyone remembers as Rudy from The Outcast, became an idol for young people thanks to his original humor. In The Preacher, he got the role of an extravagant vampire, and the entire humorous component of the series fell on his shoulders.
Dominic Cooper amazingly got used to the image of a priest who has his own addictions. He, too, is not without a sense of humor and sometimes goes too far in his desire to do good. He was remembered by the Russian audience for his roles in the films Dracula, where he played Mehmed, and Warcraft (King Llane Wrynn).
The main highlight of the series is Ruth Negga. As befits new-fangled trends, the girlfriend of the protagonist has a dark skin color. She was already a partner of Dominic in Warcraft, and this experience helped her to get used to the role of Tulip. But she also worked with Gilgan - six episodes in The Garbage appear in her filmography.
The Oscar nominee was the most experienced in this company, and in general past experience has helped actors create a good and strong image of an itinerant trinity.