bigtrouble8

Yes, the plot doesn't make sense. Yes, the actors are all mostly former playmates and other various model-adjacent pretty people. But i've seen worse acting from legit trained actors who are less pretty in other movies. So, on balance, they weren't terrible. "citadel"... THAT's terrible.

Also, while they spend too long lingering in some moments and story beats take longer than they should... the lighting and camera work are pretty good. It LOOKS like it had a much higher budget than it likely did. All the effects were practical and done with some talent.

And i think it's kind of funny that major plot reveals are done through simple title cards appended to character introductions. Better than the exposition-heavy dialogue of more earnest attempts. It doesn't take itself terribly seriously, and that's not the worst thing in the world.

It's a slasher flick. That's all it tries to be. Are there better ones? Yes. But there's also far worse ones.

How the hell did this even get made? Who owes Tony Sheena so many favors that they actually let this asshat star AND direct this pathetic mess. How much did they have to pay CGJ to be in this? Also, when does he show up? I think I missed it between the worst, fake fight scenes I've ever seen and checking my spam mail because I was so bored I would rather read phishing emails and ads for Viagra.

Yes, the editing is terrible. But don't blame the editors. They were just trying to splice together some semblance of a narrative from the train wreck of raw footage. It's pretty clear that Tony Sheena wants to be an action star, but his Small Dick Energy is too overwhelming. He's so unconvincing as just a human being, much less a star. To call his acting wooden would be an insult to wood. Avoid at all costs.

I have to jump in because the majority of negative reviews for this show seem to have been written by weak, fragile men who think the world is conspiring against them.

The plain truth of it is that if you're not an insecure baby who hates women, this show isn't bad at all. It actually has very little to do (three episodes in) with any kind of gender politic, it's just a cool piece of speculative fiction about half the world being wiped out. It sets itself up to ask some really interesting questions about human utility and legacy, about empathy and kindness. And the actors are, in large part, quite good.

I gotta say though, I don't like the monkey. I imagine it's in there for a reason and its importance will become known later, it's just my personal taste that the "monkey causing trouble" device doesn't thrill me.