'Hotel Costiera' Review: Prime Video's 'White Lotus' Meets 'Taken' Action-Comedy Is a Painfully Disappointing Destination

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Directed by Giacomo Martelli and Emmy Award winner Adam Bernstein, Prime Video's Hotel Costiera is a summery action caper series set around a luxury Italian resort. The premise, which feels something like The White Lotus meets Taken, feels like it had genuine potential to be breezy and diverting entertainment, but Hotel Costiera falls disappointingly flat in nearly every possible way. What could have been lighthearted, true fun is cut down by a thin, unfocused, and halfhearted script, weak characterization across the board, and an absence of the basic elements needed to make the show's premise work.

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