The Defeated

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 18, 2021
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2

Critic Reviews

  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Aug 18, 2021
    80
    The unrelenting gloom is meanwhile likely to strike a winning register with fans of Scandi noir (The Defeated is from the producers behind Scandi classic The Bridge). There’s little humour or light relief. But The Defeated serves up a new twist on the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War, and weaves in a compelling mystery to boot.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Aug 18, 2021
    60
    Even though we weren’t completely turned off by Taylor Kitsch’s performance, his presence in The Defeated transforms the show from something intriguing to something that could either get really good or go south in a hurry.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. Buckworth
    Aug 25, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Sometimes a bad show can be worse because it started off so well.

    I should have heeded the red flag of Taylor Kirsch being in this…but I didn’t.

    The premise is set up well…the budget is big…then around the middle it turns from gritty limited series into nonsensical action thriller. There are so many cheesy 80s style action scenes, it turns into a laugh fest. I won’t get into it any more deeply…the last thing I’ll say is by the end the main characters start using US soldiers as props…boring their vehicles, guns, using them as a taxi…it’s actually really funny.    … Full Review »
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