DMZ trailer: Rosario Dawson enters an apocalyptic war zone to search for her son

HBO Max has released the trailer for DMZ, a four-episode limited-series based upon the acclaimed DC graphic novel comic-book by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli produced by Ava DuVernay (When They See Us) and Roberto Patino (Westworld). The four-episode limited-series takes place in a dangerous and distorted Manhattan as one woman (Rosario Dawson) must navigate a demilitarized zone in a harrowing quest to find her lost son.

Roberto Patino wrote the series and also serves as showrunner with Ava DuVernay directing the first episode and executive producing alongside Patino. Rosario Dawson (Brianpatch) and Benjamin Bratt (Modern Family) star in DMZ alongside Hoon Lee (Warrior), Freddy Miyares (When They See Us), and Jordan Preston Carter (The Haves and the Have Nots). As I haven’t read the graphic novel on which DMZ is based, I’m not sure exactly what to expect from the series, but the trailer certainly has a lot of promise to my eyes. What do you think?

The official synopsis for DMZ:

In the near future, America is embroiled in a bitter civil war, leaving Manhattan a demilitarized zone (DMZ), destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world. Leaping off the pages of the popular comic, “DMZ” chronicles the harrowing journey of fearless and fierce medic Alma Ortega (series star Rosario Dawson), who sets out on a harrowing journey to find the son she lost in the evacuation of New York City at the onset of the conflict. Throwing gasoline on the flames of that conflict is Parco Delgado (series star Benjamin Bratt), the popular — and deadly — leader of one of the most powerful gangs in the DMZ. He wants to rule this new world — and will stop at nothing to secure that outcome. In this adrenalized and expansive drama that examines a stark political and cultural divide in American society, Alma must contend with the gangs, militias, demagogues, and warlords that control this lawless no man’s land. In doing so, she becomes the unlikely source of what everyone here has lost: hope.

DMZ will debut on HBO Max on March 17th.