{"id":35167,"date":"2024-02-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35167"},"modified":"2024-02-16T13:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:03:10","slug":"the-strain-season-3-2016-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35167","title":{"rendered":"“The Strain”: Season 3 (2016) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Strain: Season 3 <\/strong><\/em>(2016)<\/p>\n

Created by:\u00a0 Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directors:\u00a0 GJ. Miles Dale <\/strong>(eps. 1 – 2);\u00a0Ken Girotti<\/strong> (eps. 3 – 4); Deran Sarafian<\/strong> (eps. 5 – 6); T.J. Scott<\/strong> (eps. 7 – 8); Vincenzo Natali<\/strong> (ep. 9); Carlton Cruse<\/strong> (ep. 10);<\/p>\n

Screenplay: Carlton Cruse, Chuck Hogan<\/strong> (eps. 1, 10); David Weddle, Bradley Thompson<\/strong> (eps. 2, 6); Chuck Hogan <\/strong> (ep. 3); Regina Corrado<\/strong> (ep. 4); Liz Phang<\/strong> (ep. 5); Chuck Hogan, Glen Whitman<\/strong> (ep. 7); Regina Corrado<\/strong>, Liz Phang<\/strong> (ep. 8); Vincenzo Natali<\/strong> (ep. 9)<\/p>\n

Stars: Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Jim Watson, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Sammel, Jack Kesy, Natalie Brown, Miguel Gomez, Max Charles, Ruta Gedmintas, Rupert Penry-Jones, Samantha Mathis, Joaqu\u00edn Cos\u00edo, Adriana Barraza.<\/strong>
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Tagline: None.<\/p>\n

The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The battle with the strigoi is in full effect.\u00a0 Police, military and citizens have united.\u00a0 The virus is spreading across the country and throughout the world.\u00a0 Eldritch Palmer considers joining Eph, Fet and Setrakian against the Master.<\/p>\n

When the stigoi begin winning the battle, police force prisoners, even those who committed misdemeanors into battle.\u00a0 Gus and Angel find themselves in a no-win situation when they are placed in one of the groups forced to go underground into a strigoi stronghold.<\/p>\n

The Ancients, who fear the Master’s reach is growing make an uneasy alliance with Quint.\u00a0 The Master reveals himself as the battle nears the end.\u00a0 Humanity may not survive.<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan have created a modern day vampire tale with a backstory that extends not just decades, but centuries.\u00a0 The vampires aren’t the classic creatures of the night seen in countless movies.\u00a0 And the stakes aren’t just a beautiful woman’s soul.\u00a0 Here the fate of the world is at risk.<\/p>\n

The writers should be commended for creating a huge cast of interesting characters with wonderful backstories.\u00a0 In different episodes, different characters get the spotlight but viewers don’t get the feeling that it is by the numbers.\u00a0 David Bradley as Professor Abraham Setrakian, Kevin Durand as Vasiliy Fet and Miguel Gomez as Augustin “Gus” Elizalde continue to shine.\u00a0 Jonathan Hyde as Eldritch Palmer and Richard Sammel as Thomas Eichhorst, the Nazi vampire acolyte continue to be great villains.\u00a0 Rupert Penry-Jones as Quinlan makes a great anti-hero.<\/p>\n

Although Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan wrote a Strain<\/em> trilogy of novels, the series doesn’t follow them exactly.<\/p>\n

The Strain: Season 3 <\/strong><\/em>(2016) earns 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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