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- Jan 25, 2024
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 41 Critic Reviews
72
63% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
37% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
0% Negative
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Nearly a decade later, executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks brought the companion series “The Pacific” to HBO, and now they present the spiritual sequel “Masters of the Air,” a nine-part series airing on Apple TV+ that proves to be a worthy third chapter in the trilogy. This is an epic, sprawling, pulse-pounding series.
Many will praise the series for offering up an ambitious spectacle, but we honestly believe that its success lies in its refusal to shy away from the humanity of war. Which is all to say: Watch this show.
The series is massive, beautifully rendered and a reminder that war is murderous, gruesome and horrifically human.
Reservations aside, the series worked like gangbusters on me for a different reason: It’s focused on capturing what it looks like — what it means, really — to work toward a common goal. To feel a deep sense of responsibility for one another. As that plays out over nine episodes, you can’t help but reflect on the absence of these kinds of stories coming out of Hollywood.
This show is a descendant of programs that weren’t just “well-made,” they were revolutionary, feeling like nothing else on TV. You can’t say that about “Masters of the Air,” a show that’s fine, but these war heroes and the TV lineage into which the dramatization of their heroism falls deserve better than “fine.”
“Masters of the Air” is often absorbing and irresistable, even if it is not as compelling as the first two series. Part of the problem, especially in the first few episodes, is that there are so many characters, and battle after battle, that gets a bit confusing and repetitive.
There is a lot to like – the acting is top notch, the world-building immersive and the storytelling (what little there is of it) is succinct. But it’s too old-fashioned to compete with today’s prestige TV. What’s more, it’s not even trying to.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
7.0
50% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
25% Mixed
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1 Rating
25% Negative
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