![]() ![]() ![]() When Takeshi Kovacs awakens, for example, we know that his quick adjustment to his new body and Joel Kinnaman’s almost inhuman six-pack abs make him unique, but when the seven-year-old girl who died an untimely death is reunited with her parents in the body of an older, scruffy-looking prisoner, we immediately understand that the average citizen doesn’t get any special consideration when receiving a new body. The little touches are what really enrich this gritty, neon future and make it feel real. Oddly, the audience simply nods, takes it all in stride, and we’re off to the races. How did they do that? There’s seriously a lot of jargon to learn in “Out of the Past.” Nevertheless, the hologram lady at the prison explains the concept behind digital human freight, or DHF, which is stored in a cortical stack installed at the base of every Protectorate citizen’s skull at age one, enabling humans to cheat death by “spinning up” into new “sleeves” and making bodies sound like disposable commodities. Explaining the complex process of putting Takeshi Kovacs into a new body 250 years after his death so that he could solve the alleged murder of the still-living man who brought him back could easily have become heavily expository and confusing, but this premiere episode brings its cyberpunk premise into sharp focus while offering up killer action sequences and a beautiful futuristic backdrop. It must have been a daunting task bringing Altered Carbon to the small screen. ![]() This Altered Carbon review contains spoilers. ![]()
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