Siddhartha Das

2 months ago | fugitives.com | Siddhartha Das

Following the Danshokai group encounter in the second episode of Sakamoto Days, which saw the titular hitman and his trusted accomplice, Shin, take on mafia bosses and assassins to protect Lu Shaotang, the JAA—assassin association—became aware of Sakamoto’s secretive life as a family man. A hefty bounty was put on Sakamoto’s name by the organization, and as the third episode reveals, dreaded assassins are already on their way to take down the legendary hitman.

2 months ago | fugitives.com | Siddhartha Das

In its exploration of trauma and isolation, the second season of Netflix’s Spanish thriller, The Snow Girl, introduced a particularly deranged and diabolical individual in the form of Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Valdivia—whose broken psyche makes for an interesting character study, to say the least. [Spoilers Ahead] The mastermind behind a reinvented version of The Soul Game, Nacho had murdered Allison Hernandez and wreaked havoc in Miren’s life by forcing her to relive the darkest phase of her past.

2 months ago | fugitives.com | Siddhartha Das

The legacy of Nakaba Suzuki’s Seven Deadly Sins continues as Netflix’s anime adaptation of Four Knights of the Apocalypse returns with the first part of its second season, kicking off the next stage of the conflict between Arthur Pendragon’s forces of Chaos and the four Knights of Apocalypse.

2 months ago | fugitives.com | Siddhartha Das

Not that I am complaining, but director Christian Gudegast’s Den of Thieves franchise, which is gradually building its own niche fanbase thanks to the likeable characterization and the performances by the lead duo of Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr., is not going to evade the allegations of being derivative any time soon.

2 months ago | fugitives.com | Siddhartha Das

Following a breezy pilot that presented a brand-new origin of our favorite webslinger, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man expands its world further with the second episode by including more characters from the established larger universe. Previously, Doctor Strange’s dimension-hopping adventures brought a symbiote monster and a unique spider to Peter Parker’s world, the latter of which imbued Peter with spider powers.