The collection, which follows teenage sisters Iris (Aliyah Royale) and Hope (Alexa Mansour) as they trek from Nebraska to New York in quest of their scientist father, might be excellent for youthful viewers who’re extra considering rising pains than zombie bites. It even has in shady CRM chief Elizabeth (Julia Ormond) an ideal stand-in for the final word JV antagonist, The Starvation Video games’ President Snow.
That mentioned, sure, I’ll nonetheless watch. Groaning like a walker that’s gone too lengthy between meals, however I’ll, as a result of creators Scott M. Gimple and Matthew Negrete have shrewdly constructed into the restricted collection the promise of tantalizing intel about CRM, the enigmatic group that has in its possession not solely Iris and Hope’s dad however The Strolling Lifeless’s Rick Grimes and Concern the Strolling Lifeless’s Isabelle.
Will I like it, although? I think not. These of us who tune in to the opposite two exhibits within the franchise have already been right here, seen this — and we’ve seen it carried out with larger artfulness, efficacy and urgency. Including this third collection to the rotation, even quickly, feels greater than slightly bit like beating an undead horse.
THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE: Earnest and superficial, World Past is a bland reminder which you can’t spell zombie with out zzz’s.