TV-MA | 8h 20min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Action | 05 May 2023 (USA)
In development in some form or fashion for the past decade, the long-awaited adaptation of author Hugh Howey’s epic “Silo” (original title: “Wool”) finally sees the light of day. Originally conceived as a feature to be helmed by Ridley Scott for Fox, it eventually landed at Apple TV+ in 2021 as a series with Graham Yost (“Justified”) acting as co-producer and showrunner.
Not without a few blips and hiccups and one terrible casting decision, the 10-episode first season of “Silo” sticks as close to the source material (the first five books in the nine-book series) as can be expected. It starts off with a bang, slows a tad after that, and thoroughly crushes it from episode six onward….