An assassin must rescue his estranged daughter from malevolent forces in this very ambitious high-octane action show set in XVIth century France. Is it worth the ride?

Recently, French mainstream cinema has decided to take on epic adventure projects. One of those was the two-part Three Musketeers adaptation, which coincidentally starred Pio Marmaï as its Porthos. The award-nominated (twice at the French Césars), well-known comedian is now fronting one of Netflix France’s gamble for 2025: the 8-episode Nero The Assassin , which quietly shot last year in the South of France and in several locations in Italy and Spain.

The plot has been kept under wraps, but the basics are as follows: in 1504, as the South of France is decimated by a historic drought, Nero is working as an assassin fo

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