//Warning Spoilers//
Beautifully shot, building its plot steadily and catching the fears of the Cold War albeit somewhat laboriously, Summer of Rockets goes off the rails in the final episode, with an almost farcical ending, not least in the resolving of the mystery around Anthony and a failed coup attempt brought abruptly to an end by a rather sad TV comedy.
The cast is top notch, though nearly everyone speaks with a slowness of pace and an extreme level of intensity, which is almost unreal, but forces you to concentrate more on words, as opposed to actions.
Sadly as with too many series these days, you leave feeling that you have been unable to scoop all of the ice cream out of the tub.
Beautifully shot, building its plot steadily and catching the fears of the Cold War albeit somewhat laboriously, Summer of Rockets goes off the rails in the final episode, with an almost farcical ending, not least in the resolving of the mystery around Anthony and a failed coup attempt brought abruptly to an end by a rather sad TV comedy.
The cast is top notch, though nearly everyone speaks with a slowness of pace and an extreme level of intensity, which is almost unreal, but forces you to concentrate more on words, as opposed to actions.
Sadly as with too many series these days, you leave feeling that you have been unable to scoop all of the ice cream out of the tub.