Yep, don't look for anything that would appeal to anyone over the age of 12 in this show. This is an earnest attempt to make a yeast infection appear as lubricant. This show is wire-fu, and the show is so bad that in the second episode, the lady baron fights with 8 inch stilettos and then the scene edits from combat boots to heels to flats to stilettos. Even the editing is awful. The actors try and make this dreck work, but this is all that is wrong with sci-if in this new era, Hunger Games, Divergent, and Maze Runner all have a new contender in the " Worst sci-if writing since L.Ron Hubbard" trophy. As far as the martial arts side of it, I have been spoiled by the Raid, and the Raid 2, where wire fu is extinct and the fight scenes depend upon the skill set of the fighters being choreographed. Badlands is the opposite of cool martial arts ..it takes decent fighting, and makes it ridiculous. I do believe that the actors try their best with the cue card like script they are given. This show has all the appearances of a program that was developed by a team that listened to the conversations of 12 year old males jacked up on Copius amounts of Monster energy drinks and Maxim magazine stories. Bad on all counts. Sad considering this is the station that brought us gems like Breaking Bad, The Walking and Talking Dead, Better call Saul, He'll on Wheels, And Mad Men. This show is on the opposite end of that spectrum. I tell all people form your own opinion, it may differ from mine and you may enjoy this show, and if you do, make sure you have your homework done before you watch it.One reviewer called it fun junk food t.v., that's over hyping it...it's the grease that leaks through the bag.
Review of Into the Badlands
