Hunters
Hunters
TV-14 | 11 April 2016 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    SnoopyStyle

    Flynn Carroll (Nathan Phillips) is an FBI agent struggling to find his missing wife. His search leads to alien Hunters and Homeland Security's Exo-Terrorism Unit out to stop them. He is teamed up with Regan (Britne Oldford) who is an extraterrestrial herself. Their power is sonic in nature. There is a secret invasion and purge. As they investigate, the world gets more complicated.I'm willing to give some props to the show for a few interesting ideas. I really like the sonic nature of the aliens which is a little different than the usual fare. However, the show is jumbled and packed. I don't think it's well-thought out. It's a muddled mess. The concept could be laid out better and given more time to germinate. I like Britne but Nathan is not that charismatic. This is a lost cause before it got to the screen.

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    vysenyurek

    story is very classic. you can find many similar series in TV. .....................in episode 6. the story about Turkey is completely bullshit and lie. .....................the place is not belong Turkey. Bad Turkish also.it gives wrong information to the people.what is your problem with Turkey?It looks rather cheap, boring characters & cast, and the writing isn't good at all. After only a few minutes you know that sadly it's a waste of time

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    Rob_Taylor

    I wanted to like this, I really did. Since the demise of Almost Human and the disappointment of Minority Report, I've been hoping a decent futuristic cop drama might emerge to fill the void.Sadly, Hunters is not it.The only really decent thing about this show are the make-up and special effects. Everything else is just... meh! For a start, there is zero humour or charisma to the whole undertaking. The dull "this is deadly serious people!" attitude of the whole production just drags it down to a level that reminded me of really OLD cop shows from the 70's (Yeah, I am that old!). It's attempt to be grim-dark fails and just leaves it as grim. Grim and cheerless.There is a slightly maniacal (and overacted) main villain who quite literally seems to be the only person having fun in the whole show. Yet even he can't make up for the wrist-slashing tedium of everything else.Whatever interest I managed to conjure up regarding the overarching plot and what was going on swiftly evaporated like a summer shower on hot asphalt. It just isn't that gripping and they look like they are going to be set to drag it out interminably. I quickly lost interest in the "mystery" and the aliens and everything else.None of the characters in the series are remotely interesting. In fact, one-dimensional would be doing them an unjustified service. The characters have no character. It is that simple.Also, if you are going to paint your characters as an elite counter-terrorist unit, at least pay for someone to show the actors how to hold weapons. The main female agent of the show held her rifle awkwardly with the butt in the centre of her chest, pointing directly outward. In episode two she goes one better and holds it (right-handedly) with the butt up to her left shoulder. I can't even begin to tell you how wrong this just looks and the fact that no one noticed this among the production crew says all you really need to know about the show in general.It won't be getting a second series if I'm any judge at all. It's just too dull and lifeless.SUMMARY: Dull, badly made, badly acted, poorly paced. Paper-thin characters, hammy villain, no technical advisors. It would have to be the rainiest of rainy days in Rainville for you to want to watch this. Pass.

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    atlasmb

    After watching the pilot for "Hunters", I was disappointed. Although it is not unusual for a show to start quickly, hoping to catch the interest of viewers from the start, that strategy is difficult to pull off, requiring clarity. The audience must know what is happening, even if it doesn't yet understand all the intentions of the characters. And viewers should be given a character (or two) they can identify with."Hunters" is a failure of style and story. The action is dark, full of shadows that obscure identities. This method can create mystery, but the viewer should at least know what the mystery is. When he is given little or no context, the first episode is only a collection of actions to be remembered, in hopes of later understanding.The story seems implausible. There is a troubled FBI agent, Flynn (Nathan Phillips), who lives with a wife we barely see and a former partner's daughter who is also troubled. There is a shadow organization that tracks down undefined entities that belong to another shadow organization with unknown goals. For some reason, all of these entities converge, Flynn is told he now works for the first organization, and people start chasing each other. Flynn receives no indoctrination or training. He is never read in regarding his new employer's objectives or its history. And neither are we. Usually, good scripts don't have the characters explain everything that happens; they just show us. But some exposition through dialogue is necessary if a backstory is not provided through flashbacks.Perhaps later episodes can clean up the mess that the pilot lays at viewers' feet. And maybe other viewers are willing to wait for the framework that is missing. Personally, I am not motivated to wait, particularly because none of the characters intrigue me.

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