There are two kinds of pain.
Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.
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- zagon TMDB · Feb 201710/10
I've seen a fair few political show's over the years but this is the first one that really brings home the corruption and power of today's political class. Spacey is brilliant as the central character, exuding ambition and showing just what he will do to make it to the top. The little scenes where he talks to the camera really make a difference too his character as you see whats going on in his mind rather than just seeing the front he puts on to various other characters in the show. Add to that some stunning performances from his wife and various other politicians and journalists and you have a cracking show that grips you from beginning to the end. The quality of the videography is also worth a mention, this show is probably the best looking in 4K I have ever scene with great lighting and locations. Recommended!
Read the whole review on TMDB - tmdb15214618on TMDB · Jul 20176/10
"If you can tell a taut, precise story in one episode, stretch it out into a slack, incoherent, tedious season instead" seems to be this show's motto. House of Cards has good ideas and good actors, which it fails in its execution, with poor scripts and poorer editing. The story could have easily been told in half the time, and would have been all the better for it. This TV series is, like so much in the original Netflix stable, cattle feed for its undiscerning subscribers.
Read the whole review on TMDB - mvs56536on TMDB · Oct 2021
Seasons 1 and 2 are a 9.7/10. Seasons 3,4 and 5 are around an 8/10. And season 6 was a 6.3/10, unlike most people I didn't hate the last season even tho the ending was pretty underwelming. The show is an 8/10.
Read the whole review on TMDB - bearlover_philon TMDB · Sep 20231/10
Wow! I have never stopped watching a series before this one. Even some of the paltry tripe like "Dante's Cove" or "Game Of Thrones" I managed to watch the series. But I watched the first season of this into Episode 10, where Frank kills Peter, and I just. Couldn't. Stand it. I ejected the blu-ray and have put up the series on Ebay for sale. I'll let someone else suffer. NO ONE IS THIS MORALLY BANKRUPT AND EVIL (except for maybe Donald Trump). While we all would like to think that the deep, dark heart of politics is based on behaviour such as this, it is not reasonable that two people (Frank and Claire) would be able to manipulate EVERYBODY in their sphere to get what they want. Yes, there are naive people out there, but not everyone is cut from that cloth. This series (or at least what I could take of it) tries to make us believe that they are all cut from the same cloth, except for Frank and Claire. Stupid, just stupid. To the creators of this show and to Netflix - you have to give the viewer a reason to watch this series, other than to dread every next move that the main characters make. There was no evidence at all that Frank and Claire were anything more than conniving, hateful
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Cast
- Robin WrightClaire Underwood
- Michael KellyDoug Stamper
- Constance ZimmerJanine Skorsky
- Patricia ClarksonJane Davis
- Derek CecilSeth Grayson
- Boris McGiverTom Hammerschmidt
- Lars MikkelsenViktor Petrov
- Cody FernDuncan Shepherd
- Diane LaneAnnette Shepherd
- Greg KinnearBill Shepherd
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- Beau WillimonCreator
- Michael DobbsNovel
- Jeff BealOriginal Music Composer
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Seasons
- Season 113 eps · 2013
- Season 213 eps · 2014
- Season 313 eps · 2015
- Season 413 eps · 2016
- Season 513 eps · 2017
- Season 68 eps · 2018
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