What occurs when the entire world adjustments in a single day and also you don’t know the way it occurred or why? That’s the central premise of The Eternaut, an impressive new sci-fi sequence from Argentina that’s already one in every of Netflix’s hottest exhibits. Based mostly on a well-liked Fifties graphic novel, the six-episode sequence begins with a wonderful however lethal snowfall that wipes out most of humanity.
The survivors are left to choose up the items, and that features Juan Salvo (Ricardo Darín), who desires to search out his lacking daughter and ex-wife. However first, he’ll have to determine a technique to enterprise outdoors with out touching the deadly snow. Will Juan discover his household? And extra importantly, will humanity’s survivors discover solutions to why this apocalyptic occasion occurred within the first place?
The Eternaut is a riveting sci-fi present that finds new methods to discover its end-of-the-world state of affairs. At solely six episodes, it doesn’t overstay its welcome, and offers simply sufficient closure to finish on a satisfying, if considerably ambiguous, word.