For his feature-length directorial debut Mountainhead, Succession creator Jesse Armstrong treads familiar territory.
Like Succession, Mountainhead turns its gaze on the rich and powerful, this time satirizing tech moguls in the vein of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman. The film mimics Succession formally, too, boasting its documentary-style cinematography, as well as a thrumming score from Succession composer Nicholas Britell. And of course, it comes with its fair share of WTF-worthy turns of phrase. (Ever heard the phrase “room cuck”? Well, now you won’t be able to forget it.)
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But with all these similarities to Succession, Mountainhead often fails to escape that show’s shadow, even as it tries to touch on current events in a way that sets it apart.
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