‘Citadel: Honey Bunny’ review: The spy franchise’s Indian chapter is engrossing and pacy
Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu lead Raj & DK’s contribution to the Prime Video series ‘Citadel’.
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The three instalments of Citadel that have dropped so far on Prime Video form a jigsaw puzzle – the pieces are independent but also connected.
The Citadel Universe, created by Josh Appelbaum, Bryan Oh and David Weil and backed by the production muscle of Anthony and Joe Russo, started with Citadel (2023), starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden. The broad premise: the spy agency Citadel was established to preserve world peace but is on the verge of destruction, with its agents killed or incapacitated by rival outfit Manticore.
The Indian chapter Citadel: Honey Bunny is a prequel, the backstory of Chopra Jonas’s Nadia Sinh. Pay attention and the villain Ettore Zani from the Italian spin-off Citadel: Diana appears briefly as a young man.
None of the three stories had a proper finale, so each arm of the franchise can have an endless number of sequels or prequels. Only low ratings or unwieldy cleverness can stop this action-heavy universe from expanding.
Citadel: Honey Bunny was entrusted to Raj & DK, probably due to the reputation built by their The Family Man. Their frequent collaborator, Sita Menon, has developed the series. It is to the trio’s credit that they have created a mostly coherent six-part show that, while keeping with the original’s topsy-turvy, MacGuffin-laden format, pauses for romance, emotions, family and much-needed humour.
