There's a lot to like there at a personal level. It's well cast, directed and acted. All of the protagonists are appealing, have convincing chemistry, and relationships are given time to unfold at a believable pace.
The political plot is basic but solid enough, and the pacing of it is fine, revealing complexity and betrayals gradually enough to keep the interest going all the way through. This is very bingeable, and the runtime flies by.
Action scenes are mostly competent and Gabriel Basso is credible enough in his fight scenes. There are the usual TV tropes of firearms being much quieter than they really are, and tasers being a magical knockout device, but that's not the biggest problem.
The real issue is that there's so much daft technobabble and completely unrealistic procedural details that it becomes jarring. Far too many things that should happen, simply don't for the sake of plot convenience. Ballistics and shell recovery? Remedial security measures? The very basics of securing crime scenes? All glossed over to allow both protagonists and antagonists to continue their plot lines. And it all really falls apart in the conclusion, where the aspirations of the plot exceed the budget and directing ability on offer.
Still, it remains amiable enough to the end, with only the slightest of identity politics and no lectures. I'm in for more.
The political plot is basic but solid enough, and the pacing of it is fine, revealing complexity and betrayals gradually enough to keep the interest going all the way through. This is very bingeable, and the runtime flies by.
Action scenes are mostly competent and Gabriel Basso is credible enough in his fight scenes. There are the usual TV tropes of firearms being much quieter than they really are, and tasers being a magical knockout device, but that's not the biggest problem.
The real issue is that there's so much daft technobabble and completely unrealistic procedural details that it becomes jarring. Far too many things that should happen, simply don't for the sake of plot convenience. Ballistics and shell recovery? Remedial security measures? The very basics of securing crime scenes? All glossed over to allow both protagonists and antagonists to continue their plot lines. And it all really falls apart in the conclusion, where the aspirations of the plot exceed the budget and directing ability on offer.
Still, it remains amiable enough to the end, with only the slightest of identity politics and no lectures. I'm in for more.