The German Netflix series “Kleo” was a hit. Now the second season is here. In it, the former GDR spy Kleo chases after a secret red suitcase – and her own past.
The former GDR contract killer Kleo Straub is still facing a problem: she has to find a mysterious bright red suitcase that the Soviet secret service KGB and the American CIA are also after. In the search for the piece of luggage, an exciting action thriller (again) unfolds in the second season of the Netflix series “Kleo” with Jella Haase – but with less desire for revenge than in season 1 and more serious tones.
Starting today, the six episodes in the GDR nostalgia look are available on Netflix. They follow on seamlessly from the first season of the German production, which won several awards last year – including a Grimme Prize and the German Television Award twice. Even US bestselling author Stephen King was enthusiastic. “What a breath of fresh air! Exciting and also very funny,” he wrote in 2022.
Hunt leads to Moscow and Belgrade
The sequel can definitely keep up. As a reminder: After GDR spy Kleo is arrested by the Stasi under false pretenses and is only released after the fall of the Berlin Wall, she seeks revenge in season 1. During her sometimes bloodthirsty campaign, she meets the somewhat goofy police officer Sven Petzold (Dimitrij Schaad) and uncovers an intrigue. The red secret suitcase also plays a crucial role in this.
This is where the second season begins. While Kleo – with the CIA and KGB always on her tail – leads her hunt for the suitcase to Belgrade and Moscow, she is confronted with her own past. Short flashbacks to her childhood are shown again and again. Therefore, the search for the suitcase also becomes a search for oneself to some extent.
More serious and emotional, but still amusing
This makes the second season of “Kleo” more serious and emotional than its predecessor and the antiheroine more approachable. Nevertheless, the series remains true to its mix of drama, thriller and comedy in a cool retro look and Quentin Tarantino style. The dialogues between Kleo and police officer Petzold, who is once again on the heels of the ex-agent, remain amusing.
Already in the first season, Kleo questions the system in which she grew up and which is being pushed back by the capitalist West. In the second season, she emancipates herself even more from both ideologies and makes it clear in one scene: she no longer wants to “simply believe that there is good and evil” and wants to make her own decisions.
For her, Kleo is a pioneer and a great anti-heroine, said actress Haase to the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) in an interview. “Because she says: ‘Neither system is great. I don’t want one ideology nor the other. We have to start thinking anew.'” This visionary spirit must be maintained. “You shouldn’t carry on doing something just because you’ve always done it that way.”
Trailer Cleo 2
Source: Stern
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