Chernobyl (2019) Review

A haunting and intense recount of the Chernobyl incident in 1986. Craig Mazin successfully made a grim, haunting, suspenseful recollection of the incident based on the actual facts and persons involved. Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgaard and Emily Watson's acting were excellent in portraying conflicted important personas in the 80s Soviet. There were comments criticising that the one bothering thing about the series was that the fact that all the casts were using English, and not Russian, but to me, that didn't even matter as biopics not using the original language is pretty common and the series actings, story and other technical aspects was too damn good to consider such small issue.

The music, composed by the brilliant Hildur Gudnadottir and the costume department, covering makeups and attires of the casts add to the haunting elements of Chernobyl, and Craig Mazin got the environment of the 80s Soviets perfectly, even to the tiniest details such as the color of the walls and the cracked windows. The cinematography was also impressive, capturing 80s Soviet, potraying the nation in the sombre and divisive mood amidst the Chernobyl incident.

Mazin did an excellent job in presenting a narrative based on actual event of Chernobyl incident, not only the traumatic and haunting effects that the explosion caused to innocent people who only did their honest jobs, but also the sickening webs of lies and coverups at the cost of people lives; which eventually leads to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Definitely a well made miniseries, gripping from the start till the end, and one of the best TV series of 2019.

9/10