I like Idris Elba. However, him alone can not save this show. Why? I'll make it brief:
1) Lack of an actual plot. It tries to pretend oh-so-smart, but I honestly, for the love of me, I couldn't take it seriously. There simply was no substance, to take any way (let alone seriously)
2) Complete lack of realism. Example: loads of traditional firearms on the plane...how? We don't know, but in one scene, a lady hijackrers literally takes a Glock out of her purse, from beside the mascara and the lipstick. I was almost surprised she didn't pull out a bazooka too, once she was at it....come on!....maybe passable in an 80s B action flick, but here, along with all the other sillyness ongoing...it really makes it hard to invest into it.
3) Artificial tension. Suspenseful music, shaking camera, heavy looks, it's all there. However, for me, it feels only like a cheap smokescreen to mask that there is actually not much happening.
4) Stretched way too long. Without an actual plot to hang on to, this is especially painful. The show takes longer than the actual flight! It should have been a movie...perhaps with a tangible plot, at least some ties to reality, and without the pretentious mascara.
OK, this wasn't that short. Sorry. Anyhow, I came to see this after the raving reviews in the news, and found myself ffw-ing in the middle of episode 3...so if you ffwd here too, my TLDR version for you is: unless you like the "much tension about nothing" genre, find something else to watch...:)
2) Complete lack of realism. Example: loads of traditional firearms on the plane...how? We don't know, but in one scene, a lady hijackrers literally takes a Glock out of her purse, from beside the mascara and the lipstick. I was almost surprised she didn't pull out a bazooka too, once she was at it....come on!....maybe passable in an 80s B action flick, but here, along with all the other sillyness ongoing...it really makes it hard to invest into it.
3) Artificial tension. Suspenseful music, shaking camera, heavy looks, it's all there. However, for me, it feels only like a cheap smokescreen to mask that there is actually not much happening.
4) Stretched way too long. Without an actual plot to hang on to, this is especially painful. The show takes longer than the actual flight! It should have been a movie...perhaps with a tangible plot, at least some ties to reality, and without the pretentious mascara.
OK, this wasn't that short. Sorry. Anyhow, I came to see this after the raving reviews in the news, and found myself ffw-ing in the middle of episode 3...so if you ffwd here too, my TLDR version for you is: unless you like the "much tension about nothing" genre, find something else to watch...:)