Paragon: The Shadow Wars

Doesn't draw you in. The writing, acting, sound design, lighting, camera work, editing and sets feel like a college project.

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 started watching this because it had an 8.9 rating on some 1600 reviews. I really like sci-fi, fantasy series and I am willing to put up with a lot. This series lacks a lot in production value, it reminds me of the 7th Voyage of Sinbad, shot in 1959, which I loved when I was 10! I have only watched one episode and I really don't know what is going on, the plot is cut up and there seems to be no continuity from scene to scene. Add to that, the sound quality really sucks! There is a lot of dialogue that is unintelligible. The acting is still rough and I would blame that on the director, who is not getting the most from the actors. The actors do not seem to be in sync with each other, like they are reading their lines from a teleprompter, delivering their lines independent from each other. I cannot recommend watching this even though the story might be good, and the locations are pretty good, and the actors are all very pretty, but it just does not hold together.

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.

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.