Netflix has been known to come out and produce with some really great shows on their platform. Shows likeNarcos,Stranger Things,The Witcherand more are just a few examples of some of top-rated series on the streaming service. The next great show has now another seal of approval from Rotten Tomatoes as it just scored 100% fresh.The Silent Seahas won over the critics as Netflix’s new big hit.
The Silent Seamade its debut onNetflixon December 24th, 2021, not exactly a holiday series but it worked big time. The story takes place on a 24-hour mission on the moon. The space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets. The series is set in the near future where the world is at a critical point as the water supply is very low. The Republic of Korea’s Space and Aeronautics Division (SAA), led by Director Choi, sends a crew under Captain Han Yunjae to the Balhae Lunar Research Station on the moon, where five years previously the station’s crew of 117 died supposedly due to a radiation leak accident.
SAA wants Han’s crew to retrieve at least one capsule of a research sample from the station, though information of what the samples have has supposedly been lost. Among the crew is Dr. Song Jian, an astrobiologist whose sister died in the Balhae accident. The mission’s spacecraft malfunctions en route and they crash on the moon’s surface, forcing the surviving crew to travel to the station by foot.
Of course, the station has more secrets and poses more threats than what is mentioned. The crew enters the research station, where they find all its systems functional and no dangerous radiation. They also find corpses that have physical signs similar to that of drowning victims. And things only start to grow more out of this world from there.The Silent Seais more of a mysterious disease story than a pandemic one. At times you start to wonder where they are going and if we will get any answers to the questions we have.
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The Silent Sea Was Inspired by a Short Film
The series was adapted from the 2014 short film directed by Choi Hang-yong. He will also be directing the series, with Jung Woo-sung who is the executive producer. It’s not a very long series as it contains only eight episodes in the first season. But in those eight episodes, it packs a lot from then music to the dramatic reveals in storytelling. It also managed to score 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and Netflix has already confirmed that a season 2 is in the works. If you have not watchedThe Silent Seajust yet, check out the trailer below and see what you think. If you did watch it, leave us your comments and let us know if you agree with the100% ratingfrom the critics.
