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In 1857, a courageous 25-year-old slave named Noah organizes a small group of fellow slaves on Macon Plantation, with the goal of escaping to the Underground Railroad and thence to freedom. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.

Genre:

History, Drama

Actors:

Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge, Jessica De Gouw, Alano Miller, Christopher Meloni, Marc Blucas, Chris Chalk, Reed Diamond, Clarke Peters, Adina Porter, Amirah Vann, ...»

Director:

Misha Green, Joe Pokaski

Country:

United States

Release:

2016

IMDb:

7.9

Quality:

Duration:

60 min

Slate

It is hard to imagine a more inherently gripping premise than escaping slaves, but Underground tosses in pop music, lurid sex scenes, and a breakneck pace, undermining its own ambition.

March 09, 2016

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HitFix

Underground seems to have hit the sweet spot between quality and commercial potential, and between being respectful of the time it's depicting while finding a way to function as ongoing entertainment.

March 08, 2016

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The characters of the slaves are sharply drawn, the action riveting and the mood not always grim. Hodge and Smollett-Bell are magical together. All that makes Underground an important series that doesn't feel like medicine going down.

March 10, 2016

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TV Insider

Underground makes palpable the fear, frustration and rage of those trapped in a system denying them any control over their lives.

March 09, 2016

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Hollywood Reporter

Underground is a thriller, an adventure yarn, before it's a Brussels sprouts message drama. Perhaps that's why Underground may not find itself an Emmy contender, but why it ought to be able to attract an enthusiastic audience.

March 08, 2016

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Detroit News

The essence of Underground is both wrenching and eye-opening.

March 09, 2016

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Seanax.com

It's an escape drama... with all the tension and action-show drama that comes with it. But it's also about the lives of African-American slaves in the antebellum American South...

August 16, 2016

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Vox

Underground is not a perfect show, but it's one that makes me want everybody else to be better.

April 18, 2016

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News.com.au

Underground will give you a frenetic and dramatic history lesson that will have your heart pulsing.

January 23, 2017

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Underground - Season 1

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