Series based on the smash post-apocalyptic video game follows a hardened smuggler and his 14-year-old charge as they struggle to...
Series based on the smash post-apocalyptic video game follows a hardened smuggler and his 14-year-old charge as they struggle to escape an oppressive quarantine zone.
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel (Pedro Pascal, Narcos) is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey, Game of Thrones) out of the quarantine area. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival. Co-stars Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets) and Gabriel Luna (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.).
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From pixels to crushing pathos, HBO has made smart and soul-destroying choices in adapting its video game material to life. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey only get better the more their characters bond, and we still haven't recovered from episode three's heartening love story.
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88 %3,192 reviews"It doesn't feel even remotely controversial to call this the best video game adaptation ever made."
BBC"This isn’t just a breakthrough video game adaptation. It’s a great show, period."
San Francisco Chronicle"A beautiful adaptation that doesn’t surpass the video game."
Decider"A prestige-television epic that stokes a sense of wonder even as it reduces your insides to jelly."
The Irish Times"(An) effectively frightful adaptation."
Hollywood Reporter"Exceptionally and meticulously crafted..."
Bloody Disgusting"Tender, well-crafted and blackly comic..."
Independent"A thrilling, character-driven achievement for game fans and newcomers alike."
Slash Film"The Last of Us is a rare piece of television: an adaptation that makes you want to rush out and play the game."
The Telegraph"(The Last of Us) can't decide if it's an adaptation or a replay."
Entertainment Weekly"A stunning adaptation that should thrill newcomers and enrich those already familiar with Joel and Ellie's journey alike."
IGN"Comfortably the best adaptation of a video-game ever made..."
Empire Magazine"A fascinating deconstruction of the game that leans on character and storytelling instead of action..."
RogerEbert.com"It's the moments that stretch beyond the game's established narrative and expand its world that elevate (The Last of Us)."
TV Guide"There’s a genuine humanity in the bond that forms between Joel and Ellie..."
CNN"Even if The Last of Us treads familiar ground, it is still a gripping and ambitious work..."
Vulture"As hard as The Last of Us tries to convince its audience – and perhaps itself – that it can borrow from and elevate the zombie thriller, it is unable to deliver something genuinely new."
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