Warrior Nun is an action drama series streaming on Netflix. With Adriel freed from his thousand-year imprisonment under the Vatican, the Order of the Cruciform Sword finds itself fighting to weather the coming storm. While the rest of the order plans, Beatrice and Ava have gone to ground to prepare Ava for her inevitable confrontation with the would-be angel in Warrior Nun season 2.
Viewers who remember last season's cliffhanger finale will go into this season with some frustration. It is never explained how the confrontation with Adriel plays out or how the sisters managed to escape. It is not even alluded to. This makes this season's story off to an awkward start that doesn't do justice to the rest of the narrative. Once you get past your initial connections to that unserved moment, Warrior Nun Season 2 only grows in strength.
Creator: Simon Barry
Stars: Alba Baptista, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Lorena Andrea
At the heart of this season's narrative are the sisters and their constant fight to save the world from this newly released false messiah. Their fights form the fundamental element that keeps the viewer engaged in each episode, no matter how wild sci-fi gets.
While each of the main returning characters have their arcs throughout the season's eight episodes, it's Beatrice and Ava where the show's character narrative shines the most. As the two women's relationship evolves from teacher/student to something more, the show does a great job of exploring the nuanced character dynamic between the two without dragging it out or peppering it with unnecessary drama.
While Warrior Nun season 2 spends a lot of time exploring its characters, it also spends a significant amount of energy exploring Adriel's true nature, the world beyond the Ark, and the nature of the divine. The reveals of this world building are delivered solidly and well spaced, preventing the series from bogging down in exposition.
While the character and world-building drive the narrative, its action drives the tension. This series is littered with fantastically tense choreographed moments that made me cringe on more than one occasion. And despite the show's focus on Ava as the powerful badass who will save the world, the best combat moments throughout Warrior Nun season 2 belong to Beatrice. I don't think I've ever seen the body language of someone in the middle of a fight project such a dismissive energy before, but that's the only way I can describe the feeling I get every time actress Kristina Tonteri-Young methodically dispatches a room. opponents. It's like every move she makes is screaming "I don't have time to waste on you."
The one significant place this series fails is in the delivery of its scope. While it continually emphasizes how the entire world is at stake, it never really feels that way. We see very little of any kind of conflict outside of the small showdowns the show shows, leaving the viewer with little sense of the level of danger the show insists exists.
Warrior Nun Season 2 builds on the first season with great characters and wonderfully orchestrated action sequences. Despite some stumbles with the delivery of its biggest threats, the viewer has little trouble investing in the danger facing the characters they will inevitably root for.
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