You wouldn't expect an action series continuing a well-established franchise of the same genre to actually be a two-character play, but that's exactly what it is.
Don't get me wrong, the fight scenes are not lacking, and they're exceptionally well-done, but the overall impression is not of your typical action-packed series.
The writers are absolutely brilliant, and the dialogue between the two main characters, the two spies named "Smith," a sort of generic conspiratorial name, feels like a conversation between two regular people in a relationship. Their "service" as mega-spies seems almost incidental. They argue, they love each other, literally and figuratively, they have normal people problems with their own families, the whole package.
Two exceptional actors, Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, are the best proof that diversity hiring, when it doesn't overshadow talent and competence, doesn't bother anyone.
It's leagues above the original 2005 film with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, which is a two-dimensional comedy with shootouts and gimmicks.
The series is available on Prime Video via subscription.
Don't get me wrong, the fight scenes are not lacking, and they're exceptionally well-done, but the overall impression is not of your typical action-packed series.
The writers are absolutely brilliant, and the dialogue between the two main characters, the two spies named "Smith," a sort of generic conspiratorial name, feels like a conversation between two regular people in a relationship. Their "service" as mega-spies seems almost incidental. They argue, they love each other, literally and figuratively, they have normal people problems with their own families, the whole package.
Two exceptional actors, Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, are the best proof that diversity hiring, when it doesn't overshadow talent and competence, doesn't bother anyone.
It's leagues above the original 2005 film with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, which is a two-dimensional comedy with shootouts and gimmicks.
The series is available on Prime Video via subscription.