British thriller applauded for ‘excellent’ storytelling soars up Amazon Prime charts
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Previous Page Next PageDespite climbing its way up the charts, season two has mixed reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, with an impressive 80% score but an underwhelming 35% Popcornmeter rating.
‘Just as good as season one! A lot of dots are connected and discoveries made. There is a lot of potential story left to tell!’ one viewer, Isaac B, wrote, giving it five stars.
Conner M added: ‘Great series that explores current environmental issues through sci-fi in a tense and exciting way. Admittedly, it was a little slow at points but overall kept me interested and eager to watch the next episode. Definitely worth the watch!’
Others claimed it wasn’t as good as season one, with Audrey W writing: ‘Nowhere near as good as Season 1. I persevered but it’s slow and too “wordy”.’
Despite climbing its way up the charts, The Rig has mixed reviews (Picture: Amazon Prime Video)‘Screen play is so bad… Boring and going nowhere. Season 1 was good but this is just wast of time…,’ AB fumed, giving the second season a measly one star.
‘Totally hooked an amazing cast and storyline Hopefully we get a third season,’ one reviewer, J R, meanwhile said.
Over on X, @OldYesButWise wrote: ‘Watching S2 of “The Rig” (on Amazon). Excellent sci-fi that hits hard on many climate & biodiversity issues in the real world.’
@sunrisereapiing said: ‘The Rig on amazon prime is the mid sci-fi show tv has sorely been missing the past few years,’ before adding: ‘is it doing anything groundbreaking? no. am i enjoying myself? yes and that’s the most important thing.’
The stars have teased a possible season three (Picture: Amazon Prime Video)The stars of the show have pondered over a third instalment, sharing their eagerness to return.
Rochenda said, according to The Scottish Daily Express: ‘We’d always like to come back!’
Iain agreed: ‘We would love to come back.’
He went on: ‘In all honesty, we really love doing it. We think there’s more story to tell, you know.’
The Rig is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
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