With the first season of True Detective, creator and screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto and director Cary Fukunaga created a dark, philosophical mix of crime and thriller, which for many series fans is one of the genre’s finest moments. The following two True Detective seasons, which Pizzolatto produced without Fukunaga, were much more polarizing.
Five years after season 3, the new True Detective season is now starting Everything was different behind the scenes as before. Actor Jodie Foster is also there. According to initial reviews, season 4 returns to the celebrated roots of the crime format.
Crime thriller with Jodie Foster: That’s what the 4th season of True Detective is all about
The story of the new season revolves around the unwilling police duo Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), who investigate a case in Alaska a pile of frozen corpses has appeared. The gruesome crime also brings out the protagonists’ personal demons.
For the first time, Nic Pizzolatto was no longer involved in the current True Detective season as a creator and screenwriter, but only as a producer. As co-screenwriter and director, Mexican filmmaker Issa López was responsible for all episodes of the fourth season.
True Detective: Night Country also brings back Jodie Foster in her first major series role in 50 years. She was last seen in the 1974 series Paper Moon. After that, Foster only took on smaller guest or speaking roles on television.
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Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in True Detective Season 4
Initial reviews celebrate the new True Detective direction
The new True Detective season currently has a strong average of 92 percent on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. This currently exceeds the celebrated first season from 2014 by one percentage point.
In his review for Asynchronous Media, Christopher Cross writes, among other things:
With a strong ensemble, a dark and atmospheric atmosphere and led by the fierce performances of Foster and Reis, True Detective: Night Country is one triumphant return to the series’ glory.
In her similarly positive Variety review, Alison Herman praises the increased horror content of the new True Detective season:
But Night Country doesn’t just tweak the True Detective formula in terms of gender. The six-part season also follows one significantly different approach to the supernaturala background motif from past episodes that becomes the central theme here. Meagan Navarro also celebrates the fourth season of True Detective in her Bloody Disgusting review for the extremely successful genre mix: López takes the basis of the series and builds something completely new from it , through updated characters, gripping dramas, political unrest, grisly secrets and the fearlessness to slide straight into horror when necessary. The unusually designed season, like its icy surroundings, offers a breath of fresh air. When and how can you watch True Detective Season 4 in Germany?
In this country, True Detective: Night Country streams with a subscription on Sky’s WOW. * The first episode is already available online. Another one follows every Monday six episodes in total comprehensive season.
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