Pompeii: Out of Time

Matt Roush says...

Mixing elaborate dramatic reenactment with documentary-style historical investigation, Loki star Tom Hiddleston reunites with his executive producer Kevin R. Wright for an unusually cinematic hybrid docuseries that depicts the final days of Pompeii as the ancient Italian city trembles before the mighty erupting volcano of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Over three episodes airing consecutively (streaming Thursday on Disney+ and Hulu), movie magic inserts Hiddleston into scripted sequences focusing on the fate of several Pompeii citizens, including a teenage blacksmith’s apprentice who’s desperate to rescue his mother, a local businesswoman protecting her family, and a member of the Praetorian Guard. As in any disaster epic, not everyone will survive.

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