concreterdude

The story is wildly inconsistent. The lore of the world changed without explanation multiple times per episode Seems like writers, directors and producers all had different visions.

Most of the characters where unrealistic and just hard to watch. Seemed more like a direction issue than the actors themselves.

Pacing was way off. Lots of wasted screen time. Failed to keep me involved.

Shioli Kutsuna managed to shine despite all the poor direction. Shamier Andersen was also very impressive. Obviously made significant effort to get into character. Really highlights the acting skills of these two, to be able to shine through all the cheesy macaroni.

Golshifteh Farahani was absolutely terrible. She seemed to be the focal point of bad writing and directing. Her bland and erratic acting didn't help. Her character was completely unbelievable. Making poor decisions one after the other. I was hoping she would get killed off from the first scene.

The first season is one of the greatest shows ever made. Alan Ritchson is awesome. Its got a really good balance of mystery, detective, and hardcore violence. Its a much watch if you like action or detective shows.

I came to review the second season which falls very short of the first season. Its got no mystery, flat fight scenes, character development that goes backwards. Its just a massive boring flop. They are expecting to get views based on the good work the first season layed down and its just plain lazy. I feel ripped off and have cancelled my Prime subscription. So disappointed by Prime in 23-24. They had some great shows in the past but recently its devolved into lazy writing and sub B grade acting. Reacher is another victim of their previous success. Gone are the days of great shows like Man in the High castle, The Expanse, The Boys etc etc. Its starting to feel like the Asylum has taken over. Its that bad. Hopefully enough people unsubscribe so Prime are forced to stop being so lazy. At time of writing this I'm at episode 7. I dont think its got enough legs to get me to watch the finale. I'm soo bored with this season I just cant muster the energy to sit through the predictable conclusion. There's just nothing left in the plot material. If theres a big action scene it will be incredibly contrived because the season has run out of legs about 3 episodes ago. Boring.

Glaring technical flaws come hard and fast. I went in expecting technical inaccuracies , but it was really bad. Bad swimming, bad boats, bad diving, bad robots. None of which could actually work as depicted. Especially the nerf guns that blow stuff up.

Add to that some low B grade actors, bad cgi, and bad camera work.

I won't pick on the bad plot, its a killer shark movie. Bad plot is expected.

Do your self a favour and re-watch the original. Or if you want b grade. Try Sharktopus. I wouldn't even torrent this rubish.