Marco Polo
[ This is a revue ofMarco Polo : One Hundred Eyes . There will be SPOILERS . ]
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In the tradition of idiot box holiday special , Netflix has bless its fans with a well - craft 30 - hour backstory inMarco Polo : One Hundred eye . One of the most darling case from season 1 , portray by Tom Wu ( Skyfall ) , gets a well deserve origin floor .
time of year 2 ofMarco Polois still some way off , but fans of time of year 1 ( this reviewer include ) are uneasily await any mo of story from this beautiful world we can get . The narrative of Hundred Eyes is just the vexer we were looking for , by not only giving us perceptiveness into the life sentence of the former South Chinese monk , but also setting up characters and event that will greatly influence what happens in the summertime of 2016 .
Chief among these plot degree is the introduction of Michelle Yeoh ’s ( Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon ) grapheme , who tries to help Hundred Eyes when he is attacked by the Mongols . Her reference in season 2 is simply referred to as " hired man maid , " so one has to wonder if she will be serve well the Khan , or some other significant rule in the neighborhood ? When Kublai Khan interrogate Hundred Eyes , he asks him to learn his warriors the mystery of his fighting trend . His temple come out to have secrets that the Khan would like to overwork and it ’s still unclear how much selective information he has divulge .
Hundred Eyes does train the young prince in the elbow room of fighting , but surely he did not reveal all of his secrets . While we did n’t see Yeoh ’s lineament getting captured by the Khan ’s men , it will be interesting to see how she reconnects with her now unreasoning friend . The Malaysian - have actress is keep meddling this yr in the humankind of Netflix , being featured inMarco Poloand the newCrouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon : Sword of Destinyfilm .
Apart from the new development that could toy a part in time of year 2 , the source story itself is pretty aboveboard - but no less entertaining . The fight stage dancing was top - notch , as we ’ve descend to carry , with only AMC ’s young soldierly art seriesInto the Badlandscoming finis . Tom Wu dwell the character of Hundred Eyes with effortless ease and is a joyousness to watch . He is the Yoda of this humans and even with this added chapter in his story , we still know very little about him and the order he served . Benedict Wong ( Prometheus ) continue to impress as the imposing Kublai Khan . Wong possess that rarified gift of being able to show true compassion and utter ruthlessness simultaneously .
One of the practiced scenes from this peculiar took place during a game of what look like chess between the Khan and our Thelonious Monk . After coming to grips with his plight , Hundred Eyes order Kublai that his blindness is a natural endowment and that he now sees more of the world . He has turned what should have been a incapacitating punishment into a blessing in disguise . allow ’s trust we get plenty more of Hundred eye in season 2 ofMarco Polo .
What did you mean of this holiday special and how do you see Yeoh ’s character fitting into the upcoming time of year ? Stay tuned to see what happens next .
Marco Polowill continue with its 2d season in summer 2016 . Check out a behind the scene look below :
