"Billionaire's Bunker" had me hooked with its dystopian sci-fi premise - wealthy elites trapped in a luxury underground city during an apocalypse. The plot idea is genuinely compelling, and the tech/bunker setting has real potential.
But holy hell, this is 80% soap opera masquerading as science fiction. Eight episodes of nonstop dialogue about love, hate, intrigues, and romance. Even when the bad guys are testing their AI clones, somehow the only questions are about feelings and relationships. My god...
The most glaring issue? This "bunker for 200 people" feels like a complete ghost town. They announce big community places, playgrounds for kids, even a cinema in the dome running old cartoons - but it's all just set dressing. When there's no action happening, everything is literally empty. The restaurant with the community buffet where everyone's supposed to eat together? Maybe 15 people sitting in dead silence. The bar where people can unwind? Always vacant except for 2-4 attractive cast members talking about their love triangles. The pool, community halls, recreational areas - all deserted.
There are NO families anywhere. No children running around these supposed playgrounds. No background actors bringing any life to this underground city. You don't even hear other people - no chatter, no crowd noise, nothing. Just crystal clear dialogue between the same main cast discussing who they're sleeping with. If billionaires bought spots in this bunker, they'd bring their families and kids, but all we get are good-looking singles with relationship drama.
It feels a bit like in Passengers, but at least that ship was supposed to be empty.
If you skip the soap opera drama, you can get the actual plot in 2-3 hours. First two and last two episodes are decent, but even then, the ending is completely unsatisfying. I kept watching hoping for payoff that never came.
Great concept, terrible execution. This bunker needed more people and way less romance.
