I am somewhat of a recalcitrant when it comes to remakes. I don't generally like them, and if I do, it's often times only in relation to the original. So when I heard that "House of Cards" was being made as an original series by Netflix, apart from applauding a content delivery company for actually creating some content, I was immediately drawn back to the intense and brilliant Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson) of "House of Cards" "To Play the King" and "The Final Cut".
Boy was I wrong.
"House of Cards" (US) is brilliant in very different ways than the original. First, Kevin Spacey is a tour de force in this role. His supporting cast is superb, and the pace is very reminiscent of the "hours of boredom interrupted by moments of sheer terror" axiom of war. I cannot say enough about this series, and it may well have stopped my usual sobriquets of hating remakes and it's-never-as-good-as-the-original. Thoroughly recommended.
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