Rent Da Vinci's Demons (2013 - 2015)
3.9 of 5 from 54 ratings
- General info
- Synopsis:
- Da Vinci’s Demons is a joint British and American production. Created by David S. Goyer, this television series is a mixture of historical fantasy, drama, and adventure. The series gives a fictional account of the early life of Leonardo da Vinci. Caught in the conflict between the Medici and Pazzi families, audiences are enraptured by da Vinci’s quest to escape the Sons of Mithras, and get the Book of Leaves. The cast includes Tom Riley as Leonardo.
- Actors:
- Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Blake Ritson, Gregg Chillin, Lara Pulver, James Faulkner, Elliot Cowan, David Schofield, Alexander Siddig, Ray Fearon, Kieran Bew, Tom Bateman, Hera Hilmar, Allan Corduner, Eros Vlahos, Sasha Behar, Michael Elwyn, Michael Culkin, Ian Pirie, Akin Gazi
- Directors:
- David S. Goyer, Peter Hoar, Alex Pillai, Jamie Payne, Jon Jones, Charles Sturridge, Mark Everest, Paul Wilmshurst, Michael J. Bassett, Colin Teague, Justin Molotnikov
- Producers:
- Marco Ramirez, Tom Riley, Peter Hoar, Matthew Bouch, Joshua Throne, Lee Morris
- Creators:
- David S. Goyer
- Writers:
- David S. Goyer, Marco Ramirez, Scott M. Gimple, Brian Nelson, John Shiban, Corey Reed, Jennifer Yale, Joe Ahearne, Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus, Jami O'Brien, Matt Fraction, Amy Berg, Sarah Goldfinger, Jesse Alexander, Dan Hess, Jonathan Hickman, Will Pascoe, Liz Sagal, Allison Moore
- Studio:
- 2 Entertain
- Genres:
- TV Action & Adventure, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries, TV Romance, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Reviews (1) of Da Vinci's Demons
Total hokum, but highly entertaining though violent fantasy adventure set in 16th century Florence. - Da Vinci's Demons review by PV
As so many series (incl Breaking Bad, Peaky Blinders), the early series are WAY superior - series 1 and maybe 2 too are great, edge-of-seat experiences, very violent, some sex scenes, but really imaginative. Filmed in the UK in South Wales - Margam Park, I know. Series 1 has a documentary re THE MAKING OF on the final DVD.
GREAT sets and fantasy inventions. ALL total hokum and tosh of course - Leo Da Vinci was nothing like this and nor was Florence/Firenze in Italy, a city I know well.
The main characters of Leo, Zo. Niko are great and well-cast. When they are on screen, or Vlad, it's riveting stuff. The stuff in the New World is a bit weak as is series 3. I find you can always sense a series is coming to the end of its natural when they start using flashbacks or silly fantasies, OR casting more women in roles and discussing family matters and starting families. Breaking Bad was just like that - brilliant to begin with, then too much domestic stuff. Ditto Peaky Blinders, first 3 series the best.
Woefully miscast is a black actor in the role of Claudio Medici though - and also too many lookalikey young women in unbelievable macho leadership roles - easy to mix em up too.
I hated some modern references and language - eg reference in on character's speech to 'down the rabbit hole' (from 19th C Alice in Wonderland) and much other stuff.
BUT so long as you are prepared to go along for a fantasy ride, it's a good fun watch - utter nonsense historically and it actually reminds me of cliffhanger TV shows like Dr Who from the 1970s or Flash Gordon, but with WAY more violence and some sex. The blood-splattering gut-spilling grand guignol seems quite the thing these days, as well as nakedness - and as these TV series are made by Amazon Prime or Netflix, they can do that. Maybe not for the kids though.
Series 1 and 2 are 4 stars - except series 3 which is 3 stars
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