Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins star in Prime Video’s adaptation of the blockbuster video game franchise.
It doesn’t work.
While the Ghoul is momentarily distracted, Lucy runs.
Ella Purnell in ‘Fallout’.JoJo Whilden/Prime Video
Holding the bloody digit aloft, the Ghoul gives Lucy a look that almost connotes respect.
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Falloutbegins with The End.
Quite literally: The words flash on screen, all caps, as our welcome.
Walton Goggins in ‘Fallout’.Courtesy of Prime Video
Flash forward two centuries.
An emergency drives Lucy MacLean, the aforementioned apple-cheeked resident of Vault 33, to the surface seeking answers.
(Sound familiar?)
Aaron Moten in ‘Fallout’.Courtesy of Prime Video
The mythology is dense.
(What is aPip-Boy?
Why arebottle caps used as currency?)
Lucy is the audiences surrogate, but the series doesnt champion any one ideology.
Even the good guys have their prejudices.
These people, am I right?
says a Vault overseer, venting about surface dwellers.
Hes played byChris Parnell, one of many wonderful actors Dallas Goldtooth!
who pop up inFallouts expansive ensemble.
Not even layers of burn-scar prosthetics can dampen the actors immutable charm.
But that’s just my opinion.
