Based on Arash Amel’s BOOM! Studio’s graphic novel of the same name, written by Amel and Marguerite Bennett, and adapted for television by Ken Woodruff and Steph Cha, Prime Video ‘s “ Butterfly ” is a twisted crime drama about family, betrayal and global espionage. Though the series has all of the components that make for a compelling thriller, it’s more smoke and mirrors than gritty character-driven material.

Set in Seoul, South Korea, the six-episode first season follows David Jung ( Daniel Dae Kim ), a former U.S. intelligence operative living a quiet life after faking his own death nine years earlier. However, David hasn’t been able to fully detach from his past, and when he learns his now-adult daughter Rebecca (Reina Hardesty) is in town, he becomes obsessed with fostering a r

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