Review of "You
Are Wanted" 3/22/17 by
Suzanne
Watch the first season online on Amazon
This is a German show, dubbed in English. A family man,
Lukas Franke (Matthias Schweighöfer), is hacked and his life
is turned upside down. A terrorist commits some attacks and
makes it look like Franke is the person responsible. He
tries to solve the problem on his own, but things get worse.
The police suspect him, and then his family and friends also
start to suspect him, no matter how much he protests his
innocence.
It's one of those paranoid thrillers that
probably owes a lot to "24." Franke gets involved with a
woman, Lena Arandt, who was also targeted, so they work
together to try to find out what's going on. The trail leads
to the federal government police. It does move along quickly
and is somewhat compelling. The main character is likable,
but he acts kind of dumb. I hope it gets better.
MORE INFORMATION:
Amazon will
launch its first
German series, You
Are Wanted, to Prime
members globally.
Produced by and
starring Matthias
Schweighöfer, You
Are Wanted will not
only launch in
Germany and Austria,
but across more than
200 countries and
territories on six
continents; Amazon
will become the
first video
streaming service to
launch a German
original series this
wide. All six
episodes will be
available with
dubbing in English,
French, Italian and
Spanish.
Additionally,
subtitles will be
available in
Portuguese, Hindi
and Japanese. You
Are Wanted will be
available in Germany
and Austria on
Friday, March 17.
Launch dates for
rest of world will
be announced soon.
Besides the leading
actor, director and
producer Matthias
Schweighöfer, You
Are Wanted casts
notable German
actors like
Alexandra Maria Lara
(Vier gegen die
Bank, Der
Untergang), Karoline
Herfurth (Fack ju
Göhte, Das Parfum -
Die Geschichte eines
Mörders), and Tom
Beck (Einstein). You
Are Wanted tells the
story of Lukas
Franke
(Schweighöfer), a
young hotel manager
and father who is
brutally torn out of
his everyday life
when his personal
data is hacked and
he finds the story
of his life
beginning to be
rewritten. As
strange news
continues to emerge,
Lukas finds his
digital identity
continuously
manipulated,
arousing the
suspicion of the
German Federal
Criminal Office
(BKA), who accuse
him of being a
member of a
terrorist
organization. Even
his wife (Alexandra
Maria Lara) begins
to doubt him. When
his child is
threatened, it is
obvious to Lukas
that he has to fight
back. He allies with
Lena Arandt
(Karoline Herfurth),
who is also a victim
of the hackers. With
her help he tries to
find them and hunt
them down. Who is
behind the
conspiracy? Why was
he targeted? Lukas
is forced to fight
back, find the
perpetrators, prove
his innocence and
get back his old
life.
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