Last Light

When you find yourself skipping all scenes with the mother and child, you know something has gone wrong.

They are also padding out a thin story using slow pacing, music and extended, boring, conversations.

It is not very good. The actors are, bar a couple, meh, unable to deliver lines convincingly. The 'authority' spook lacks any kind of presence for the role. The responses to external events are contrived, with stupid decisions driving the plot, rather than any kind of smart writing.

They finally spell out the core of the plot in episode 4, and it is as thin and dumb as it appeared to be when revealed in a single quick image in the first episode.

Same predictable turn of events as dozens of other global emergency shows. They followed the time-tested algorithm for this, with nothing new.

Matthew Fox is past his prime and a weak actor. Like countless movies from the 90s and before, they put a 56 year old man married to a 42 year old woman. They should have found a hot guy in his 40s. Would have been more interesting. The rest of the cast was pretty good.

It felt like propaganda for the electric car industry. I think it's meant to scare us into buying Teslas lol

Still, I binged it while sick. I don't feel good about it, but it passed the time! Don't watch it during the day, though. Too much glare. Most of the show is set in very dark rooms or night. I could barely make out what was happening in a number of scenes.

Another dystopian story line, but this time no zombies! Based around in issue with fuel and the usual societal breakdown, this is a thriller on which the budget seems to have been spent on locations, but sadly not on acting or a decent continuity manager. The storyline could be pretty compelling, but when you try to weave in too many statements about global issues and add too many well worn tropes, it doesn't really hit the heights to which it could have achieved. If you've run out of other things to watch, then it passes the time, But trying to be too many things to too many people means it feels a little like drinking a bottle of Corona when you really wanted a shot of tequila!

An incredibly contrived plot with Really Dumb Decisions being the main character, as it happens. And some of the plot holes are so large you can drive an oil tanker through them. Apart from Fox and Froggart, the acting is really poor. Like, school play poor. Actors standing around waiting for each other to deliver their lines, staring at each other's lips. It is that bad.

I was interested in the story and that is why I finished it. Now I am sorry I did that too. It made zero sense.

Did I mention plot holes? Things break leading to societal collapse, except when a character needs that thing. Then it works. Why? Because why not?

Actually, avoid. It it rubbish. Director should probably find another job.

Unfortunately this series is only moderately entertaining with few surprises. The ads on TV promised a lot more than what is delivered.

I found myself drifting off, as the story just doesn't take off.

A pretty good cast is underutilized, and unfortunately often resort to woefully melodramatic over-acting.

The UAE star as a thinly vailed fictional Arabic country and we were easily identifying landmarks, buildings and even street corners.

If you are after a great "power grid failure doomsday scenario " series, try to find the Austrian/German series "The Blackout. Tomorrow is too late". That one delivers.

I'm pretty sure that It is available in English as well...........