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Kaos is a weird new Netflix comedy/drama, which begins with an intro from Prometheus (Stephen Dillane), introducing Zeus, King of the Gods, played by Jeff Goldblum, painting him in a smug light.
We’re told that the plan to bring him down involves three humans and a prophecy, opening in Crete, which, for some reason, is referred to as “Krete”, where we find the first human, Euridyce, aka Riddy (Aurora Perrineau). Then again, Chaos is not spelled ‘Kaos’.
She bumps into Cassandra (Billie Piper) in the supermarket, who has been arrested for stealing a single item, even though in today’s broken Britain, they wouldn’t call the police unless someone nicks at least £200 worth of items, and even then, security are not allowed to tackle them, in case they get injured!
Anomgst the madness that follows, we’re introduced to Hera (Janet McTeer), classed as both Zeus’ wife AND sister, and there’s a sort-of water circle known as The Meander, which has to remain intact in order for Zeus to continue reigning.
However, he’s not really getting the love he expects from us mere humans, along with family members, such as his son, Dionysus (Nabhaan Rizwan) – God of pleasure, madness and wild frenzy, but really, just a selfish, insufferable dick.
Kaos doesn’t exactly feel like it’s precisely exact in its retelling of Greek mythology. The billing states it’s a “modern day contemporary” version, so it’s largely an excuse for Jeff Goldblum to be very Jeff Goldblum, which isn’t a bad thing, although in what I’ve seen so far, he’s not in it massively, because there are far too many characters to fit into the plot.
I’ve seen the first two episodes of this, the second taking in The Underworld, where a boat full of people are travelling on the river Styx, heading down into the Underworld and having to pass through the Frame… pardon? This all feels like the writers have sniffed a massive bag of cocaine and then scribbled down the first thing that came to mind.
As such, it’s all a bit too weird for me, and I can’t get into this. I’ll be interested to see if anyone does, though.
Thanks to our friends at Netflix for the screener prior to release.
Kaos is not available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD, but is on Netflix from June 7th.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 45-60 minutes per episode (8 episodes)
Release date: August 29th 2024
Studio: Netflix
Format: 2.00:1
Series Directors: Georgi Banks-Davies, Runyararo Mapfumo
Producer: Harry Munday
Creator: Charlie Covell
Writers: Charlie Covell, Georgia Christou
Music: Isabella Summers
Cast:
Zeus: Jeff Goldblum
Hera: Janet McTeer
Riddy: Aurora Perrineau
Atropos: Sam Buttery
Medusa: Debi Mazar
Minotaur: Fady Elsayed
Prometheus: Stephen Dillane
Dionysus: Nabhaan Rizwan
Orpheus: Killian Scott
Pious Agatha: Susan Wooldridge
Caeneus: Misia Butler
Hippolyta II: Selina Jones
Pas: Shila Ommi
Nax: Daniel Monks
Deacon: Joe Coen
Andromache: Amanda Douge
Clotho: Ché
Patricia: Layo-Christina Akinlude
Hades: David Thewlis
Poseidon: Cliff Curtis
Ari: Leila Farzad
Charon: Ramon Tikaram
Minos: Stanley Townsend
The Tacita: Michelle Greenidge
Klara: Gabby Wong
Ambrose: Jacob Utzon Krefeld
Persephone: Rakie Ayola
Cassandra: Billie Piper
Alecto: Cathy Tyson
Meg: Natalie Klamar
Tisi: Donna Banya
Theseus: Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Calli: Olga Mouak
Daedalus: Mat Fraser
Sofie: Ama Addison
Polyphemus: Joe McGann
Prue: Rosie Cavaliero
Trojan: Rui Martins
Myrina: Amanda Hadingue
Anatole: Robert Emms
Lachy: Eddie Izzard
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