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- Netflix
- Aug 26, 2018
- Netflix
- Aug 26, 2018
Summary War-veteran-turned-police Sergeant David Budd (Richard Madden) is promoted to the protection detail for controversial conservative Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes) in this drama series created by Jed Mercurio.
Created By: Jed Mercurio
- Netflix
- Aug 26, 2018
- Netflix
- Aug 26, 2018
Summary War-veteran-turned-police Sergeant David Budd (Richard Madden) is promoted to the protection detail for controversial conservative Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes) in this drama series created by Jed Mercurio.
Created By: Jed Mercurio
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
79
83% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
17% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Bodyguard might be [creator Jed Mercurio's] Homeland. ... From its opening sequence, a breathless 20-minute set piece on a passenger train, it's clear that no loyalty will go untested or plot untwisted. [19/26 Oct 2018, p.91]
This show excels at both the daring, gasp-inducing twist and the methodical construction of slower-burning thrills. The finale, for instance, features a lengthy sequence of almost physically painful tension, a bravura bit of television that could only exist on a show in which we’ve been primed to understand that truly anything can happen.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 153 User Ratings
7.2
65% Positive
99 Ratings
99 Ratings
25% Mixed
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
10% Negative
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16 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 153 User Ratings
7.2
65% Positive
99 Ratings
99 Ratings
25% Mixed
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
10% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
Madden does such a fantastic job as the lead in this show and is the real highlight of it. This show is definitely gonna be his platform to become an even bigger star than he already is. As for the show, It reminds me a bit of Homeland but it's shorter and more to the point, There's a lot less filler and sub-plots and that is a major plus. And there's plenty of action and suspense to keep you on edge while the well-written story plays out. What I like most is that it grips you from the first episode and keeps you invested until the very end and they don't do some cheap cop out with the ending either, It's satisfying and wraps everything up.
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SEASON 1
What would you expect from the writer of 'Line of Duty'? An amazing show.
Completely gripping, beautifully written, acted and filmed.
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SEASON 1
It boasts terrific performances, unpredictable twists, and a stack of fanfic-favorite tropes (if the series’ title has you thinking of Whitney Houston, you’re frankly on the right track) executed with polish and flair. Though the thread of tension crackling at the show’s center doesn’t quite make it all the way through to the end, the journey is still enough of a roller coaster to make it well worth the ride.
The plot is determined to make us change our minds about who could be a mole every ten minutes. Muslim characters are pigeonholed as potential terrorists, although that’s a trope that Bodyguard tries to subvert with a modest amount of success. And yet, even on those occasions when it lands exactly where you think it’s headed, it still threads a compelling enough needle to keep its audience hooked.
There are several things that work really well in the series’ final episode, and could leave the door open for another season, and other revelations that feel like a bit of a letdown. But ultimately, Bodyguard is an exhilarating ride that truly showcases Madden as a major talent.
American viewers may not grasp all the subtleties of British government bureaucracy, but the cast of well-drawn characters--Anjli Mohindra is a standout as Nadia, the would-be suicide bomber--make Bodyguard compulsively watchable.
Madden doesn’t do enough to distract us when Mercurio’s plot twists veer from reality or his characters refuse to act like rational humans. In Bodyguard, Mercurio’s breakneck story feels, at every moment, both carefully constructed and made up on the spot. ... It can also be a blast, if you’re all about the mystery and the forward momentum and your requirements for plausibility and psychological realism aren’t high.
Episode 1 and 2 are really well built. But then it goes downhill very fast. The plot becomes nonsensical as it tries to make us believe Secret Service and Police would consider each other enemies of the state, the lead character motivations and back stories are cliched at best or simply ludicrous (e.g. estranged from his wife, wallowing in self pity yet a steely James Bond figure otherwise, etc...). Acting is wooden and stiff like a British upper lip. The pace becomes so slow after episode 2, you wish you were watching Homeland or 24 (much better shows in every regard).
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SEASON 1
The final episode was the most ridiculous, which managed both to be highly far-fetched and nonsensical.
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