![]() ![]() You would think that, as a recently released con and impersonating a dead police officer that Hood would want to fly under the radar and at least pretend to be a Sheriff to gain some confidence amongst the townspeople while he runs his long con. For me the Amish peaked in modern entertainment with Harrison Ford’s 1985 flick Witness. I know, I know, the Amish do not exactly scream excitement. Lucas is settling in as the Sheriff of the Anytown, USA town in Pennsylvania that skirts around the Amish country. Still it has 10 episodes so I will give it 10 epsiodes. No old CO’s calling in for recommendations or sending in maybe a picture from a precinct softball picnic. No one seems to have any questions about anything and just no real intel regarding where there new Sheriff is from except Oregon. Lucas Hood is now firmly in place as Sheriff of Banshee despite how difficult a feat this would be to pull off in the small town. The funny thing is that I have no idea why. Edit note: Originally this was just for season 1, but season 2 is pretty much the same so I will use it for both.Banshee chugs along and I am beginning to take a shine to it. I honestly don't know where I stand on this show. I do like part of it, but it can be problematic in other areas so its hard to get a solid feeling. Let's be honest, this show is a male power fantasy. An ex-con who is a badass prison fighter takes the identity of a sheriff in order to put himself near his old girlfriend and get her to come back to him. With an Ukrainian mob boss coming after them. The premise is an old one, but they have some twists in it I like (such as the characters Sugar and Job). The main character "Hood" sleeps with almost everyone (spoiler alert, by season 2 it becomes all). The first season doesn't pass the Bechdel test easily. All three women characters (Rebecca, the Amish/bad girl, Ana the ex-girlfriend and Siobhan the deputy) revolve around Hood and I don't recall in the first season them talking to each other. The only break in the Bechdel test is Ana and her daughter talking, but not sure if that satisfies it for me enough. ![]() I do have to say with this being a Cinemax production that there is a lot of sex that goes with the violence (I think on per episode is the formula). I am surprised though, only one time did it show a woman trying to perform oral sex on the guy and he kind of pushes the woman away, then multiple times it showed a man going down on a woman. Most male power fantasies never show positive sexual interactions for women, but this show does do that. Other than that, there are some bad ideas. No you aren't automatically a badass because you are a good prison fighter. Yes, they should eventually figure out you aren't who you say you are. Oh, and the absolute worst was Ana trying to push away Hood constantly and being fairly horrible to him after he saved her daughter multiple times. The most negative aspect is the constant attempted sexual assault on women. They don't ever get away with it, the women (or someone else) usually stops it and gives the assaulters their just desserts. The problem is that its constant and is something the writers reach for every time they want a stressful event for a woman. Pros: Interesting story, acting isn't too bad and the sex scenes are fairly good for a power fantasy.Ĭons: Constant use of attempted rape as an event. Lazy writing and too much unbelievableness. ![]() Given all that, I still will watch second season, but from the first episode I am not sure if I will be this generous next review. The first few episodes of Season 1 were mediocre, to say the least. Every episode just seemed like a bunch of massive fights, strung together by random events. There was no real plot to speak of and the characters were all quite one-dimensional. Worst of all was the performance by lead actor Antony Starr, whose wooden action hero dialogue and antics were incredibly predicable and irritating. However, from a point in Season 1, probably around Episode 5 or 6, things start to take shape. A plot develops, and its a very good one. Instead of black and white we have shades of grey. The unnecessary action is reduced somewhat and the drama increased.ĭirection and editing become more sophisticated: we have flashbacks, time jumps (sometimes back and forth spanning a few minutes, split screen shots, use of different colours to signify different times or places, use of teasers at the end of episodes.Īntony Starr's performance also improves. His character becomes more nuanced and he rises to this challenge.
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