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  The church has its secrets, which conspiracy theorists love to emphasize, and pop culture creators use. Dan Brown's bestsellers are just the tip of the iceberg - the secrets of the 2,000-year-old institution ignite the imagination and allow you to create more and more sophisticated works based on them. One of them is the new Netflix series - Warrior Nun, but it should be noted right away that this is a strictly entertainment production of comic origin, using sacred realities to create a spectacle bordering on action and fantasy. Warrior Nun tells the story of the mysterious Order of the Sword of the Cross, whose ranks are joined by warrior nuns armed with rifles and swords fighting foul demons. But the heroine is a young girl Ava, whom we meet at the moment of death. A nun leans over her corpse, not sparing her bitter words and not agreeing to a proper burial. A coincidence causes a powerful halo belonging to a god warrior to get into Ava's body, which returns to the world of the living endowed with powerful powers. The Order will try to recover the artifact at all costs, even at the cost of the girl's life. And Ava, hitherto paralyzed by disability, begins to discover the charms of the world beyond the walls of the orphanage where she grew up. The girl begins to notice the needs of her body, timidly establishes new relationships, tries parties and alcohol, and falls in love. This is a completely new experience for her. But she will also try to discover why she returned to the world of the living. Warrior Nun is quite a diverse and multi-threaded production, because in ten episodes the creators took up many different topics. The already mentioned threads of Ava and the Order are just some of the topics, we will also continue to observe the struggle for power in the ranks of the church, and yet there is also simply action and a large dose of fantasy in the form of various demons. Finally, quantum portals come into play. So there's a lot going on here at some point. Of course, some issues have been developed more, others less, but the whole thing is conducted quite efficiently. At the same time, it should be emphasized that the Warrior Nun is a typical tape recorder and still in an old, very kitschy style. The infantilized plot, poor acting or terrible dialogues do not allow you to get involved in this production, it is watched with amusement, but if you know what to expect and treat it as a light fantasy production, you will spend ten painless hours on this series. Of the positives, it is certainly worth highlighting the role of Alba Baptista, who gives her character a bit of character, and the fact that the creators know how to keep the viewer in front of the TV thanks to skillfully used plot twists that can turn the story upside down several times. It is also worth noting that one of the directors of the project was Agnieszka Smoczyńska, the author of Daughters of Dancing, from Poland. She directed 2 episodes, but it is difficult to determine how much influence she could have had on the appearance of the series. Finally, a mention of a Polish voiceover on the Netflix platform - with this series, it can spoil the fun of watching, so I recommend subtitles.

  12/5/2022