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Created by | David Hubbard |
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Composer | Roger Mason |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Production location | Australia |
Cinematography | Bruce Young |
Editor | Nicole La Macchia |
Running time | 42 minutes |
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Release | 1 October 2019 |
Reckoning is an Australian crime thriller television limited series developed for Sony Pictures Television Networks' AXN. It received a direct-to-series order of 10 episodes on 2 May 2018. [1] Production started in early July 2018. [2]
When a teenager goes missing and a serial killer is suspected after five years of being dormant, two fathers find themselves set on a course of mutual destruction that threatens to consume every part of their quiet, suburban community.
While the series' story takes place in Northern California, shooting and post-production were done in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia through incentives offered by the Made in NSW International Footloose Fund. The drama was produced by Playmaker Media, an Australian leader in premium scripted content. Sony Pictures Television Distribution handled worldwide sales of the series, with international release via the AXN pay channel. [3]
The series was released on the Netflix streaming service on 1 May 2020.
Film critic John Serba, questioned the originality of the show saying "It just doesn't offer enough original fodder to lure us into a 10-episode binge." [4] Serba concludes his review describing how "the premise is too contrived and the characters too familiar to render it more than just another rote serial killer story." [4]
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