sideshow88's reviews

I went into this series with very high hopes as Eddie Redmayne is an outstanding actor in any role he plays. The story is fantastic, global settings/visuals are beautifiul and there is a great amount of suspence with every eposode that always leaves you always wanting more. However, Lashana Lynch's portrayal of an MI6 agent is weak at best and always leaves much to be desired. It's not even that her acting is that bad, she is just not right for the role in any shape or form which is so frustating. There are so many far better actresses that would of been perfect for this role. This change would of turned this show into an absolute masterpiece. Such a Pity. I'm hoping she gets killed off asap and replaced for season 2.

This is without doubt, some of the most gripping and well choreographed TV I have every layed eyes on.

As much as it pains me to say it, this isn't too far from the norm for alot of families. Unspoken truths, segregated family feuds and extremely high emotions that are fueled by drugs and alcohol intake being higher than normal to deal with the extra stress and termoil of family, which is a very delicate balance at the best of times.

Both Jamie Lee Curtis and Jon Bernthal give flawless performances depicting how substance abuse can fill a room with anxiety and unpredictability that almost always leaves destruction in it's wake.

Morgan Freeman, one of the greats.. Literally a living legend at this point, a guy who has been in a lot of the best films of all time decided to dirty his reputation with absolute dross like this. My brain hurts trying to even rationalize it. Story non existent, cast horrendous, acting abysmal. From the get go you have to contend with six plus minutes of pre credits followed by four easily forgotten faces playing dirty cops who are run by an ex police commissioner (Morgan Freeman) who decides his life of of crime and bad deeds can all be rectified by kidnapping a hit woman's (Ruby Rose) sick daughter and forcing her to kill people that want her dead and taking loads of cash which he gives to her at the end before blowing himself up. What. WHAT.

I actually really enjoyed this. If you like blue planet 2 then it's similarly produced and I quite enjoyed Obama's narration. Maybe, in time he could be a valid replacement to Attenborough. He isn't going to be around forever and if you like those series there will need to be someone to continue the work. As he also has very similar values regarding the planet and climate, I think he could be a great repcement.