And slithering around it all, the IT autocrat Bernard played by Robbins with chilly, sociopathic intensity like something out of a George Orwell story. Will Patton is the experienced, careworn deputy not looking for advancement but thrust into a much more responsible role as his department and the mysterious, Judicial Department, which runs its own secret police force and becomes ever more powerful as the story develops. The narrative then shifts mostly to Juliette’s story as the new sheriff and the various forces at play in support of her and against her. Soon, these previously model citizens are looking for more answers, and that ends up dooming then. The structure of the show is also interesting, kicking off primarily with the story of the current Sheriff (Oyelowo) and his wife (Jones) who learn some disturbing information that challenges what they believed to be true about their subterranean world. (L to R) Rashida Jones and David Oyelowo in 'Silo,' premiering on Apple TV+. And there is a host of other reliable talent offering memorable work. Kingsley, meanwhile, brings emotional heft to a relatively smaller role. Given such meaty material, Ferguson shines, exploring Juliette’s layers even as she explores the various levels of her home. But inspired by the suspicious death of Kingsley’s tech-obsessed George Wilkins, she reluctantly agrees, digging up yet more secrets, including some that impact her own troubled past. Ferguson in particular is beguiling as the intense Juliette, who would much rather be nurturing the giant generator that keeps the lights (and everything else) on in the Silo than step up to be the new sheriff. Yost and his team have embraced the complicated political mystery and danger of Howey’s story, resulting in a thorny, twisty mystery that will keep you guessing.Īs for the cast, this is an eclectic line-up that offers something to keep hold of while the story weaves around them. It’s all low-tech brought to life into an incredibly high-tech fashion –– the giant sets aided by CGI.īut great production design is nothing without compelling people and an interesting story, and fortunately ‘Silo’ boasts both. Like most of its Apple TV+ stablemates, ‘Silo’ is the product of a company willing to spend an expansive budget to bring it to life: the world that these characters live in is an immersive one, a concrete realm of curving stairways and chunky, basic chambers. The ensemble cast starring alongside Ferguson includes Common, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley and Tim Robbins. Tim Robbins in 'Silo,' premiering on Apple TV+. Rebecca Ferguson stars as Juliette, an engineer, who seeks answers about a loved one's murder and tumbles onto a mystery that goes far deeper than she could have ever imagined, leading her to discover that if the lies don't kill you, the truth will.Īdapted from Hugh Howey’s book ‘Wool’ (originally self-published online by the author, who cannily held on to the rights to the early stories), ‘Silo’ has ‘Justified’s Graham Yost as its showrunner and Morten Tyldum and David Semel among its directors. However, no one knows when or why the silo was built and any who try to find out face fatal consequences –– if you do end up challenging the authority, you’re sent outside to clean the lens of the one camera sending footage of the outdoors… Which as far as anyone knows is a death sentence in the most agonizing fashion. ‘Silo’ tells of the last ten thousand people on earth, their mile-deep home protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside. Premiering with its first two episodes on May 5th, ‘ Silo’ represents Apple TV+ moving into the sort of dystopian territory covered extensively in movies and TV series, but also managing to say something new about human foibles and the lies that can build up within authority. Rebecca Ferguson in 'Silo,' premiering on Apple TV+.
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