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Yeah...get some British actors, some bad extras, silly makeup and unlikely wardrobes...ignore every awesome show or movie set in ancient times..and set our own level of suckage...the cutaway vignettes on History channel specials are better executed.

In every movie there is an expectation to suspend disbelief..to an extent. This one asks you to shut off any relations you have with common sense or cognitive thought. Anthony Hopkins (he is fab, but over the top) character...a real baddie, but ultra powerful, stand up business man, famous, squeaky clean...is suddenly popping people and brandishing a gun in a gas station..in Germany...Germany!...where there is probably a camera or two. Like his henchman (who we assume is highly trained & paid) thinks it is a genius idea to run around a Subway station brandishing a gun...and shooting it in the air..in....wait for it..Germany......AGAIN there is probably a few cameras & cops around. Then there is the empty eyed hero...I counted 3 times in the film where he gets lucky flailing around and grabbing something that saves him. I was bored and watched it, felt compelled to write this....did the Producers assume people have gotten really stupid? they had a budget and two amazing actors. They decided to make a film about a dummy getting chased by villains who make stupid mistakes. Instead of saying "ok, we got the guy from Sexy Beast...let's shoot for that level"

Not expecting TWD or GOT quality TV here, some cheesy acting, smaller budget...aside from the leads bad wig for a few seasons...I had to write a review about the kid...the one who blew up New York city because he loved his mommy?..and now plays video games and brats it up while the world has gone to hell (thanks to him)..does no one in production or higher up say "we need to get a good actor or kill off this character, this kid has been stinking up the show for 4 seasons now"....they could get a better actor at any high school production within 50 miles.

I am 4 episodes in....the whole "I am a super special FBI agent and keep dropping the ball even though I am constantly being given exact details in advance....and screw it up.. but I never question my awesomeness...even though I am sub par" premise is getting thin... Maybe I am jaded, this is OK, at best. Silly TV

I Love the walking Dead universe....but why do a spin off with the stupidest and weakest characters we have ever seen in that world? the Mom is constantly asserting herself with zero knowledge about what should be done, Lori Grimes was the most annoying character on TWD...useless, stupid & Bossy. WHY bring back a similar character? the junky son. Bratty daughter and "too afraid to use his super Maori powers" husband are annoying enough....I suffer through this, I guess because I am too lazy to go outside and play...not that show producers read this, but you could honestly kill them all off and start from a sideline character and launch some glorious unexpected revamp...or stick to a bunch on characters with unearned entitlement habits in a Zombie apocalypse.

Decent show...with one glaring exception, Agent "Wells" is an idiot, does she ever learn her habit of going alone or rogue never works? okay, stay with me...she is an FBI agent...gun and badge...driving to the White House where she is expected by high level people.....her car gets T boned, guy tries to strangle her, she stomps on the gas and escapes. Does she climb out of her car with gun pulled and puts his ass down? and then gets a cop escort to Whitehouse where she can blow the whistle?....no, she climbs over & ignores a document that says "Top Secret" leaves it behind, runs away and hides...she can't seem to do anything right....both arrests of VP and crazy lady were total screw ups. My opinion of her? "Frequently in error, but never in doubt" Idiot character.