![]() ![]() "Twisted Metal" crashes and burns as an action-comedy, but out of those ashes emerges an edgy rom-com. Thanks to a naturally charming and equally intimidating Beatriz contrasting Mackie's natural charisma, their budding chemistry is adorable, albeit predictable. Whatever tragedy they faced in their past connects to their attachment to the things and people close to them in the present. Once it sets its juvenile qualities aside like a kid coming down from a sugar rush, the writing team develops these two leads, delving into the tragic backgrounds that set up the unexplored class divides nationwide. The first half of the season pushes the pedal to the Metal with annoying in-your-face crass and shoddy writing, but the show improves in later episodes between Mackie and Beatriz. The reluctant partnership windshields on Quiet and Doe come down around midseason, and the two bond, helping each other out of deadly situations. Reese/Wernick's laziness also extends to its bloody action violence, which relishes how much CG blood they can throw onscreen with no actual stakes. This joke would've killed in 2001, a time that predated modern comedy's shameless need to rely on references. During a fight sequence where Doe and Tooth have an annoying ADR quip off, battling at a casino, they stop and share a moment due to Sisqó's "Thong Song" playing on the jukebox. The show's try-hard edginess, courtesy of "Deadpool" writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, executive producers here, makes every scene unbearable.Ī prime example of the show's weak humor is in the second episode titled "3RNCRCS" when Doe and Quiet are in Las Vegas and are held hostage by machete-wielding, show-performer Sweet Tooth the Clown (wrestler Joe Seanoa as the body and Will Arnett, as the distracting voice). Before Beatriz's Quiet gets in Doe's car, it's Doe against the world using every Reynolds-ism in the bag. Anthony Mackie has endless charisma and tries to hold up the show with his screen presence, but so many of Doe's mannerisms and delivery style mimic Reynolds' comedic traits. The first issue lies with John Doe's mouthy, wise-cracking personality, best described as having Ryan Reynolds Syndrome-fast-talking dialect, frantic movement, unfunny crude dialogue, millennial references, loud screaming, and sarcasm. But the series is painful for a 2023 audience where a 16-year-old doesn't have a Peacock subscription or knows what "Twisted Metal" is. In the press notes, showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith describes his love for this series as a 16-year-old in 2001 when, he says, "Weezer had welcomed fans to an 'Island in the Sun,' and 'Shrek' was an all-star at the box office." If this was the show Smith made for his younger self in 2001, he did a fantastic job embracing the crudeness that would appeal to 16-year-olds who had just discovered the TV-MA rating for the first time. Doe and Quiet eventually reluctantly work together, facing off against murderous marauders and nuclear thunderstorms across the "divided states of America." She is hunting for an aggressive patrolman named Agent Stone ( Thomas Haden Church) due to a tragic event that left her vengeful. While on the trip in his trusty car Evelin, Doe's path crosses with ruthless-but-silent car thief Quiet ( Stephanie Beatriz). In exchange, she promises to fulfill his deepest desire: life inside the pristine gated community beyond the poverty-stricken walls and away from the treacherous open road. ![]() Set in a post-apocalyptic American wasteland, motormouth John Doe ( Anthony Mackie), a goods transporter dubbed "a milkman," is hired by New San Francisco leader Raven ( Neve Campbell) to retrieve a package from New Chicago. ![]()
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