Citadel Diana review: Prime Video’s spy spin-off is a step up from Priyanka Chopra’s sloppy original, but that isn’t saying much
Matilda De Angelis in a still from Citadel: Diana.Amazon Prime Video’s ambitious Citadel universe expands this week with its second instalment. Titled Citadel: Diana, the Italian offshoot of the espionage-thriller franchise finds itself in the enviable middle-child position, unburdened by greater responsibilities, but also a little inconsequential. It isn’t good enough to revive the series, nor is it bad enough to put the final nail in its coffin. It is only if the upcoming Indianspinoff, Citadel: Honey Bunny, flops that red alerts will be sounded across the hallways of Amazon HQ. With expectations lowered to comically non-existent levels by last year’s debut season of the ‘mothership’ show, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden, all that Citadel: Diana needed to be was passable. And fortunately for us all, it does an above average job of being average.Made on a noticeably smaller scale than the original — this isn’t saying much, considering that Citadel remains one of the...