69%User score 69 percent
Black Lightning
2018 · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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32 votes
A different kind of war. A new breed of soldier.
1915, WWI. French Private Gabriel is presumed dead. Selected for a top-secret program, he’s given a serum that makes him stronger and faster. To see his family again, he must join the Sentinels, elite soldiers on a mission to end the war.
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Kacey Mottet Klein
De Clermont
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May 14, 2026
"The Sentinels" is a French military cyberpunk imagining of an alternate WWI. It's based on a comic book series I've honestly never heard of but wished I had. I like its premise of a French special forces unit made up of super soldiers drugged up on a serum that leads to often unexpected outcomes. Sets, costumes, and the atmosphere of smoky, dirty, war-worn cities and battlefields are skillfully done. Cinematography…
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