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- FX
- Jun 16, 2015
- FX
- Jun 16, 2015
Summary Dr. Barry Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner) and his family travel from California to his homeland for his nephew's wedding, where he must confront his dictator father and the issues he left behind 20-years ago.
Created By: Gideon Raff
- FX
- Jun 16, 2015
- FX
- Jun 16, 2015
Summary Dr. Barry Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner) and his family travel from California to his homeland for his nephew's wedding, where he must confront his dictator father and the issues he left behind 20-years ago.
Created By: Gideon Raff
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
65
57% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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By the end of the first season, the show had improved significantly, if not quite dramatically, and based on a viewing of the first two episodes, that trend continues.
The war crimes scares off potential friends like France and China, and gives the show an absorbing current-events sheen. [3 Jul 2015]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 46 User Ratings
6.8
70% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
7% Mixed
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24% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 46 User Ratings
6.8
70% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
7% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
24% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
After a decently gloomy grey cliffhanger at the end of a mixed season 1. Season 2 makes up for it sticking with the show. It delves deeper into the grey zone of moral ambiguity. I liked the show's first season. I thoroughly disliked many of its characters, but then again I do not like most people. Season 2 has deepened many of Season 1s flat caricatures into more real characters. They have motivations and internally more or less consistent logic that I can admire and or abhor. I do hope they keep it up.
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SEASON 2
Great start to a second season, I loved it last season and I'm almost certain I'll love this season. Ever since last summer I've been waiting for a new season to come. Now get to the actual review, the second season Barry is still in prison and Jamal seems to want to let his brother free but Jamal's wife wants the death penalty , you can tell something's wrong with Jamal, I think he's starting to realize he needs his brother because he can't run the country by himself. Meanwhile Bassam's (Barry) wife is running a petition, and people are spray painting free Bassam on the county walls.
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SEASON 2
Fascinating and perplexing, enjoyable and frustrating, intelligent and obtuse at the same time.
At its best, it's a family drama in an unusual setting. And after some tweaking, a more entertaining one.
Through the first three episodes of season two, Tyrant continues to suffer its share of problems, most notably failing miserably when it comes to characters making realistic, believable choices. But viewers tuning in for just an engaging soap opera, which it is, may be willing to cut the show some slack.
Tyrant finds more nuance in these episodes, as well as some pretty overt biblical overtones in Barry’s emotional arc. And while the character remains a rather tepid protagonist, his role in driving the story is mitigated by the unfolding events in Abbudin.
For viewers who want their Middle East intrigue overpowered by sugar and salt, then spoon-fed to them, Tyrant is doing that as well as ever.
TYRANT is an action-packed, very entertaining family saga. It's not a documentary. If you are expecting historical verisimilitude, you might want to give it a pass. The production values are a cut above. The cast is excellent, especially the actors of Middle Eastern descent, who don't often get a look in on American TV. Now that two seasons are in the can TYRANT would make an excellent binge watch.
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SEASON 2
We know Tyrant is cheesy, "turn your brain off" entertainment designed to appeal to a demographic that believes Western politics can remedy the complications of the Middle East. That has been apparent since the offset, but take the programme in isolation, ignore any of its attempts to be clever with moral quanderies, and you will find that it's a fun show, with plenty of solid twists.
Season 2 has gone slightly off-key with the emergence of an insurgent caliphate resembling IS in all but name. This is treated fairly sensitively and some exposition has been devoted to the motivations of both sides, however it still feels cheap given the current goings on in the real world.
Adam Rayner's acting has not improved in the second season and the writers have sensibly shifted focus onto the real star, Ashraf Barhom, who plays the despotic Jamal. However the episodes seem to have repeatedly treaded over old ground this season. Any more insistance that Jamal is indeed a "mad dictator" is not needed.
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