Known for her prestigious dramatic roles (and embracing grittier parts like the crime drama "Mare of Easttown"), Kate Winslet switches things up as a delusional dictator in this dark political satire.
The best thing about this show is watching Chancellor Elena Vernham (Winslet) lose all grip on reality as her country fights back against her stranglehold. Even towards the end, when she's on the run, the rebels have overthrown her, and she's stripped of her luxuries, she still believes 'her people' need her.
Matthias Schoenaerts is excellent as Corporal Herbert Zubak (Elena's sidekick/lover). He's genuinely terrifying at times as he has a short fuse, is violent, and can snap at any moment.
But the ending is strange: it feels it's going to be an underwhelming 'it was all a dream' finale, but it's simply a time skip to when Elena is back in power in Europe. The good thing is the audience is free to work out how Elena returned to her old ways: one theory is she bided her time with the Americans and struck at the right time, using all her political cunning.
If you like political satires like 'VEEP', 'The Thick of It', or 'The Death of Stalin' (but darker, more violent, and more serious), then 'The Regime' is worth watching.
The best thing about this show is watching Chancellor Elena Vernham (Winslet) lose all grip on reality as her country fights back against her stranglehold. Even towards the end, when she's on the run, the rebels have overthrown her, and she's stripped of her luxuries, she still believes 'her people' need her.
Matthias Schoenaerts is excellent as Corporal Herbert Zubak (Elena's sidekick/lover). He's genuinely terrifying at times as he has a short fuse, is violent, and can snap at any moment.
But the ending is strange: it feels it's going to be an underwhelming 'it was all a dream' finale, but it's simply a time skip to when Elena is back in power in Europe. The good thing is the audience is free to work out how Elena returned to her old ways: one theory is she bided her time with the Americans and struck at the right time, using all her political cunning.
If you like political satires like 'VEEP', 'The Thick of It', or 'The Death of Stalin' (but darker, more violent, and more serious), then 'The Regime' is worth watching.