Tribes of Europa Season 1 (2021) Review

On Friday, a new show came to Netflix called Tribes of Europa. It is a German show, so I watched it with subtitles as watching any foreign film or TV show it is the only way to go and here is my review for the first season. The premise of the show is set way in the future when the world has been devastated, Europe has been set into tribes and sees three siblings go on journeys throughout the continent looking to come together and survive. 

Main Character 

So there are three main characters who are all siblings trying to survive and I thought they were all good in their roles. The characters of Liv, Kiano & Elja are all different in their own ways and are all given interesting story arcs throughout the show, they all link together but manage to stay separate to give them the chance to shine and credit has to go to them for all delivering really strong performances. 

Supporting Characters

There are plenty of supporting characters but the best one is clearly the character of Moses played by experienced German actor Oliver Masucci who was in another highly rated German show Dark. He is basically the Han Solo of the show and is the loveable scoundrel that is full of energy and full of life, the best parts of the show is when he is on screen for sure. There are other really good supporting characters such as their Father, a character called Vavara and David. They all play their parts in the show and add intrigue and quality to the different story arcs. 

Story 

The story is good, I really liked the lore that is set up here, the crossing of sci-fi with action and survival was a good choice and seeing the different tribes and their different ideologies is unique and I hope we see more tribes in the future that makes them feel all vast and special. The characters stories all have an emotional core to them and they are interesting in their own different ways and set up an exciting future for the show. But my one criticism would be that, it feels very much like this season of the shows job was to set up things for the future and it does a good job of that but it also feels like it isn't quite complete and like it just had to get through these narratives to get to the stories they really want to tell. 

Script

As said at the top this is a German spoken show but at times there are some English chucked in there and at first I was worried that would complicate things but actually I quite liked it. This is a show about a continent where people would speak different languages so it feels natural that people wouldn't just speak one language. This show does have some well done humour and some really dramatic moments mixed with interesting characters and that is a win for me. 

Style 

The show is brutal in terms of its action and it is great, the no hold back attitude makes it stand out and feel unique. The world building is really well done and I really like the universe that has been built and I think if they play their cards right they could have a big franchise for the future. But I sometimes felt like the pacing was a bit off, like we didn't see one element of the story as much and I know that not everything can have the same screen time but it did hurt it a bit for me. 

Overall

Overall, I thought this was a great show. I have seen some negative reviews but in my opinion you should ignore them and give this show a watch, if you like action heavy fantasy shows then Tribes of Europa could be one for you like it was for me. 

Rating - 8/10