If you?re a fan of the original version of ?The Prisoner,? chances are pretty good that the libertarian, anti-statist themes resonate with you.
Before watching the first portion of AMC?s remake, I approached the task with some trepidation after reading this portion of TIME?s unsympathetic review:
In the original series, creator Patrick McGoohan starred as an agent who resigns his post and is abducted and taken to the Village, a cheerfully totalitarian seaside town where everyone has a number. He becomes Six; the Village is overseen by the despotic Two. What the Village is and why it is were the (never completely resolved) questions of the fascinating 17-episode series.
The reimagined version replaces the nightmare state with the nightmare corporation. Michael (Jim Caviezel) is an analyst for Summakor, a company that collects surveillance data. After quitting his job, he wakes in a strange desert, lost and with scant memories of his past.
Another opportunity to make business the villain. Blah.
