It's a simple and natural premise (if you live in one of the huge cities of Southern California): two people experience road rage and their lives spiral downward from the original incident. Kudos to the series for using so many Asians! And the cinematography and production team do a stellar job, especially with the fabulous car stunts. The lead actors are amazingly capable at wringing every nuance out of the paltry scenes they're given. And that's the problem.
Unfortunately, the script is sub-standard, featuring two completely self-absorbed urban neurotic morons. It's impossible to get past that: the two leads are just lousy, uninteresting, and loathsome characters. Nothing that happens after the characters are established, the vomit-inducing cooing baby talk, the ridiculously pablum-ish doorbell cam scene, even the car chases, can make us care about them in a positive way.
We see an actor binging Burger King from paper bags in long sequences of product placement, and he gags, and then starts to choke. But then it passes, and he goes back to eating. Well, now we know for sure that he deserves to die. His death will benefit all life on Earth.
We see a woman getting a pistol out of a safe and making love to it (ewwwww). Not only is the scene embarrassing to watch, but it's pointless and dull. It only makes us long for her immediate death.
And sadly, the series has nowhere to go from there. Why would we want to watch this show about people we are told to dislike? Are we supposed to cheer for their obvious and inevitable destruction? I won't be watching to find out.
Sorry, great premise wasted on lousy writing is my final word here.
Unfortunately, the script is sub-standard, featuring two completely self-absorbed urban neurotic morons. It's impossible to get past that: the two leads are just lousy, uninteresting, and loathsome characters. Nothing that happens after the characters are established, the vomit-inducing cooing baby talk, the ridiculously pablum-ish doorbell cam scene, even the car chases, can make us care about them in a positive way.
We see an actor binging Burger King from paper bags in long sequences of product placement, and he gags, and then starts to choke. But then it passes, and he goes back to eating. Well, now we know for sure that he deserves to die. His death will benefit all life on Earth.
We see a woman getting a pistol out of a safe and making love to it (ewwwww). Not only is the scene embarrassing to watch, but it's pointless and dull. It only makes us long for her immediate death.
And sadly, the series has nowhere to go from there. Why would we want to watch this show about people we are told to dislike? Are we supposed to cheer for their obvious and inevitable destruction? I won't be watching to find out.
Sorry, great premise wasted on lousy writing is my final word here.