Paragon: The Shadow Wars

I don't ever write reviews, but I needed to on this show so others don't get tricked into watching it like I was. I was excited to watch because it had an 8.9 rating and I LOVE shows like the premise of this one. I thought this was going to be a really great show. I usually enjoy most shows for what they are, entertainment. I don't like to pick them apart. Even though thats what I am about to do here. Even other shows that people don't like, I do, because I am not too hard to please when it comes to my TV shows. But this.......this was HORRIBLE! I don't even know what happened in the 1st episode. They first of all didn't explain anything other than you knew there was chaos happening, but you didn't know who was doing it or why it was happening. You didn't know who was who, where they were in the scenes except in the beginning when they specifically said Tokyo. I don't even know if the first two characters are good or bad or what that whole scene was about. Other than that, you don't know if you were on earth, in hell or purgatory or some place in Tenbucktwo. It wasn't clearly laid out and felt VERY disjointed. You couldn't understand what they were saying (had to put on CC) and it still didn't make sense. Danny Trejo (much love and respect for him) but this was just a bad project for him. It would have been a better project, if the creator and director knew what they were doing. The camera was shaking, you could see the shadow of the crew moving in the background, the actors didn't feed off one another, so it just wasn't good. It felt forced. I have much more to say, but I don't want to have spoilers in my review, so people will actually read it. Now, believe me, I'm not an expert in the entertainment business and it is hard to find something that I don't like, but this was just bad all the way around. Please, don't be fooled by the 8.9 rating. I personally think that the creator, who reviewed himself here and gave himself a 10 has something to do with the high rating. Run, don't walk, away from this show!

I have just a few questions... Was this farce shot entirely with an iPhone 6? Why does it appear that every scene was done in 1 take and on low battery? How did they sucker Danny Trejo into reading the "script" out loud? (And how does he feel about going from the "B" list to a solid F?) Are the friends and family who left every one of the positive reviews aware of the dangers of enabling, and that bad acting is not a victimless crime?

Planted reviews giving 10 stars. I urge anyone who actually tried to stomach the first episode to give this a true rating. To bad we can't give this negative stars, truly awful show.

Poor acting and terrible sound quality. I watched this on Amazon Prime and even though it's in English, I had to turn on subtitles to understand what was being said.

Not really worth watching.

C'mon people. 8.3 rating? Someone paid money to get this rating on this pos show. Absolutely awful. Dumb and confusing story. Acting is just horrendous. Avoid like the plague.