Chernobyl - 2019 Sky Atlantic Drama [DVD]

Great, scary what could happen

With all due respect to the truly excellent cast, the absence of " big names " adds to the stark devastation and progressive futility faced by the local population and wider emergency services. This binge watched docu-drama should be essential viewing for far too many reason's for me to go into, also I don't had the vocabulary to portray the utter contempt I have for Moscow, The KGB and The Central Committee, who to save face would happily have destroyed Europe indeed The World, had it not been for the unbelievable stoicism of a subjugated population ordered to their death's by the parasite's in power. Schindler's List was exceptional, this 5 part series is as good if not better, official death toll as of today is 30+, that's three zero, 3 x 10 !, the actual death toll; still rising; is believed to be over 90,000 ........

One of the best TV dramas of recent years, magnificently acted by a great team - it's invidious to pick any particular one out, but I suppose maximum plaudits have to go to Jared Harris, who brings to life a woeful, sometimes desperate, precise and exacting rendition for screen of what could easily have been just a boring engineer/scientist role. Visually stunning and often very shocking and hard to take, the production demonstrates both the full awfulness of the disaster and the extraordinary, gritty heroism and determination of the many ordinary men and women technicians, rescue workers, scientists, engineers, miners and soldiers who fought to recover from what could have been horribly worse. The elevated tone of the films throughout, only sparingly leavened with barbed jokes at the expense of the awful Soviet bureaucracy and the black humour of those struggling against the impossible, keeps this as both a saga of human struggle and also a deep meditation on the limitations of human beings faced with gigantically complex modern technology when it goes badly, badly wrong. Really quite brilliant and HBO and the cast deserve every award they are going to get for this and more.

Well worth the wait to get this on dvd as we don't have sky. Brilliantly written and acted.It was one of the best dramas I've seen in a long long time. Gripping viewing all the way through and very true to the facts (with just a little extra dramatisation in places). In some places it was hard to watch but the story has to be told. The lies and cover ups at the time were shocking and quite frightening. Even though it happened 34 years ago, watching this is very humbling, and it should make us all thankful,more appreciative and kind. Every one of those people involved who gave their lives are true heroes and we should never forget that. Our world would have been a very different place.

Lovely to own such a great series

I purchased the blu-ray version of the series after hearing so many good things about how well it was executed. They were right... Chernobyl is a 5-part series that packs plenty of punch and much more. Setting aside the realistic special FX, studio sets and the costumes departments time travelling feel of 1980s Russia, this adaptation of the horrific events in 1986 was well scripted and played out with top notch performances from the actors involved; Jared Harris being one such actor who gave an award winning performance. it is easy for those of us who remember that day in 1986 and the stories that were to follow, but this series goes deeper into the disaster and portrays events away from the nuclear plant to how it affected the mile upon mile of zones and the consequences of the negligence incorporated into the facility. If there is just one drama to watch this year, even next year, Chernobyl is that one. It certainly opens your eyes to the events and the aftermath and what we can learn from the disaster to prevent such an environmental catastrophe from ever happening again.

My review score isn't for the show itself it is for the whole package (show and blu-ray). A lot of reviews are just for the show itself so here is my opinion. The show is outstanding so if you haven't seen it and are looking to purchase this to view it for the first time.. you won't be selling this blu-ray to cash generator for 50p thats for sure! The blu-ray is a standard blu-ray case with two discs inside. The picture is HD and as it was broadcast in HD on TV. I don't think you will want it any sharper I have a 4k TV and the picture is fantastic. Don't buy the DVD if you have a HD or 4K TV as the skin tones and film grain and other effects like falling ash etc will not look as intended. This series has serious attention to detail so you want to see it as clear as possible. The blu-ray picture is exactly as it was when it was shown so good job there. The box art however is totally different to the promotional material or poster or images used to promote the series to the point I had to double check that this wasnt one of those other documentaries about chernobyl. This series DESERVES a steelbook with that haunting grey poster with them decontaminating and cleansing the area and perhaps this picture in the back. Or a sleeve of the original art with this underneath. This new cover art gives it more of a horror type feel to it for those who havent seen it and this series isn't a horror. It is horrific but not like the cover is suggesting compared to the original artwork. But this is just a niggle. I'm just used to the original artwork and liked that one. Special Features... Now this is a series that really should have at the very least a directors commentary. In the HBO version that was aired they had clips of the makers of the show talking about the next episode etc. On youtube there are interviews and trailers and all kinds of things. I would have hoped that with 2 discs they would have had SOMETHING in the form of special features. Do you know what they consider a special feature?? SUBTITLES!! I am not joking. Subtitles are right there in the special features along with.. photo gallery... So pretty much the images you see here on amazon of the cast etc...subtitles and that's all folks! For a release that will be streamed the incentive to buy the blu-ray should be filled with special features because these things have already been shown why not include them here. The directors commentary may have pushed the release of this back a bit but would have been so worth it in my opinion. this is the only reason that I have given it one star less. as a whole it just missed the opportunity to be a perfect blu ray release but instead they just put the series on disc and called subtitles a special feature. If this is the future for blu-ray then this is very sad and i hope they release this as a special edition 3 disc (or even 5 disc) set with special features and commentary. Anyways jusy buy this if you want to own a piece of TV history. When the internet goes down or something you have to own the movies you like in physical format and a such you must own this televisual marvel. bravo to the makers and actors of this series. my heart is heavy for those who dealt with the real life disaster that is chernobyl and i feel that i have been ignorant to it through the years thinking it would be cool to visit the place or seeing people duke it out on a map in call of duty. the way the tale is told in this is so masterfully done that it makes you just hang your head in shame to be a human being. powerful stuff.

Epic series. A “must watch”

Di questa miniserie posso solo dire terrificante , straziante , unica e realizzata in maniera sublime ( un dramma perfettamente rappresentato con un cast strabiliante ) Resa audio e video perfetta (valutando la versione bluray non 4k ) Solo lingua inglese con sottotitoli in inglese Consegna perfetta

Muy buena historia de ficción basada en hechos conocidos sobre el desastre de Chernóbil. El DVD llegó seguro, pero más tarde de lo previsto debido a un retraso en la aduana. La documentación completada correctamente por el remitente mejoraría enormemente este problema, junto con el pago de impuestos por adelantado.

Excellent gripping account of the Chernobyl disaster

Una meravigliosa miniserie tv; l'unico difetto è che non ne trovo una versione coi sottotitoli in italiano, ma comunque è comprensibilissimo anche con i sottotitoli in inglese (anche perché ormai lo so a memoria)

I have watched it thru a few times. It’s just so good.