Rage (2025 TV series)

Rage
Promotional release poster
SpanishFuria
Created byFélix Sabroso
Directed by
  • Félix Sabroso
  • Jau Fornés
Starring
Music byAitor Etxebarria
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Alberto Carullo
  • Antonio Trashorras
  • David Ocaña
  • José María Caro
  • Santi Botello
  • Tedy Villalba Jr.
CinematographyCarlos Cebrián
Production companyProducciones Mandarina
Original release
NetworkHBO Max
Release11 July 2025 (2025-07-11) –
present

Rage (Spanish: Furia) is a Spanish black comedy television series created by Félix Sabroso. It stars Carmen Machi, Nathalie Poza, Candela Peña, Pilar Castro, and Cecilia Roth. It debuted on HBO Max on 11 July 2025.

Plot

The plot follows five middle aged women reaching their limits before unjust situations.[1]

Cast

Production

Rage was created by Félix Sabroso, who described the series as "a kind of anthology of my view of reality and it has turned out to be polyhedral, because I wanted to tell many things".[5] The series is a Producciones Mandarina production for HBO Max.[6]

Release

The first two episodes were released on HBO Max on 11 July 2025.

Episodes

  1. Marga y Tina
  2. Nat
  3. Vera
  4. Adela
  5. Victoria
  6. Megan y Lu
  7. TBA
  8. TBA

Reception

Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa declared the series "an explosive party, a riotous blend of black humour as bitter as bile", otherwise finding connections to Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Desperate Housewives, Wild Tales, Kill Bill, Carrie, and Falling Down.[6]

Tim Lowery of The AV Club stressed the series as a "very cinematic work", also lauding how Sabroso "smartly avoids" "broad strokes without ever watering down the mischief, fun, brightness, and excellently scored energy" making Rage worth watching.[7]

Margaret Lyons of The New York Times wrote that "while the characters are motivated by pain, the show itself is bright and funny, colorful and surprising".[8]

Álvaro Onieva of Fotogramas rated Rage 5 out of 5 stars, assessing that Sabroso delivers "a funny black comedy with good pacing, and very well executed from an aesthetical standpoint, but which does not lose sight of the depth of its characters and, with them, various neuroses common in our society".[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ F, Silvia (10 July 2025). "Carmen Machi y Candela Peña vuelven a compartir pantalla en 'Furia', la serie de HBO Max donde el efecto mariposa lo cambia todo". La Razón.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Herruzo Martínez, Ignacio (24 June 2025). "Carmen Machi estrena la serie más impactante del verano para ver del tirón: "Es un puñetazo de realidad"". Diez Minutos.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Pérez, Leila (23 July 2025). "Perfecta para maratonear: cuál es la serie española que está revolucionando HBO Max y todos están viendo". Minuto Neuquén.
  4. ^ Keller, Joel (14 July 2025). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Rage' On HBO Max, About Five Women Whose Lives Intersect Via Very Trying Circumstances". Decider.com.
  5. ^ Ferrerós, Alicia P. (10 July 2025). ""Está bien reventar. Si no se revienta, pasan cosas peores": 'Furia', una serie brillante que apunta a ser lo mejor del año". Sensacine.
  6. ^ a b Rivera, Alfonso (10 July 2025). "Series review: Rage". Cineuropa.
  7. ^ Lowery, Tim (7 July 2025). "HBO's cinematic black comedy Rage follows five women on the verge of a nervous breakdown". The AV Club.
  8. ^ Lyons, Margaret (11 July 2025). "'Rage' Is a Wild Spanish Dramedy About Women Who Are Pushed Too Far". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Onieva, Álvaro (21 July 2025). ""Candidata a mejor serie española del año": HBO Max arrasa con la comedia negra de la que todo el mundo habla". Fotogramas.