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Black Mirror - Season 5 Episode 01: Striking Vipers
In spite of the fact that the cutting edge innovation has numerous advantages and it helps us at numerous things, it additionally can be a wellspring of threat that may prompt passing or influence us to lose our brains. In the fifth season of Black Mirror, we pursue new energizing stories that make us see progressively about the negative side of the innovation.
28 November 1984, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
21 July 1989, New York City, New York, USA
3 February 1955, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
8 October 1982, Abergavenny, Wales, UK
11 March 1971, Salem, Stockholms län, Sweden
17 February 1976, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
June 05, 2019
If this is, at heart, a story of a man railing against his own perceived lack of agency, it seems ironic that the scriptwriters should reduce him to such a cipher also.
June 05, 2019
"Smithereens" captures the strains of DIY spirituality and egomania that define our conception of the modern tech CEO.
June 05, 2019
"Smithereens" gets in a few interesting jabs, but Charlie Brooker's script is hampered by how thin the plot is, how long it takes for the action to get going, and how simplistic the big mystery turns out to be.
June 05, 2019
Black Mirror has had a lot of brilliant episodes, but few have had this level of literary merit, allowing for all sorts of analysis for those willing to plumb its depths.
June 05, 2019
Much of the "Smithereens'" success can be attributed to Andrew Scott's committed, textured performance.
June 05, 2019
By Black Mirror's standards it feels like a thin premise, and doesn't build enough to justify a 70-minute running time.
June 05, 2019
It's too bad that wasn't what the episode was ultimately about. Though "Smithereens" finishes weakly, the road there is pretty good, but unlike road trip clichés, Black Mirror is more about the destination than the journey.
June 05, 2019
It's a powerfully straightforward look at the intersection of technology and a simple human mistake, aggravated by that technology.
June 05, 2019
Scott, superb here, can deliver all of that with just a look. It's his astonishing control and range that elevated a too-tidy plot into something much messier and more profound.