Reviews

So Apple have done it again, created another unfunny 'comedy'.

From the creator of Scrubs this is certainly not in the same comedic universe although it is entertaining to a certain extent.

Harrison Ford is playing the same grumpy character from Star Wars / Indiana Jones, but this time as a psychiatrist, which is always welcome.

Jason Segal is good as the widower whose's recovering from the loss of his wife but does come across as a bit of an a*sehole with the way he treats his daughter.

I don't understand why every series now has to have a major 'gay character' as some sort of requirement?

Not everyone knows a lesbian, a gay man, a transgender person so why does every series seem to have to have one as a major character?

Having Jimmy's best friend as a married gay man just seems out of place, we're not even given any explanation as to why they're friends or how they met.

2 episodes in it's entertaining enough to watch a few more but don't expect to laugh out loud while watching it.

I watched this film about 10 years ago and hated it.

It constantly gets recommended as a good film to watch so I thought I'd give it another go.

Same result, in fact I probably hate this dumb film even more second time around.

The whole premise of this film is stupid, human sacrifices to appease ancient gods, but the way they go about it is just dumb. The level of coincidences that need to happen just to make the US sacrifices work is beyond belief.

The Jock's cousin just happens to buy a cabin in the woods that is above a control centre that is above the ancient gods themselves.

The Jock just happens to have the exact number of friends with the right attributes required to meet the human sacrifice needs.

The friends just happen to decide to go to the cabin on actually the right day to coincide with the day a sacrifice is required.

Other stupid parts.

1)The US sacrifice requires 5 young people of different types but the one in Japan involves primary school kids. But they are apparently interchangeable.

2) There are multiple sacrifices set up around the world but only one needs to succeed. So they just allow people to die needlessly despite another country succeeding (US & Japan run concurrently) 3) How did the Stoner survive after being dragged off by the killer zombie? How did the Controllers not know he wasn't dead?

4) What was the point of the Purge switch? It just released all the monsters to kill humans, they didn't kill each other!

5) Where did all the mythical monsters come from?

6) Why were the controllers enjoying it so much?

7) Where did the blood come from that was fed down to the ancients room? It didn't come from the sacrifices, so what was the point of sacrificing them?

Was this even a horror film?

The stupidity of the characters & the whole set-up it was more like a comedy but without the humour of the Evil Dead.

Riches is a show that could have been something outstanding if it wasn't for the unlike able characters, average writing & racial stereotypes.

All the black characters are horrible people, spoilt brats or constantly being victims of racism.

Where as all the white characters are traitors & crooks.

It was obvious who was behind the stolen money about half way through the series. Resulting in zero tension & suspense (even the fake arrest was obvious).

How no one noticed that all their trademarks had been transferred to another company & that they had been paying out millions of pounds in royalties was just ridiculous.

Even the 'cliff hanger' of the 6th sibling fell flat, why didn't the p.a. Say something at the will reading?

Her son inherits millions & she says nothing!

No where near the same league as Succession or any other rich family show, even Dallas was more entertaining!

I'll start by saying I've not read the books but have seen the 2006 film which was OK but very much aimed at kids.

The series is more gritty but a bit slow,.

Dragging out over more episodes than necessary at the start for instance before he goes to Point Blanc.

The biggest problem is the actor playing Alex who has little charisma & just comes across as a moody teenager.

Jack is not much better, both of whom you don't really care about.

The series never explains how or why Alex managed to get his 'spy skills'.

Do nephews of bankers all get trained in martial arts & know how to pick locks with paperclips?

Alex is given zero background to build up his character. What happened to his parents etc?

So for series about a 'spy kid' having such problems about the lead actor & his character are a bit of a drawback.

So it's OK but not great, pretty average.

I'd recommend watching the infinitely better Chuck if you wanted to watch a spy series.