![]() ![]() As the government closes in, the sisters disperse. This narrative pivot is the conventional and predictable move to make, as the script demands Rapace transform into an action star. Once the national government goes on a womanhunt for the surviving sisters, all the dramatic tension within Wirkola’s film is drained. Watch Video: Netflix Drops First 'Punisher' Teaser Following 'The Defenders' Debut Cayman is embarrassed and demands that her underlings “take care” of the situation. The sisters represent a institutional failing. Then, “What Happened to Monday” shape-shifts into a low-rent “Children of Men” meets “Blade Runner.” Cayman and the government catch onto the Settmans’ scheme. Wirkola focuses on tight close-ups to give a sense of Rapace’s range. The initial in-fighting between the sisters is what pulls the audience in. She’s seven characters at once, and none of them feel the same. ![]() Rapace has the manic energy and emotional dexterity to pull off these parts. Written by Max Botkin and Kerry Williamson (“Alex Cross”), “What Happened to Monday” teases at the idea of being this contained family affair: seven women trapped in their home, hiding from the law. To stay inside much longer would be to risk their sanity.Īlso Read: Porn Site Offers to Produce 'Sense8' Season 3 After Netflix Cancellation To all simultaneously wander outside would be to risk their lives. In turn, the Settmans have constructed a prison of their own. Each sister is allowed to leave the home on “her” day. Of course, due to the law - enforced by politician Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close) - no one can know that seven Settmans reside in one home.įor convenience, the sisters are named by the days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and so on. After the passing of their father, Terence Settman (Willem Dafoe), a family of seven sisters (all played by Noomi Rapace, channeling Tatiana Maslany’s one-woman ensemble on “Orphan Black”) must keep the family name alive. Set in a not too distant future where families are limited to one child, due to overpopulation, the story opens on the Settman household. Part fugitives-on-the-run thriller, part post-apocalyptic familial drama, Wirkola’s latest is a perplexing amalgamation. Directed by Tommy Wirkola (“Dead Snow,” “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”), the Netflix original production lands somewhere in a creative middle ground. “What Happened to Monday” is as much a title as it is a question about itself.
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