kcrisenphoenix
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THE HUNTING PARTY: Yes or No?
My thoughts are a little lower.....
Follows a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers ever seen, all who have escaped a secret high security prison known as The Pit, and all who the world believes are dead.
Genre: Procedural drama/Crime drama Created by JJ Bailey Starring Melissa Roxburgh, Nick Wechsler, Patrick Sabongui, Josh McKenzie, and Sara Garcia
Okay. It's interesting. Unique concept, although so far, not written as well as I prefer (have you seen "Paradise" for instance?), but I'm still watching, so there's that.
The bad thing is the acting is pretty bad. Melodramatic. Over the top, but not in a goodway.
Melissa Roxburgh, who has certainly improved since her "Manifest" days, hasn't improved as much as she needs to if she ever hopes to be nominated for anything. But then there's the dialogue. It runs rampant between really, really good, to corny as hell. She plays edit a FBI Special Agent.
Patrick Sabongui plays Ryan Hassani, a CIA agent, and he certainly is the best actor. Sadly his character is not. However, he proves a good actor can bring life to any character.
Josh McKenzie plays Shane Florence, a prison officer from the The Pit. He's the pretty face. There's even a joke, which he says, about. But beyond that? My goodness, he's a terrible actor. Wooden. Stilted. I keep expecting him to say, "Next page please." I would wonder who he (censored) off to get the part, but then I know you are with scold me vicious before that. And I may or may not deserve it.
But making Josh look like a multiple Oscar and Emmy award winner is Nick Wechsler as Oliver Odell, Bex's former partner and lover. Oh, dear JC, when my daughter was in a Thanksgiving play when she was in first grade, the acting was superior. He plays his character like a campy villain from the 1960s "Batman" television series. I keep expecting him to burst into evil laughter. "Bwaaa haaa haaa haaa haaa!". It's really sad.
So why do I keep watching?
Because the concept really is cool. Very interesting. Serial killers who escaped from an off-the-books prison built inside a middle silo, with it's very science fiction look, and the explosion that happens in the opening moments of the pilot episode. Most of the prisoners and personnel are killed, but that still leaves a whole lot (I can't remember how many, but at least 75) who promptly escaped. "The biggest mystery that the team of experts must solve is how serial killers managed to escape the most secure and secretive prison in the world. We find out almost immediately, so I'm not spoiling anything here, that it's almost surely sabotage.
So for at least awhile, I'm going to keep giving the show a chance. Luckily, at least so far, it hasn't convinced me to be committed to "The Hunting Party." If it's cancelled, I won't be bereft.
Hey, that's better than all those shows where I fell madly in love, only to have the rug yanked out from under me, like with "Surface," and "Flashforward." Now that was rough.
So what do you think of the show, if you've watched it? I would love your thoughts and opinions. And please give me your thoughts for sure if you don't think the acting is bad.....
My thoughts are a little lower.....
Follows a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers ever seen, all who have escaped a secret high security prison known as The Pit, and all who the world believes are dead.
Genre: Procedural drama/Crime drama Created by JJ Bailey Starring Melissa Roxburgh, Nick Wechsler, Patrick Sabongui, Josh McKenzie, and Sara Garcia
Okay. It's interesting. Unique concept, although so far, not written as well as I prefer (have you seen "Paradise" for instance?), but I'm still watching, so there's that.
The bad thing is the acting is pretty bad. Melodramatic. Over the top, but not in a goodway.
Melissa Roxburgh, who has certainly improved since her "Manifest" days, hasn't improved as much as she needs to if she ever hopes to be nominated for anything. But then there's the dialogue. It runs rampant between really, really good, to corny as hell. She plays edit a FBI Special Agent.
Patrick Sabongui plays Ryan Hassani, a CIA agent, and he certainly is the best actor. Sadly his character is not. However, he proves a good actor can bring life to any character.
Josh McKenzie plays Shane Florence, a prison officer from the The Pit. He's the pretty face. There's even a joke, which he says, about. But beyond that? My goodness, he's a terrible actor. Wooden. Stilted. I keep expecting him to say, "Next page please." I would wonder who he (censored) off to get the part, but then I know you are with scold me vicious before that. And I may or may not deserve it.
But making Josh look like a multiple Oscar and Emmy award winner is Nick Wechsler as Oliver Odell, Bex's former partner and lover. Oh, dear JC, when my daughter was in a Thanksgiving play when she was in first grade, the acting was superior. He plays his character like a campy villain from the 1960s "Batman" television series. I keep expecting him to burst into evil laughter. "Bwaaa haaa haaa haaa haaa!". It's really sad.
So why do I keep watching?
Because the concept really is cool. Very interesting. Serial killers who escaped from an off-the-books prison built inside a middle silo, with it's very science fiction look, and the explosion that happens in the opening moments of the pilot episode. Most of the prisoners and personnel are killed, but that still leaves a whole lot (I can't remember how many, but at least 75) who promptly escaped. "The biggest mystery that the team of experts must solve is how serial killers managed to escape the most secure and secretive prison in the world. We find out almost immediately, so I'm not spoiling anything here, that it's almost surely sabotage.
So for at least awhile, I'm going to keep giving the show a chance. Luckily, at least so far, it hasn't convinced me to be committed to "The Hunting Party." If it's cancelled, I won't be bereft.
Hey, that's better than all those shows where I fell madly in love, only to have the rug yanked out from under me, like with "Surface," and "Flashforward." Now that was rough.
So what do you think of the show, if you've watched it? I would love your thoughts and opinions. And please give me your thoughts for sure if you don't think the acting is bad.....
Absolutely stupid. Many new shows, while trying to get it's legs, will create bad episodes. And this one is pretty much the worst episode not only of the series, but every Star Trek episode ever. Terrible. Absolutely terrible. Horrible acting, simply PAINFUL to watch. But with the script, what could they do? The episode makes no real sense, probably written by a gamer, it was all I could do not to just fast forward on through. If I were you, I would do what I was unable to do. Even if you like to watch an entire series, there is nothing here you need to see. Nothing that moves the characters on, let along home.