The Last Hour Review: This unique super-natural drama is let down by its poor execution and unexplained sub-plots
The Last Hour Web Series Rating: 2 stars
Just watched The Last Hour web series on Amazon Prime Video. So let’s analyze the cast, release date, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this web series.
Cast: Sanjay Kapoor, Karma Takapa, Shaylee Krishen, Robin Tamang, Mandakini Goswami,
Tenzein Choden, Lanuakum, Noksha Saham and Shahana Goswami & Raima Sen
Director: Amit Kumar
Release Date: 14th May 2021 (On Amazon Prime Video)
Duration: 8 Episodes/ 30 Minutes
Story: Series story follows cop Arup Singh (Sanjay Kapoor) who has shifted to Mancheng following the death of his wife (Raima Sen) along with his daughter Pari (Shaylee Krishen). However, Mancheng is an otherwise sleepy town is in the middle of a series of mysterious deaths and rapes happening in the state.
On the same day an Bengali actress is found to be raped and killed at Sunrise point along with her driver. He is accompanied by a local lady subordinate Lipika Bora (Shahana Goswami) and while investigating the murder Arup finds Dev (Karma Takapa) who a shaman with a knack for archery practice in the forests.
Dev has supernatural powers of communicating with souls through their last hour before they died allowing Arup and Lipika to understand the cause of death and apprehend the person responsible for it. Initially Arup didn’t believe Dev powers after few more murder investigations he started to believe him and realizes that the killer is linked to Dev’s dark past, they join hands to hunt him down.
It’s an evil shaman Yama Nadu (Robin Tamang) and his henchman Thapa (Lanuakam Ao) are after Dev’s power of being able to go back in time. Yama Nadu himself can look into the future, and he monetizes this power for his own benefit. Once he has Dev’s power too, he will be able to go back and forth in time, and therefore become, by all purposes immortal.
Yama Nadu arrives in Dev’s backyard, leading to a chain of events that links back to Arup’s late wife Nyima and his disturbed daughter Pari. But when Dev falls for the Arup college going daughter enigmatic Pari (Shaylee Krishen) he is torn between duty and love. Will he be able to use his gift to save what he treasures most or will it destroy everything? The answers lie in life’s final moments.
Positives
1. Excellent performances
2. Story
3. Cinematography
4. First Four Episodes
Negatives
1. Direction
2. Climax
3. Length
4. Screenplay
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer planned to watch this series first day because of its engaging trailer with it’s unique concept.
Mumbai cop Arup is transferred to an idyllic town in the Northeast, which has seen the murder of a Bengali starlet. The cop begins his investigations and comes in contact with a Jhakri/Shaman, Dev. Initially dismissive of his spiritual powers, Arup realizes that Dev is the key player in the murder that rocked the hilly town. The two join hands to catch the murderer and his accomplice. Why is someone so desperately after Dev’s life?.
Watch only if you have enough time to spent on a series which begins on intriguing note the let down by poor narration and unnecessary drama. For those who have watched American shows Medium or Pushing Daisies will be familiar with such super natural stories. It has so many sub-plots are not explained well enough which indicates makers are already planning for the 2nd season. Concept and story is excellent but it is let down by execution. My view on this web series (Time Pass)
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