![]() ![]() And as for the series itself? It’s fine! The decision was made to double down on exposition for this reintroduction to Alex Rider and his undercover world, which leads to long stretches of narrative clunkiness. The new TV series bearing the teenage spy’s name premieres on Friday on Amazon’s IMDb TV platform and it has already been renewed for a second season, meaning that audiences can feel some liberty to get invested. ![]() Welcome to the streaming revolution, Alex Rider. The feature adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s well-liked espionage saga failed to make back even a modest budget and earned reviews that, at best, called the star-studded - Ewan McGregor! Damian Lewis! Alicia Silverstone! Mickey Rourke! Bill Nighy! - movie “forgettable.” By almost any standard, 2006’s Stormbreaker (or Alex Rider: Stormbreaker in the United States) was a disaster. ![]()
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