Netflix’s first trailer for Altered Carbon season 2 sees Anthony Mackie prepare for war as Takeshi Kovacs
THE new full-length trailer for Altered Carbon season two has been released and it’s jam packed full of action.
The Netflix trailer sees Marvel star Anthony Mackie taking over the role of Takeshi Kovacs, which picks up 30 years after the events of season one.
The eight-episode season sees Takeshi continuing his search across the galaxy to find his long lost love Quellcrist Falconer (Renee Elise Goldsberry).
However, he also has to track down a killer, and after returning two his home planet, Takeshi realises his two missions are linked.
In the trailer, fans learn of Kovac’s upgraded “sleeve” body comes complete with rapid healing and enhanced reaction time.
Viewers also see the character use telekinesis to draw a pair of handguns, before he asks villainous Danica Harlan: “How does it feel to be afraid of death again? Or is this your first time?”
The sci-fi series allows human souls and consciousness to be transferred from body to body; theoretically allowing them to live forever.
Hence, Anthony taking over the soldier-turned-detective from Suicide Squad actor Joel Kinnaman, who played him in season one.
In the first teaser, which was released earlier this month, Anthony could be heard in voiceover saying: “Technology has conquered death, but with endless futures, comes endless pasts.”
“We are trailed by spectres. They cling to us like shadows… But if you chase after your ghosts, you just might become one.”
The series is based on the 2002 novel of the same name by author Richard K. Morgan.
Richard previously spoke about the Netflix series, which features many of the brutal scenes described in the book.
He told The Guardian: “There’s no limit to my capacity for vindictive violence, I think, if some of these switches are tripped.
“I’m not a fan of violence but I love it in my entertainment. Everything I write is interrogating that paradox. A lot of my writing comes from rage. It’s all been vomited out on to the page.
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“I’m incensed by how badly humans behave. I guess what it’s about is wasted potential.
“We could be so much better. We always trip up, always manage to f*** it up. We seem to have a will to do that.”
Season two of Altered Carbon premieres on Netflix on February 27.