Agent X (2015) User Reviews (59)

A Strong Cast And Plenty of Action

[atlasmb · 7/10 · 9 December 2015]

John Case (Jeff Hephner) is a secret agent who works for the Vice President of the United States (Sharon Stone). This gives the President plausible deniability if his existence ever came to light, which is just how the job was designed back in the early days of the republic.

As the premise was described by producers and actors of the show, the series is supposed to be about an "American Bond". That's exactly how the show feels, though Case feels more Craig than Connery. The show jumps into the action as quickly as any show I have seen--no doubt wanting to grab an audience immediately. The makers of the show also wanted the show to be "big, fun" and "almost like a comic book", which means the astute viewer will suspend disbelief and sit back for the ride. And the line between good and evil will be clearly defined, though not without its occasional twist.

The first episodes are very satisfying, with plenty of action, great production values, and a storyline that involves a formidable Russian opponent named Olga (Olga Fonda).

Gerlad McRaney plays the part of Malcolm, the man who provides guidance and backup, the Alfred to Case's Batman.

As the show continues, hopefully they can keep the missions interesting and further develop the various characters that populate the world of John Case, Agent X.

Watchable - forget the bad reviews

[mandcsharma · 6/10 · 12 November 2015]

Not sure why this has been panned, its watchable. Of course its not real people lighten up it is however watchable and I for one will watch it again. It has potential and Sharon Stone looks as good as ever. Take it for what it is a journey outside of reality TV and other boring rubbish that we are currently being served.

It's never going to be as good as Person of Interest or anything that JJ Abrams will produce but it is certainly watchable and not as bad as the reviews paint it.

So take it for what it is and thats a far fetched storyline, not great dramatic art. Just more a way to forget the reality and watch something that won't tax your brain.

Obvious error

[paw-18944 · 7/10 · 10 November 2015]

Some people should lighten up. It is a story, not factual so if it is far-fetched - so what. If you don't like the idea behind the story, don't watch it. I like Gerald McRaney and enjoy watching him in just about any role. Jeff Hephner used to be on Chicago Fire. The thing I was surprised at was the mistake in the scenes in the hotel room during the first few minutes. John shot the man in the white robe in the left shoulder. When they were fighting by the window the blood was on the left shoulder but when they were fighting outside, the blood was on the right shoulder. Not very good to miss something that obvious. They need someone to watch for those types of errors.

The biggest secret in the history of the United States

[Dr_Sagan · 17 November 2015]

The biggest secret in the history of the United States (!!) is that the vice president has ...one (yes only one) agent (!) to send for secret missions! I really can't imagine what might be the ...smallest secret in the history of the United States!!!

Anyway the secret agent has no ...identity while his name is ...John Case! and his first mission (with the current vice president played by Sharon Stone) is to find another man with ...no identity (!) whose name is Nicolas Volker!

Soooo...the plot is ludicrous, just an excuse for a new 007-ish agent with all the skills and some of the witt of his British colleague.

This is not a series to take seriously and the question is if it is fun to watch. Well, This is a genre we have seen a million times. If some producers decided to produce such a series, they must surpass previous installments. Unfortunately this is not the case here. Even with a secret agent named ...Case.

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Agent X

[FKookie · 6/10 · 19 November 2015]

Im writing in support of Jeff Hephner.. Olga Fonda and Gerald McRaney.. they act just fine.. they come across as likable and watchable in the series.. i think we should give these actors a chance because they are not the problem..

the problem is Sharon Stone.. She overacts.. and if she is the executive producer i am not sure how much she was involved in the show turning out the way it did..

Do not get me wrong.. she may be a really nice lady in RL i do not know but commenting about the series i get this irksome feeling when watching the show that somehow its all about Sharon Stone herself and not really about Agent X.. which is a shame..

it also annoys me that a number of scenes that she is in there are those special filters or wotcha might call it to soften her age lines.. something feels off because its an action video for goodness sake and not some social event that we are trying to capture the moment of with a filtered photo ..

Sorry Agent X.. to give this series a chance you guys gotta decide if this show belongs to Agent X or is this just a vehicle for Stone to promote herself..

Fun,action packed series

[catherinemccutcheon1-722-557842 · 8/10 · 20 December 2015]

To start, I'm not too sure what program the low reviewers are actually watching. I find Agent X great to watch, it's not hard to watch either which I find nice after a long day working but that's not to say its something to switch your brain off either! The story is fairly simple but it is not boring, every episode has Agent X trying to stop another bad guy/girl and you feel the story expanding and other people coming from the woodwork. The actors are all fun to watch and as for the chemistry, in theory they have just met each other!! You find yourself wanting to know more about the characters. I am enjoying this series and I really hope there is another one.

Just awful... I love it!

[khunkrumark · 6/10 · 4 December 2015]

It has more cheese than the brilliant 'Our Man Flint' movies which starred cool dude James Coburn. It has more plot holes than the TV series Batman.

(Watch the moving splat of blood on the white jacket. It has more life than the bored actors, moving from left to right and dancing a merry jig in it's quest for added camera time.)

It has the beautiful, classy and highly intelligent Sharon Stone... although I don't know how or why! She must have seen Calista Flockhart make an arse of herself on Supergirl and thought... I can be a much bigger arse than she can!

Let's face it, this madness was a long TV tribute to the Roger Corman Sci-Fi movies of the mid to late 50s.

It's as if the producers bought a job-lot of rejected scripts from other crap shows and decided to make a series out of them.

Remember Cop Rock on ABC in 1990? Yeah, well this is MUCH funnier than even that!

not worth it

[brainwerx-1 · 2/10 · 9 November 2015]

I watched the first 2 episodes. No chemistry, no real plot, same old trite story lines. It's typical of a lot of American shows, that try to make something close to James Bond style agents.

I was huge fan of Strike Back, and this show is trying to be kind of an American version of that series. There is no way that it can live up to it. This show has a weak plots, weak characters ( although I am a fan of Hephner). The entire idea of this based on an unknown section of the constitution is laughable. I don't understand why there is this constant need to deify the past in America. This show seems to want to continue this trend. All in all, while I would have liked this show to succeed, I don't think it will. The writing just doesn't cut it.

So.... What about Agent X

[lil_shredder_crys · 10/10 · 20 November 2015]

Admittedly, I watched the first episode entirely on the premise of Jeff Hephner's involvement. However over the past few episodes the show has merit.

Personally, I like Agent X for what the show is. It's a spy show with a campy edge. John Case is no James Bond, nor is Agent X a Bond Movie, and I think this is the aspect that hangs it for many viewers. When a viewer takes away this imaginary ideal for spy shows and movies set by James Bond and for many of us Growing Up Bond, this show becomes quite brilliant for what it is a campy spy show, with an endearing if a little classless Agent who falls comfortably between the Bond ideal and....Johnny English.

I think if everyone who tries to watch this show gives it a minimum of 8 episodes before casting judgments, will find themselves hooked and wanting more.

Enjoyable show Agent X

[paul-67562 · 7/10 · 2 August 2016]

I like Agent X. It reminds me of other shows like Person of Interest, Human Target, The Player and Missing. It's just a fun show and easy to watch. The acting is good and the characters are very likable. The premise of the story is of a covert Government agency that is overseen by the US Veep and it's sole "Super" operative known as Agent X.

Each episode involves the team discovering a new plot against the US and Agent X is dispatched to thwart it by the end of the show. This usually involves him doing some serious butt kicking action that Jason Bourne would be proud of, and most of the time a damsel in distress that needs to be saved. There is also a through plot story line that involves the mysterious Nicholas Volker and his nefarious plans of dastardly deeds that the Agent X team seem unable to decipher. Until the end and then there is a good reel 6 plot twist just when you think the day has been saved. I won't say anymore than that as it will spoil the fun.

So what do I think is wrong about this show? Nothing. Okay it's not exactly Game of Thrones good. But sometimes I like to switch my brain off and just enjoy the ride.

There Should Be A Law Against This Sort Of Rubbish

[kmichaelpm · 1/10 · 9 November 2015]

Having watched episode one and finding it hard to forgive myself for wasting my time and probably shortening my lifespan.

I forced myself to endure episode two in order to confirm that it was actually as bad as I expected it to be and that episode one was not a bad nightmare I experienced.

There now seems to be no doubt, that American series makers are either completely brain dead and or simply do not care what rubbish they produce as long as it can be sold to the unsuspecting public and they can take our hard earned cash.

There is absolutely no story/plot.

The acting is beyond atrocious. Sharon Stone has not done herself any favour by being a part of this farce.

As for the other so called actors....better not to comment as the English language does not have the words to describe how bad they are.

This is truly the most pathetic offering I have seen in a very...very long time. The producers should be ashamed.

Please avoid this absolute rubbish at all costs. You will not forgive yourself if you watch it.

A fun, clever action movie — for the small screen

[nordink-43819 · 10/10 · 9 November 2015]

I hadn't seen any of the promos for this show — so I had no idea what to expect.

Based on the show's description, I decided to give it a try...

I was a bit blown away, to be honest. The show is very impressive. It feels like Bond/Bourne made for TV.

The cast is all excellent. "Agent X" is perfect in his role — and Sharon Stone is likable and convincing as the Vice President. (I always considered her a femme fatale, but it seems she has real acting ability. She is totally believable and appealing here.) 

I only planned to watch an hour of the premiere — and save the rest for another day, but . . . I got sucked in!

One last thing I wanted to say about this show: I really do *not* like when action movies take themselves seriously. That's not the point of the genre! Agent X is always *fun,* though — and has some funny asides. (For instance, when Sharon enters a foreboding tunnel discovered under her house, she says, "This better lead to the wine cellar.")

Like other great shows on cable, this one is clearly binge-worthy . . . I'll be watching for the rest of the season.

Started well ..

[simonraistrick · 6/10 · 20 January 2016]

I enjoyed the first 7 or so episodes - entertaining, and most importantly FUN to watch. A nice break from the 'ever so gritty' style of more or less every other action series.

Sure, it's a semi-believable premise if you analyse it, but the point is not to analyse it. If you analysed James Bond, the whole idea is ludicrous, but it's still great.

Unfortunately, the believably really stretches in episodes 9 and 10. I found my self saying 'what?! that's ridiculous!' on more than one occasion, to the point of cringing. By the end of episode 10 I was playing with my phone instead. They lost me.

The other thing that went missing was the fun. By trying to be 'more gritty' in the later episodes, they lost the point. I'm sick to death of 'gritty TV'. The reason I liked this is because it had humour and warmth in it amongst the explosions and fight scenes. Is nobody else just utterly bored by long humourless fight scenes?

Might watch the next series but only for long enough to see if they've learned their lessons or not.

Complete and total garbage

[thegiant-95061 · 1/10 · 10 November 2015]

Sometimes you just know when a new show is going to be good or bad. I lasted 4 minutes and 30 seconds on this garbage before realizing without any doubt it was rubbish, and switched it off.

I was curious given Sharon Stones involvement, but I couldn't even stomach a few more minutes to see when she might appear.

It amazes me how shows like this make it to production in this day and age of digital TV when SO much GOOD TV is available at your fingertips.

in the first 3 minutes our hero manages to take down 4 bad guys through the usual over-choreographed improbable fight scenes that make you want to yawn.

The kicker was when he shoots a bad guy in his left shoulder, only for the same bad guy to reappear in the next scene with the bullet wound now in his right shoulder - all the while he is using his arms to fight our hero like he wasn't shot at all.

Im sorry but this isn't the 90s. Writers and directors - you need to do better if you want people to watch your show.

Abject

[bruce-44232 · 9 November 2015]

Question. If you spend 40 minutes of your life watching a show, then spend another 40 minutes writing a review about how your not going to get those 40 minutes of your life back. Have you then lost 80 minutes and should you have cut your loses?

Sharons obviously broke (and does have form on some dubious material) but that doesn't excuse this.

It also doesn't excuse anyone watching it from their guilt: You read the cast list, you read the plot synopsis you likely saw the trailer and you saw the channel it was on.

Be honest, did you really expect Sherlock?

Well then, don't blame the broke girl - its all your fault

Jury still out ...

[Martypies · 6/10 · 20 November 2015]

I love political thrillers and spy and superhero shows etc. The best however, are always in books and I am yet to see a series yet that compares to books like the Mitch Rapp series and here's why. They are always to tame, whether we are talking about Agent X or Person of Interest or Daredevil etc, they are all about shooting the bad guys in the knees. You know what Mitch Rapp does when confronted by an amoral killer or a terrorist? He shoots them right between the eyes so they can no longer hurt anyone else. Arrow started that way, in the first season he killed the evil doers, in the seasons since then he ties them up for the police to take them away to jail where they later escape to continue their evil ways, so tedious and boring. Agent X has started this way, he is supposedly the most highly trained agent on Earth and he misses baddies when he shoots at them and he goes out of his way to not kill them, this is unrealistic and would never happen in the real world. I've only seen the one episode though, hopefully it will get better.

I love the plot

[charlespt81 · 8/10 · 11 November 2015]

I was waiting a action season like this. First the pilot , Sharon and Geff did a superb performance. The plot is so real and very addictive. Sharon role as the vice president of America is very powerful and sensitive. So far she is has done a superb role relevant to her vast experience in acting. I am doing sure if Geff had acted before , but he also put a good show.Olga character is very sharp , skillful. She looks like she did her homework and her given role was wasn't easy too. Anyway the timing for the show was over 40 minutes which is fine and each scene a surprise element. Good going guys.All the best

Charles Dubai

secret agency of the vice president name spoilers

[mrcruel · 7/10 · 10 November 2015]

the idea has got potential, but see the search on which way to go i'm afraid they are not gone make it to season 2 i the thought of keeping Olga in to the agency can be a good move, but i keep to my first conclusion the need to have a clear goal so the can feed us to watch again no its just pick and grape its almost like a reality show the way the let great actors act like the can't

its entertaining but not there yet, because you can't find the red wire . but also which way are you going to go action funny , reality funny ,or finding a new movie action those are things you can't find

i can see a lot of ideas but the aren't clear on what they wane do but i hoop the stay or cause the main idea of being anther agency created has something to go for

Do not watch it

[saints_spider · 1/10 · 9 November 2015]

As my title suggest please if you liked Sharon Stone do her a favor and do not even think of watching this season.

The direction is bad, the script is bad , the action scenes are awful, you don't need to hold a gun to know that the bullets the actors are firing are fake as they get, frankly it looks like some toddlers with their squirt guns are playing around.

I am actually crying for the fact that i can never get back 40 minutes that i wasted on this show.

This show is the worst mistake in the history of Television and don't even get me started with the cast. Good God how can I tell the viewers not to ever watch this show

Agent X We love it!!!

[deeceel-44518 · 10/10 · 9 December 2015]

My husband and I overdosed on Agent X the last couple of days. What some people wrote was not necessary. Really? Come on people lighten up for heaven sake, it's a TV show!! There are shows I don't like or don't watch because they aren't my taste and I don't tear them apart the way people have done here. Some of the things that people write weren't necessary. Give people a chance to judge on their own. We loved each and every episode. More people should know about this show and not just the ones who won't sit back and just enjoy. The star power in this show is amazing as well. People should give it a try. As I said before WE LOVE THIS SHOW AND ALL THE ACTORS!!!!

B and B with real taste!

[lotussuperseven · 10/10 · 9 November 2015]

I liked the first two episodes because they were-in my mind-a combination of elements of Batman and James Bond done in a realistic manner. The hero of the piece like Batman has an older man who supports and aids him in his efforts to eliminate evil. The hero interacts with the femme noir with a Bond like seductiveness and with a paradoxical cool distance. The realism for me derives from the interaction of the cast in their various roles in that they do not have a destiny /fantasy based conviction of their success but rather come across with vulnerabilities and uncertainties as to the success of their efforts.The improbability of their surviving some of the firefights and having weapons with magazines-like the nine yards of belt ammunition of WWII fighter planes("the whole nine yards") is par for the genre.

Could be the worst TV series of the past 40 years

[buddymoney · 1/10 · 25 March 2019]

This is so bad that it leaves your blood pressure high and mentally exhausted. There is no logic, no reality, and outright horrible writing. Its amazing that someone actually funded this series for 10 episodes. I would not be surprised that producers, directors, writers and even actors lost their jobs or damaged their careers by participating in this series. Hey but Im sure their nice people.

I LOVED this show!!!

[johnlbader-571-42789 · 10/10 · 9 November 2015]

I think this is an excellent show!!! Great Actors, great dialog, great action!!!! I found it to be action-packed, serious, and funny and clever all at the same time. The acting of Jeff Hephner is particularly impressive. He has an ease and relaxation in his work that is remarkable. Gerald Mc Raney is likewise doing extremely impressive work. And, of course, I would love to see more of James Earl Jones!! I love the premise and am very interested in seeing how the conflict within the government plays out that some know his identity and most don't. Those in the know have to take extreme measures to keep the operative's identity a secret. For me, while it plays well as an action series, I also enjoyed the witty and smart dialog. I will be watching this show every week.

In the first 60 seconds...

[prosepro55 · 1/10 · 9 November 2015]

...Agent X rolls out one of the most overused tropes in action drama: the bad guy trains a gun to the head of the hero, BLAM!, the bad guy falls dead -- shot by an unknown person behind. For good measure it quickly jumps to tired trope #2, the old hanging hero's legs around the bad guy's neck.

Two in one, but wait, there's more! Each seen-it-a-million-times-before flop returns later in the episode. I was so hoping they'd go for three, but alas, no.

When you get such lazy derivative writing in the first minute, how much worse can it get? Watch and you'll see. Ludicrous plotting -- mailed-in performances -- action sequences on the cheap. In short: unmitigated garbage.

But do watch so you can see this teeth-gnashingly awful show before the plug gets pulled.

Agent X-best new show of 2015!

[bobor-80894 · 10/10 · 9 November 2015]

Fantastic- riveting action, a charismatic leading man, a great storyline- this is one show to watch this season. Stone is great as usual as the vice president, and her acting is spot-on. Hephner is the next Bond and keeps the action moving forward and has great leading man potential. Olga Fonda is a great surprise- she is sexy and has a great career ahead of her. Great show, lots of potential for character development and story arcs over coming season. The fight choreography is fantastic, and Herron the director is true to his Bourne roots and keeps the viewer engaged and riveted throughout. This show is one of the best of the season so far- will keep watching for sure and look forward to seeing the characters grow.