Taxi Brooklyn (2014)
1/10
Biohazard.
26 June 2014
This show is horrific on every level. I've never seen anything as comprehensively, thoroughly traumatizing. It's almost as if it has been deliberately engineered as a weapon of psychological warfare, escaped the lab, and has been unleashed on the average American citizen.

Without a doubt, calls are pouring into 911 centers about people stricken with sudden nausea, vomiting and a deep, paralyzing sense of despair.

No, seriously, it's the worst thing I've ever seen on TV. It's the "Transformers 2" of the small screen. Here's why:

1) The camera shaking doesn't stop. During action sequences it's amplified by ultra-rapidly changing cuts at jumpy angles which cannot be reconstructed by human brain into a continuous "happening". Very "Transformers 2". During normal sequences, it doesn't merely pan in different directions to indicate aliveness, but it shifts with erratic unease. Even when you're supposed to read text messages.

2) The dialogue is filled with forced exposition and awkward lines similar to the famous "I don't like sand" Anakin Skywalker monologue from "Attack Of The Clones". ALL of it is like this.

3) The actress is completely miscast, and, like everyone else, seems to realize her career is taking a blow with this. Everyone in this show has this "I don't want to be here" vibe. The hot detective they dumped from "Blue Bloods" a few seasons ago is here, too, and she's soldiering on better than the lead. Others don't fare as well, as you can see them struggle to contort their mouths into produce the terrible lines as they contemplate the downfall of their careers.

4) The "humor" alone will make your head hurt. I will not go into "spoilers", but every single "humorous", "hey guys there's humor here" moment in this show is... oh dear god.

CONCLUSION: this is baby's first TV show. It's worse than many student film projects. It's worse than the "Phantom Menace" and "Ultraviolet". It's about as bad as "Transformers 2". Minus the CGI. So there's nothing left to even look at.
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