“The Madness” on Netflix is a political thriller series with depth
News anchor Muncie Daniels (Colman Domingo) seems to have almost everything: a job at CNN in Philadelphia, time off to write a new book in the Poconos forests, and a fulfilling career. Granted, his son Demetrius lives with his former partner, who wants to divorce him - but even that isn't the end of the world for Muncie. However, within a day his world turns upside down and he doesn't know how to get the life he loved back. That's why he puts everything on one card.
It's super exciting and it's not at number 1 in the series charts for nothing. We reveal here who is to blame for everything in the end.
Be careful, massive spoilers for “The Madness” on Netflix follow.
News anchor Muncie wants to write his new book in peace in the seclusion of the Pocanos forests in the US state of Pennsylvania. When his power goes out, he goes to the neighbor who had previously introduced himself to him to ask for help. However, Muncie finds it dismembered in the. Completely shocked, he tries to leave the property, but is chased by two masked killers. And so begins Muncie's odyssey, which goes so much deeper than one might initially imagine.
The previously respected news anchor becomes persona non grata: he is accused of murdering his holiday neighbor, who was also a big name in the neo-Nazi scene, and a nationwide hunt for him begins. When body parts are found in his freezer, Muncie goes into hiding - endangering everyone he came into contact with. Everyone receives threats and no longer feels safe. Finally, Muncie turns himself in to the police, who don't believe his innocence - he is released via a detour and discovers a huge conspiracy. Only at the very end does the hunted person find peace and can be in his circlefinally relax a bit and look forward to the future.
“The Madness” is a parable about our present and the means of war that are currently being used to raise fronts: truth and, the power with which rich people can undermine entire systems, and the cover under which they operate.
But who really framed Muncie for the murder? And why?
“The Madness”, ending explained: This is the plot in the political thriller
A black news anchor who advocates for thekilled a well-known neo-Nazi, who regularly engages in agitation in a newsletter, in a lonely forest? Never in my life! Behind the murder of neo-Nazi Mark Simon alias “Brother14” there is more of a plot, the scope of which no one would have expected at the beginning of “The Madness”.
“Revitalize” Rodney Kaintz (Neal Huff) is ultimately (or: from episode 8) the billionaire who made Muncie Daniels’ life hell. The reason: He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time (several times). Not only is Kaintz responsible for the murder of Mark Simon, but he also had his henchman and “Revitalize” partner Stu Magnussen (Bradley Whiteford) killed. But why all this now? For personal reasons?
No way: Kaintz had Mark Simon murdered because he was just a small particle in a much larger plot that set itself the task of nothing less than a disinformation campaign in the election environment. The majority of people involved in this are anonymous super-rich people who go overboard. That's why Kaintz also had Magnusson murdered, because he only needed him for his money; Kaintz didn't care about the neo-Nazi doctrine that he and the group “The Forge” pursue in “The Madness”.
Because the inconspicuous billionaire Kaintz was all about power: He is the majority shareholder in “Revitalize”; the tech company, which in a country like the USA, where society is drifting ever further apart, ostensibly sponsors election campaigns and perhaps promotes dubious strategies - but actually controls the entire narrative of the political dialogue.
But why was Muncie now framed for Mark's murder?
Easy, because this storyline just fit perfectly into the entire agenda of “Revitalize”: When Kaintz became aware that Muncie Daniels had booked himself into an Airbnb next to Mark Simon, whom he wanted to get rid of anyway because he was no longer useful to him , the billionaire has decided to frame the black news anchor for the murder. That way he would have killed two birds with one stone. That's exactly how he explains it to the series' protagonist, who is on the brink of madness: "You were just there," Kaintz says to Muncie Daniels in the last episode. That he destroyed his life and Daniel's his lifeowed? The super rich don't care.
Fears for his life and the truth: Muncie Daniels (Colman Domingo) in “The Madness” on Netflix
Does Muncie Daniels take revenge on his opponent?
Of course, Muncie Daniels, who appears in front of his opponent with a gun, could shoot the data specialist Rodney Kaintz. But of course he doesn't, because Muncie Daniels chooses the good side once again in the finale of “The Madness”. But will Rodney Kaintz survive? You’ll have to find out for yourself in “The Madness”!
“The Madness”: What is it about now?reallyin the Netflix series?
In “The Madness” a mirror is held up to us: that we too often believe what we see or read or hear somewhere. And that this is all content that can be manipulated by interest groups. For what reason? For the sake of dear power and world domination. Becauseon a large scale is not only a license to get away with all sorts of crimes, but also proof that you have power and can control the masses. Every psychopath's dream, every democracy's nightmare.
“The Madness”: Is the Netflix series worth it?
If you onIf you like something that goes deeper and isn't just a game of cat and mouse, then you definitely shouldn't miss the current number 1 in the Netflix series charts.
