A scientist turned wall street tycoon becomes the target of a plot to destroy the world's financial markets.
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Arsher Ali and Leila Farzad
Full Cast: Grégory Montel, Aïssa Maïga, Jerry Killick, Derek Siow, Hans Peterson, Niseema Theillaud, Roderick Hill, Kevin Ezekiel Ogunleye, Ãgota Dunai, Eric Savin, Eurydice ElEtr, Donald Sage Mackay
Episode Guide
Best The Fear Index Episodes
8.1 The Fear Index Trailer
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User Reviews
Watchseries; Good actors wasted on a slow dull and boring plot. Struggled to finish episode 2 ,i find it hard to believe a book would be this boring, shame coz i think Josh Hartnett could have had a good role.
Good actors wasted on a slow dull and boring plot. Struggled to finish episode 2 ,i find it hard to believe a book would be this boring, shame coz i think Josh Hartnett could have had a good role.
The Fear Index watchseries. Utterly unconvincing plot, weak acting, poor characterisation. It could have been better to the effort had been put in. But this was just an annoying waste of time.
The topic is interesting, it reminds me of Person of Interest, which is a great TV show about a machine gone rogue.
Unfortunately, they tried to squeeze the story in 4 episodes and things escalate very quicly giving the impression of something unrealistic. An 8 or 10 well paced episodes could have made this miniseries great.
Based on Robert Harris' book, The Fear Index is an attempt at a warning about artificial intelligence. The original book was published in 2011, and the world has moved on.
This series starts off with good tension but quickly descends into a "technology runs amok" dystopia, but it falls foul of technological advances in the last 10 years. Instead of being set in 2011, the series is set in the 2021 timeframe and that results in huge holes in the plot.
The acting is steady and look and feel is pretty sick. Sadly, the plot holes - and clichés - are too great to ignore and spoil the story.
The trailer looked decent and promising. I struggled to get through episodes 1 and 2 but finally gave up half way through episode 3. The production quality is slick and stylish but the story is a pointless mess !
Whereas most series these days try and squeeze 10 hours or more from one story - Netflix I'm looking at you...
This show is done in three. Enough time to keep you guessing without spoon feeding you the explanation.
Josh Hartnett was a much better actor than I'd previously thought and his partner was good value for money too.
Not enough time for the rest of the cast but they really did do some snappy editing.
Use a Latin translator for more enjoyment.
I devoured the whole series in an afternoon. That wouldn't make a dent on some series.