Josh Hartnett Leads Netflix’s Exhilarating Sea Monster Thriller ‘Below’: TV Review
Netflix’s six-part thriller *Below* follows Calvin Penney, a Newfoundland widower whose childhood trauma resurfaces when strange events spread through his island community. The series uses a sea creature and an emerging iceberg to explore family grief, a town in decline and the effects of climate change.
The story begins in 1986, when nine-year-old Calvin’s father drowns during the family’s move by boat; forty years later, Calvin is played by Josh Hartnett. He and his son Wade collect ice for a vodka brewery, but a rejected, foul-smelling haul leads Calvin to local scientist Fonda Howander, as residents begin behaving oddly. The review praises the show’s pacing and mix of horror and suspense, while noting Hartnett’s Newfoundland accent as a weakness.
- Josh Hartnett stars as a haunted Newfoundland widower.
- Strange water and an iceberg unsettle his island community.
- The six-part thriller links horror with family grief and climate change.
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Below is a six-part thriller series available on Netflix. Set in Newfoundland, the story unfolds in a small island community where strange events begin affecting residents, with a sea creature and an emerging iceberg playing key roles in the plot.
The main character is Calvin Penney, a widower played by actor Josh Hartnett. Forty years earlier, when Calvin was nine years old, he witnessed his father drown during a family boat journey; in the present-day story, Calvin and his son Wade work collecting ice for a local vodka brewery when mysterious occurrences begin affecting their community.
The show explores themes of personal grief, economic decline and the effects of climate change within a small, isolated community. The strange events that drive the plot are connected to these broader themes about how trauma and environmental change reshape people's lives.
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