Fans are in for a wild ride as the Greek Gods of old are thrown into a modern setting in a new Netflix series.
While a lot of TV shows tend to be reboots or spinoffs, it can be more than refreshing when you have got an original story to tell.
This is even better when the story has the always-charismatic Jeff Goldblum at the helm.
The Jurassic Park actor stars as Zeus in the Netflix original series. Yes, Zeus of Greek mythology, and he doesn’t seem to behave godly in the way that you might expect.
Thankfully, this makes for entertaining viewing and some critics have been singing its praises high to Mount Olympus.
Personally, when I think of Zeus, I think of the Greek God from Disney’s Hercules, maybe Liam Neeson’s interpretation at a push, but I hardly view him as a bitter, arrogant, and insecure man dolling out punishment left, right and center.
But that is what viewers can expect when the new series drops on the streaming service on August 29.
The creator is British writer Charlie Covell who previously saw praise and success with their adaption of graphic novel The End of the F***ing World.
Jeff Goldblum stars as Greek God Zeus in a new Netflix series (Netflix)
The show – called Kaos – is considered a mythological dark-comedy, and it focuses on Zeus’ fear that he is coming to the end of his reign. He becomes paranoid and vengeful towards his modern human subjects and begins to lash out.
You can likely expect some hilarious and dramatic action from Goldblum and that is quite the sell.
“My character is complicated and charismatic, not to mention cruel,” he told Tudum. “Charlie Covell’s writing leapt off the page and struck my gizzard like a lightning bolt as something spectacularly smart, surprising, unexpected, profound, and deeply moving.”
At the same time, Kaos focuses on three humans as they discover their connections to each other and the other seemingly corrupt Greek Gods who influence the world that is slowly being thrown into chaos.
Some critics have so far been kind to the series with The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan calling Covell’s script a ‘masterpiece’ that ‘seamlessly [throws Gods and mortals] into a furiously fun embrace’.
Some critics have called the show a ‘masterpiece’ (Netflix)
However, others have been more critical with The Independent’s Louis Chilton giving it three out of five stars, concluding that while parts of Kaos are ‘compelling’, there are other points where the show ‘strains under the weight of its arch, high-concept premise’.
So, it might be worth giving it a watch for yourself and seeing if the first few episodes hook you and keep you coming back for more.
All eight episodes of Kaos are available to stream on Netflix now.
