In “Chief of War”, on Apple TV+, Jason Momoa reigns over a Hawaiian tragedy

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In these times of remakes. Consequently, reboots and – at best – adaptations, the unexpected is a rare metal. Nevertheless, The creators of Chief of War found it in a corner forgotten so “chief war”, apple tv+, jason far by the writers – the Hawaii archipelago at the turn of the XVIII^e. In addition, XIX^e centuries – and forged it in a bloody, vigorous and winding story. The surprise is all the greater since at the origin of this series. there is an actor who has so far distinguished himself first by his muscles, then by his assiduous practice of franchise cinema (he is aquaman in the adaptations of DC comics, we saw him in Minecraft, I movie), Jason Momo.

With Thomas Pa’ Sibbett. the above Khal Drogo, chief of the Dothraki in Game of Thrones, Designed a saga which is not without points in common with that of George RR Martin. In the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago as on Westeros. it will be necessary to pay sustained attention to disentangle the dynastic lines which compete and have a well -hung stomach to attend the “chief war”, apple tv+, jason fights and massacres born of quarrels between clans.

But here -. that’s how Chief of War Distinguished itself from the ordinary-intrigue and arms facts do not participate in an imaginary universe, but from the history of our planet, when Europe and the emerging United States undertook to submit it to their laws. The nine episodes celebrate a purely Hawaiian story in the same gesture-the unification of the archipelago by King Kamehameha (Circa 1758-1819)-and deplored the beginnings of the American-British hold. following the journey (and death) of James Cook in 1779.

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