Starring Tahar Rahim, Billy Howle, and Jenna Coleman, Netflix’s The Serpent chronicles the deadly murder spree of French gem dealer Charles Sobhraj. In the true-crime series, most of Sobhraj’s murderous schemes unfold while he is on the road in Asia… Continue Reading
Watching The Serpent, you won’t forget for a moment that the limited Netflix series is set in the ’70s. Besides the shag haircuts and aviators, the ambient rock, dance, and funk music will constantly remind you of the decade in… Continue Reading
Jumping back and forth in time, Netflix’s The Serpent unpacks Charles Sobhraj’s (Tahar Rahim) murder rampage as a junior Dutch diplomat named Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle) follows his case in Thailand. Though Knippenberg faced resistance from his superiors and Thai… Continue Reading
Netflix’s The Serpent portrays Ajay Chowdhury (Amesh Edireweera) as serial killer Charles Sobhraj’s right-hand man who would help him get rid of bodies and threaten victims (or worse). If anything, the series suggests that the young Indian man was even… Continue Reading
Jenna Coleman’s portrayal of Marie-Andrée Leclerc captures the tense mood of The Serpent, the true-crime limited series about serial killer Charles Sobhraj’s (Tahar Rahim) murder spree. Though dressing in luxurious clothes and superficially embracing the freewheeling ’70s spirit, Leclerc, or… Continue Reading