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- Netflix
- May 25, 2023
- Netflix
- May 25, 2023
Summary CIA operative Luke Brunner (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is just about to retire when he discovers his daughter (Monica Barbaro) is also working for the CIA in this spy comedy from Nick Santora.
Created By: Nick Santora
- Netflix
- May 25, 2023
- Netflix
- May 25, 2023
Summary CIA operative Luke Brunner (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is just about to retire when he discovers his daughter (Monica Barbaro) is also working for the CIA in this spy comedy from Nick Santora.
Created By: Nick Santora
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
60% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
20% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
48
20% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
60% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
20% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Sure, its plot is beyond far-fetched (I do not think agents in the field halt their operations to take calls from their clueless fiancés), but the various prison breaks and assorted capers are sharply edited together and clever. Alongside that, the comedy works, too, largely due to the terrific supporting cast.
There's nothing offensively terrible about FUBAR; it just needed its story to be much more focused than what it ended up being. However, even at its weakest moments, it has heart, and Schwarzenegger and Barbaro make for a great leading duo.
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Based on 29 User Ratings
5.6
38% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
34% Mixed
10 Ratings
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28% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 User Ratings
5.6
38% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
34% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
28% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
DYNAMITE must-see series. The big guy never disappoints! Don't know what show the other reviewers were watching, but watch it for yourself. It's fun escapades for rollicking entertainment, not the depressing long-drawn-out dribble most series are nowadays. Can't wait for the next season!
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SEASON 1
Schwarzenegger’s enthusiasm has an electric effect on what would otherwise be a moribund action-thriller.
Marking the star’s series debut, it’s a slim idea stretched over eight parts (and possibly more), and with apologies to its military acronym, feels fouled up in mostly recognizable ways.
The cast really tries to deliver, but they can’t escape the consistently poor material that’s just so out of date, boring, and predictable that they simply don’t stand a chance.
“FUBAR” is a violent, virtually laugh-free disaster filled with cheap sexual humor, standard-issue action sequences and paper-thin characters. Get to the chopper and flee this one instantly.
By its third episode, FUBAR is already skipping like a horribly scratched record, having its two leads rehash their bedrock gripes to brain-numbingly unrewarding ends. .... There’s plenty of action in FUBAR, but it’s of an amateurish sort, and lowlighted by the show’s directors shooting and cutting around the fact that the 75-year-old Schwarzenegger doesn’t move like he used to—or, for that matter, much at all. .... Without Schwarzenegger’s participation, FUBAR wouldn’t exist.
Overall a pretty decent time-passer. Some jokes were a little corny, and I found Fortune Feimster's character crass. I am as big on grotesque sexual jokes as the next man, but only if they are funny. Feel like there is a little too much "real men do tough work" shtick as well. Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.
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SEASON 1
Turkish prison guard being an Arab, prisoners being tortured regularly and implying any prisoner escaping would be killed etc. shows the West is still stuck in the times of Oriental Express... Turks are not Arabs and death penalty was abolished in 80's, though torture is a problem it's very rare. This narrative is either intentional or super ignorent. You can do better.
You will enjoy the show if you keep expectations low though. It's funny, fast paced, action filled.
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