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Killer Instinct
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Fox, Friday 9:00p (60 minutes)
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 56 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
Created By: Josh Berman
First Air Date: September 23, 2005
Summary
Starring Johnny Messner, Chi McBride, and Kristin Lehman
Attempting to out-gore CSI, Fox's violent new procedural is set in the San Francisco Police Department's "Deviant Crimes Unit."
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
The best worst series on TV. [30 Sep 2005, p.89]
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
It's a show so determined to shock that it cares more about that than about such things as compelling lead characters, believable situations or inventively solved mysteries.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
It's not awful, exactly, but it's so willfully bleak as to become monotonous.
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
There is a lot of "The Silence of the Lambs" in Fox's creepy new "Killer Instinct," but not enough to make it compelling rather than simply icky.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
With its soundtrack full of metal and techno and its killers packing imported deadly spiders and home surgery kits, it aims for a Gothic moodiness not unrelated to the season's scary-monster shows.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Nothing could really prepare anyone for a show so wantonly grisly as this worthless, exploitative program.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
A sadistic series that, underneath its ghastly veneer, is just a dull, unoriginal crime drama.
Read Full Review >San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
You won't see any worse acting across the broadcast spectrum. The women-in-peril scenes are vile. The writing is atrocious. The series is horrifically bad. And not in a way that would make a good drinking game.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 56 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
[Anonymous] gave it a10:
i love Johnny messner!!! he's very very very... cool!! The best.i think .k.i. is very good . i want the second! i'm italian and i have seen all the 13 episodes. The last was excellent.
Lj H gave it a9:
Really interesting show. Good characters, good chemistry, good ideas! Get it back!
Cristina O gave it a10:
For some reason I didn't think it would be much, but I decided to give it a shot and I loved it. The whole deal: the acting, the stories, the production.
Kevin S gave it a10:
Super!! 2nd favo series my number 1 is still Lost
debs c gave it a10:
great show not the usual predictable rubbish
Heather H gave it a10:
Johnny Messner is an amazing actor. Period. They really messed up when they took this show off of the air. I really miss it.
cal h gave it an8:
Why does tv have to be 'reality' style or deep and meaningfull to be good? Killer Instinct was fun to watch, pure entertainment!
