Hopefully you still remember the crafting recipe for shivs, because it’ll soon be time to return to the world of “The Last of Us.” The critically-acclaimed post-apocalyptic video game from Naughty Dog has been adapted for the screen at HBO, with Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) once again playing a reluctant dad to a scrappy orphan as Joel, and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones“) once again playing a scrappy orphan as Ellie.”The Last of Us” is set in a version of our world that has been ravaged by a fungal pandemic known as the cordyceps brain infection, which turns sufferers into highly aggressive living zombies in the early stages and strange mushroom monsters in the later stages.
Gruff survivor Joel is charged with escorting rebellious teenager Ellie across this dangerous landscape, with many grim horrors and plenty of acoustic guitar music along the way.
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