Chief of War
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| Apple TV | Release Date: August 1, 2025 |
Summary:
In the late 1700s, Hawaiian warrior Ka'iana (Jason Momoa) seeks to unite the islands against encroaching Western forces in the drama series co-created by Momoa and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett.
Genre(s):
Drama
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Positive:
18
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
RogerEbert.com
Aug 1, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Unwilling to abandon its meditative story for loud action sequences or gaudy performances, the series takes time in a landscape that feels the need to rush through these tales. “Chief of War” forces its audience to reckon with its languid storytelling process and the histories it teaches, demanding to be seen in a genre that outsiders often dominate.
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The Mercury News
Aug 6, 2025
Season 1 Review:
It by no means sugarcoats how bloody that war got, and though it isn’t as narratively daring as “Shogun,” it is on the same playing field as that Emmy winner when it comes to the pure spectacle of it all and the level of exacting attention it pays to cultural detail.
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Sep 5, 2025
Screen Rant
Aug 29, 2025
The Daily Beast
Aug 1, 2025
Looper
Jul 31, 2025
Season 1 Review:
As much as I enjoyed learning about Hawaii's past, the dragging, uneventful, and repetitive conflicts in "Chief of War" surely undercut the experience. That's despite the generally stellar performances — particularly by Jason Momoa, Temuera Morrison, and Luciane Buchanan, who might be the revelation of the series (she's fierce, dazzling, and fiery at 5'2") — and a lived-in atmosphere (the island's beauty is breathtaking) that sadly falters by an uninspired execution.
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Air Date: August 1, 2025
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