Twisted Metal (2023– )
6/10
Fun enough if you enjoy the genre.
4 August 2023
This was and currently still is heavily advertised, I've been getting a bunch of pop up ads everywhere but not as many people talking about it so I wasn't exactly excited or in a rush. But it's a dystopian series and I'm a sucker for those. It sorta reminds me of another tv I used to like called curfew, a little bit of mad max, death race too, a whole lot other series. It's a show that brings in many concepts from other dystopics.

It seems like a natural role for Anthony Jackie. It looks like it had a small budget and not a lot of recognizable faces other than Anthony, so he does a lot of the lifting. Special Effects weren't the greatest for the same reason probably. It's not a show you should take too seriously, there's a lot of stuff that's meant to be funny, didn't really make me laugh but wasn't annoying, although I still feel like it could have done better without them. Taken a more serious tone for the most part.

All the characters seem to be overdoing their roles, but I did love sweet tooth. I found out afterwards that it's based on a video game; I guess that wasn't pushed as much as it would then be competing with The Last Of Us. But it does feel like a video game premise, especially with how the plot develops. My favorite scene was the the f'ed up imaginary bullet hole scene from Quiet.

I think if you make it past a couple episodes you might enjoy the rest of the season more; I don't know if that's because it actually gets better or you just get invested in the story more. Ending is good, a good set up for another season. I loved that they only needed 15min or so and it was more like a preview of season two and what to expect.
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