{"id":35203,"date":"2024-02-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35203"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:14:50","slug":"the-strain-season-4-2017-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35203","title":{"rendered":"“The Strain”: Season 4 (2017) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Strain: Season 4 <\/strong><\/em>(2017)<\/p>\n

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

Directors:\u00a0 J. Miles Dale <\/strong>(eps. 1 – 2, 10); Kevin Dowling<\/strong> (eps. 3 – 4); Norberto Barba<\/strong> (eps. 5 – 6); Thomas Carter<\/strong> (ep. 7); Paco Cabezas<\/strong> (ep. 8); Jennifer Lynch<\/strong> (ep. 9)<\/p>\n

Screenplay: Carlton Cruse, Chuck Hogan<\/strong> (ep. 1, 10); Liz Phang <\/strong>(ep. 2, 8); David Weddle, Bradley Thompson<\/strong> (ep. 3, 9); Chuck Hogan <\/strong> (ep. 3); Mickey Fisher<\/strong>\u00a0(ep. 4); Jeff Wadlow<\/strong> (ep. 5); Paul Keables<\/strong> (ep. 6); Andy Iser<\/strong> (ep. 7)<\/p>\n

Stars: Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Jim Watson, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Sammel, 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

Nine months have passed since the bombs went off.\u00a0 A nuclear winter envelopes the world.\u00a0 The strigoi have formed a “partnership” with surviving humans.\u00a0 Humans donate blood to feed the strigoi.\u00a0 Despite people disappearing most humans feel the partnership is their only hope.<\/p>\n

Setrakian, Fet, Mr. Quinlan, Gus and the others continue to work separately and together to find a way to kill the Master.\u00a0 If they can do that, the strigoi will be mindless and easier to destroy.\u00a0 When the group comes up with a suicide plan, there is little doubt that all will not survive… the real question is will the Master be killed.<\/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 4 <\/strong><\/em>(2017) earns 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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