One moment links 8 minds in disparate parts of the world, putting 8 strangers in each other’s lives, each other’s secrets, and in terrible danger.
All 12 episodes of the global dramatic thriller Sense8 will launch Friday, June 5 only on Netflix.
From the unparalleled creative minds of The Wachowskis (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Cloud Atlas”) and J. Michael Straczynski (Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,” ”World War Z”), as well as Grant Hill (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Cloud Atlas”).
The international cast includes: Brian J. Smith, Tuppence Middleton, Jamie Clayton, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Tina Desai, Doona Bae, Aml Ameen and Max Riemelt. Also, Daryl Hannah, Naveen Andrews, Terrence Mann, Freema Agyeman, Alfonso Herrera, Erendira Ibarra, Adam Shapiro, Ness Bautista and Joe Pantoliano.
In a review of Sense8 Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times, wrote,
It shares some of the style and sensibility of “Cloud Atlas,” the 2012 time-spanning film that the Wachowskis directed with Tom Tykwer. In terms of television, it’s probably closest to ABC’s series “Lost” and NBC’s “Heroes,” but more cosmopolitan, with snazzier camera work and a lead character who has particular resonance at the moment.
Nomi (Jamie Clayton) is a transgender blogger and reformed hacker (she prefers “hacktivist”) in San Francisco. Like the seven other “sensates,” Nomi has a terrifying vision that causes her to start seeing, feeling and talking to others in distant places. “Sense8” moves from one character to the next in quick bursts, but in the first few episodes, Nomi’s affair with Amanita (Freema Agyeman), her investment in San Francisco’s Pride Celebration and her estrangement from her family are more deeply explored than the other story lines.
That makes sense given that Lana Wachowski is transgender (she was known as Larry when “The Matrix” was made). Ms. Clayton is also transgender and, alongside Laverne Cox from “Orange Is the New Black,” among the first such actresses to play a prominent role on a major television series.
Nomi’s voyage of self-discovery and liberation is eloquently told and is certainly timely, given the growing interest in gender identity, now at a high boil with Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover.
Watch the trailer above and read Alessandra Stanley’s full review here.
