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The Prisoner( 2009)

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You only think you're free.

Overview

A man wakes up in a new place - a place he doesn't recognize, a place where people have numbers instead of names, a place called "The Village" where all traces of his former life are renounced as delusions.

  1. Bill Gallagher

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Jim Caviezel

    6 / Michael

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    Ian McKellen

    2 / Curtis

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    Hayley Atwell

    4-15 / Lucy

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    Ruth Wilson

    313

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    Jamie Campbell Bower

    11-12

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    Lennie James

    147

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    Rachael Blake

    M2

Current Season

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Miniseries

2009 | 6 Episodes

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.

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A review by misubisu

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Written by misubisu on Sun Nov 02 2025
## **The Prisoner (2009) Review: A Pointless, Soulless Imitation** To call this 2009 miniseries a remake of Patrick McGoohan's legendary 1967 masterpiece is an insult. It is not a reimagining; it is a defacement. Where the original was a brilliant, surreal, and fiercely individualistic critique of Cold War paranoia and societal control, this version is a tepid, confused, and utterly boring soap opera that completely misses the point. ### A Hollow Village, a Hollow Plot The core premise remains: a man, known only as Six (Jim Caviezel), wakes up in a bizarre, isolated community called Th...

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Facts

Status

Ended

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Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • remake
  • miniseries
  • memory loss
  • trapped
  • desert
  • mysterious stranger