First, the show is technically superb in how it portrays the military, missions, firearms, brotherhood, etc. The technical advisors on this series lent their expertise and the directors listened. Sure, there are improbable, if not impossible, artistic license, but that's to be expected with this genre.
Now that out of the way. The acting and writing is uneven at best and very flat at times. There were moments when I felt Chris Pratt was giving the performance of his life, and others where he was out of his league. Some in the cast, performed very well (Constance Wu). Some characters were ridiculously wooden and genre driven (Jaí Courtney). I'm not blaming the actors. It falls to the writing and direction. The Steve Horn character was borderline cartoonish in his villainous behavior that his character alone took a star off for me. He just needed a handlebar mustache to twirl as he plotted against his foes.
Then there's the predictability of the story. Ben's involvement in the setup or coverup was obvious from the beginning. If you didn't see it coming from the time he picked Reece up when returning home, then you haven't read/seen stories like these in the past. At times, i doubted he could be involved because they dropped so many hints (CIA, Langley escalated the intelligence, Oberon is someone at the agency, etc). It was actually too obvious.
All in all, I rated this a 7. The action didn't disappoint for the most part and it kept me interested we'll enough to binge the show through a few days. It's a ride but not for everybody and not the greatest thing that's aired. I don't know that I'd anxiously await a season 2.
Now that out of the way. The acting and writing is uneven at best and very flat at times. There were moments when I felt Chris Pratt was giving the performance of his life, and others where he was out of his league. Some in the cast, performed very well (Constance Wu). Some characters were ridiculously wooden and genre driven (Jaí Courtney). I'm not blaming the actors. It falls to the writing and direction. The Steve Horn character was borderline cartoonish in his villainous behavior that his character alone took a star off for me. He just needed a handlebar mustache to twirl as he plotted against his foes.
Then there's the predictability of the story. Ben's involvement in the setup or coverup was obvious from the beginning. If you didn't see it coming from the time he picked Reece up when returning home, then you haven't read/seen stories like these in the past. At times, i doubted he could be involved because they dropped so many hints (CIA, Langley escalated the intelligence, Oberon is someone at the agency, etc). It was actually too obvious.
All in all, I rated this a 7. The action didn't disappoint for the most part and it kept me interested we'll enough to binge the show through a few days. It's a ride but not for everybody and not the greatest thing that's aired. I don't know that I'd anxiously await a season 2.