Reviews

Here's the thing; we know from current politics that countries run by women thrive (hello New Zealand, how are you doing, Iceland?). We don't fall apart if there are no men to tell us what to do. And crucially, we don't act the same way as men. We don't immediately resort to violence, we find solutions and not problems, as a rule. I had high hopes for this show, not having read the manga, but honestly? It's misogynistic, makes colossal presumptions that women would revert to Martial law and have the same power struggles that men would have in the same situations. I was honestly shocked to find that one of the writers is female because she just plain did us dirty on this one. This feels like the chest thumping of a man who feels like his masculinity has been threatened. And as a result, this has the same feeling as every other apocalyptic piece, where men are vital and we women have no way of knowing how to remove dead bodies from the streets or keep trains running. Absolutely misogynistic tripe that shows men as irreplaceable and women as incompetent. How did this even get greenlit in 2021? Diane Lane's acting is, as always, on point and that's pretty much all the good I can deliver on this waste of my time.

Yeah, I know that title sounds convoluted, but this was just.... this is not how Britons are. Or the British legal system. Or British mannerisms. And some of those weren't British accents (that Molly girl was not Irish, she just... wasn't. Though Anthony Head is, and now he's playing an American?).

Every British buzz-topic has been thrown into this blender. Knox/ Kircher, The Troubles, The Royals, it's all thrown in there. This is really obviously about how Americans see us, and they produced an American show (slow mo shots, use of music, wide angle overhead shots), all they did was unnecessarily base it in London where apparently everyone is rich and lives close to the Astoria. And drinks in the same pub. And bump into each other in one of the most populous cities in the world.

Billy Zane was,as always, amazing. I watched it initially because he was in it, and he always does a stellar job. He wrangled his lines beautifully, and his incredulity at the stupidity of the main characters was apparent in his delivery. Can not fault him, and he's the only reason this debacle got any stars from me at all.