Wicked City

Its giving Sunset Beach BTEC. The production and quality is awful. The concept is great and could have displayed the history and power of Hoodoo and Voodoo showing its art and magical effects but if anything, goes against every fact about African magick and turns it into a show that does it no justice. This is a waste of production. This is like another really bad Tyler Perry production that shouldn't even of had made it to the screen. The special effects were awful, the acting below mediocre and overall just very unnecessary. I hope in future black directors and producers do their research about their concept before going ahead and making the script.

Even if it were a soap opera or telenovela, the over-acted melodrama is cloyingly interfering. At times the dialog and interactions put it on par with YA-bordering on juvenile-programming.

It's like a repackaged new age children's series trying to wear mommy's makeup and adding in some PG/R rated themes and hallucinogens in attempt to hook some adult attention.

It might be summarized as an ALLBLACK wannabe version of Charmed, but even less "believable".

If it hadn't been for the uniqueness for the target audience and niche network, I sincerely doubt it could have survived long enough to air the first season without being kicked to the curb. Even the attempts at new age fantasy schlock fall short.

I am sure this appeals to a very small group of people who will overlook its flaws because the flaws are pretty glaring.

The general premise is good, some of the actors are good for an occasional 10 seconds ,in an occasional scene. But everything else is the lowest it could be.

Looking at the credits, the writers, directors, producers, actors ... most have this as their first credit. I also assume they self funded this.

So if you know what you are getting into this is fine. Don't compare it to anything else it will come off badly.

Its is filmed in close up I assume because the sets are so small. Though it looks a bit strange when they are moving to be so zoomed in.

The storylines are incredibly simplistic so don't give a lot to the actors so most of their lines are cringe.

Throw in regular pointless sex scenes because that will obviously make it better.

They do "magic" for reasons though not sure what the magic is even attempting normally.

Basically if you are not 100% in the niche you are going to resent wasting the time to read the title.

As I like series that consist of witches, vampires n werewolves I thought I'd give this a go as the write up sounded pretty good.. Let's just say the write up is better than the series.

The acting is very poor, and out the whole cast of about 25 people I'd say there is only 3 good actors in the whole series.

The cgi is terrible considering its made in 2022 it seemed like it was made in the 80s b4 cgi came about.. The story line is all over the place n jumps from 1 thing to another.. If it wasn't for the sex n the swearing this could easily be viewed by 12 year olds, Its not one for adults unless u want to be bored to death n just think to urself omg this acting n cgi is ridiculous n pqthetic... They have left the end of season 3 open but please dont make a season 4... I only stuck it out cos i thought it could get better, but i was wrong n thats a few hoirs of my life i wont get back lol..

Dont bother urself with this rubbish.

No decent storyline Out the whole cast is about 3 good actors n the rest need to go back to drama school.

The cgi might aswell have been done by a 4 yesr year old.

Boring show ...

First I want to start by saying I waited until I saw a few episodes before I wrote a review. It seems like there's a lot of criticism from people who haven't given the show a chance. Which tells me they never went into it with an open mind. This is something I've never seen before, black female witches on a television streaming service, not Youtube, not some random website but an actual TV service. That's big on its own. The story is well written and the main actors are amazing. A few of the side characters are a little green but not bad, and yes some of the special effects aren't the best. HOWEVER! This is not a MARVEL TV show, you can't expect them to have that kind of budget from a network that's taking a big chance on something that's never been done. If the show is successful they'll probably get more money and that kind of stuff will improve. (Just like the first season of Shadow Hunters, those effects were sad but it was much better as the series went on.)

People should be paying attention to the writing and the acting. There are some great characters and I love the bonding between the women on this show. At its heart, it's a show about black women with some supernatural aspects. Which I love! I'm excited to see where the story takes the characters and how the villains come into play. I really hope it gets a season 2. People should actually watch the show through and not be so quick to judge based on a few minutes or the trailer and come with an open mind not looking for negatives. And remember that people can only do what they can do with the budget they have. If we don't support these kinds of shows you'll never see anything like this again!