hello you lovely people i'm nick and welcome to firthy's feedback in this video i'd like to talk about chris pratt's new military spy tv series the terminal list i'd also like to apologize if my voice sounds a bit off i've been a bit under the weather but hopefully i'm on the other side of it now so amazon prime video's newest series the terminal list is based on the eponymous book which was co-authored under the pseudonym jack carr by former navy seal officer george peterson the television seri
es is by no means a flawless military spy thriller but it gets the job done where it counts is it cheesy at times as 90 of seal fiction stories are cheesy sure is it fantastical most of the time as almost all man against the world stories again yes it falls squarely into the same tradition as rambo first blood man on fire the north man and the equalizer and that's a good thing despite a few flaws the terminal list creators have managed to successfully produce a genuinely riveting adventure serie
s featuring special operators corporate covert action shady politicians and cold-blooded vengeance it is an ultimately satisfying revenge tell and will undoubtedly entertain you if you're looking for something new to stream this summer the series stars are bafflingly hair dyed chris pratt as james reese an intense brooding highly capable and highly lethal 40 year old navy seal officer at the outset nearly the entirety of rhesus platoon of seals is wiped out in an operation targeting a wmd dabbli
ng scientist in syria the violence then follows rhys home to the states where the action really fires up rhys then spends the rest of the eight episode series trying to figure out why the operation went sideways and who was behind it he then plots revenge against the shadowy figures involved while battling an initially mysterious ptsd like mental affliction that renders him at times nearly catatonic and striking names off his terminal list i kept thinking of that old adam sandler line boy am i g
lad i called that guy sadly for the antagonist of this series and there are many merely apologizing to james reese is not going to get your name struck off his terminal list no there is only one way to achieve that goal and it involves meeting your maker no one can hope for clemency once you make the list no matter what their past ties to rhys might have been lead actor pratt manages to admirably pull off the performance despite his dyed hair seriously why even if his dialogue occasionally comes
across as though written for an overall cyborg super soldier that writing style is sadly a common feature in lots of hollywood seal centric productions and it is occasionally present in the terminal list as well however it is not too much of a distraction thankfully there is just enough of it to play a fun drinking game a shot every time one of the seal characters utters a cringe-worthy bromide definition a trite and unoriginal remark usually uttered by a fictional hollywood spec ops bro and in
volve in such terms as kicking ass taking names and or the brotherhood the supporting actors also do well in filling out the cast of predictable villains and rhesus support team taylor kitsch is solid as the former sealton cia officer best friend constance wu is believable as the dogged and intrepid reporter and jay courtney inhabits the role of sleazy venture capitalists quite well the bad guys range from corrupt corporate wannabe soldiers mexican sicarios to amoral military brass who accept mo
ney in exchange for betraying their fellow comrades in arms it is all mostly predictable in terms of the good guys and the bad guys yet the writers and six directors involved in the eight episodes managed to somehow pull it all off with a plum the result is entertaining and even gripping throughout so despite the at times cheesy dialogue and credibility stretching plot you will find yourself absorbed in the story anxious to figure out the conspiracy and even against your better judgment at times
rooting for pratt james rhys to lay waste to the bad guys the criminal justice system be damned ultimately the terminal list is a satisfying tale of revenge in which i was rooting for chris pratt's absurdly capable and qualified special operator to mercilessly kill all the villains he has reasons after all and you will enjoy figuring them out as well anyway those are my thoughts please let me know yours in the comments below i'd also like to thank you for watching until the end and please don't
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