Review of Swarm

Swarm (2023)
9/10
Dark, different and hilarious!
29 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This series is an unusual and with that pretty unique experience, that very much intrigued, fascinated and amused me, all seven (short) episodes through. I'm not sure in what category I would place it: many reviewers here on IMDb see it as some kind of horror, but apart from the pretty brutal killings there's hardly anything horrifying going on. I guess it's more of a thriller, we follow the culprit and wonder if and how she either will get caught, or get away with it. Andrea, absolutely brilliantly played by Dominique Fishback, isn't sympathetic at all, and it's almost impossible to relate to her motives for the killings, but somehow you do team up with her, which proves how clever the script is, and of course how well Fishback acts.

Apart from the thriller aspects, it's also a very dark comedy, there are many hilarious moments, like the episode where Andrea by chance falls into the nets of a white women's sect, or episode 6, where we follow a female police inspector (by the way very funny played by Heather Simms!) who is on the trail of Andrea.

The story impresses as a bizar road-trip, with Andrea searching desperately for the ultimate fulfillment of her blind idolizing (which is: visiting a concert of her beloved Ni'Jah), along the way meeting the weirdest people, ruthlessly using them to advance her goal, and killing them if they stand in her way or belittle her idol.

My only reservation concerns the very end of last episode 7: although all the signs in the previous episodes seemed to hint at the net closing around Andrea (especially episode 6), she ultimately seems to have hit her dreamed-of jackpot. That did feel a bit as a frustrating let-down to be sent home with. But it could also (maybe, hopefully!) serve as a stepping-stone to a next season. I sure am game!
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