‘Citadel’ review: Banter can’t save this heavy-handed spy series from the Russo Bros.
by Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
Apr 27, 2023
3 minutes
An espionage series from Amazon, “Citadel” stars Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas as spies working for a shadowy organization that is loyal to no man or nation, only to “the safety and security of all people.”
Something like “The Avengers” I guess, sans superhero costumes.
Streamers have gone full-bore on in recent months, and the quality runs the gamut. “Citadel” isn’t unwatchable, but it doesn’t make much of a case for itself, either. for Netflix, which Joe Russo antiseptically described as “business-focused content.”
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