Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong.
A new HBO series based on Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel takes a surreal look at the Vietnam war, the costs of colonialism and the disillusionments of revolution and immigration.
Set The Tone. HBO's latest drama combines the Vietnam War, American cinema, and plenty of Robert Downey Jr.The Sympathizer is very much a period piece drama, but there are moments when it feels like a borderline parody as it oscillates tonally. With these shifts in severity in mind, The Sympathizer does ask its audience to be patient in its execution, rather than front-loading it with action, tension, or comedy.
