Sense8

Season 1

Main Characters(Sensates)

• Capheus (Aml Ameen), a compassionate Matatu van driver in Nairobi with a strong sense of justice who is desperately trying to earn money to buy medicine for his mother, who is dying of AIDS. He enjoys Jean-Claude Van Damme's work and has even named his van, 'Van Damn' after him.

• Sun Bak (Bae Doona), daughter of a powerful Seoul businessman. A burgeoning star in the underground kickboxing world with a master's degree in economics.

• Nomi Marks (Jamie Clayton), a trans woman and hacktivist living in San Francisco, who has a girlfriend named Amanita.

• Kala Dandekar (Tina Desai), a university-educated pharmacist and devout Hindu in Mumbai engaged to marry a man she does not love.

• Riley Blue (Tuppence Middleton), an Icelandic DJ with a troubled past that made her run away to London.

• Wolfgang Bogdanow (Max Riemelt), a Berlin locksmith and safe-cracker of Russian descent, who has unresolved issues with his late father and participates in organized crime.

• Lito Rodriguez (Miguel Ángel Silvestre ), a closeted Spanish actor from Bilbao living in Mexico City.

• Will Gorski (Brian J. Smith), a Chicago police officer haunted by an unsolved murder from his childhood.

Review

The plot revolves around eight strangers from different parts of the world who suddenly become mentally and emotionally linked, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world's order. They are called the Sensates (mentioned in the Main Characters). They can access each others skills, emotions and feelings. The cinematography is really good. It touches a lot of aspects like diversity, sexuality, gender, religion. Every Sensaste is from a different country. The beauty of each place is captured very well. The visuals are good. We get to see their ethnicity and culture.

I really like the diversity of the characters and especially how Indians are portrayed. I've always felt that Indians have always been portrayed as extra brown with thick accents. But in this they seem like normal people who speak good English. We also get to see an Indian wedding which has been depicted well. 

The main problem with the series is the lack of a good story. There's a lot of expectation when people can access each others talents and skills but all we get to see is the character's background story and them trying to understand each other. None of the characters are highly skilled in anything so that we get to see some awesome sequences except for Sun Bak (Bae Doona) who is very good at kickboxing . She is the only character who is most helpful when it comes to sharing each other's skills.

Although we get to see some action here and there, until the last two episodes there's nothing significant going on. The action and acting is mediocre. Sharing the benefits of being mentally linked to each other could've been depicted better. If you're expecting a lot of action and great story then you're in for some disappointment. In one word the series can be described as mediocre.

Rating - 3/5