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- 2023
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Gen V
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 28, 2023
73
6.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
73
81% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
19% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
73
81% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
19% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
You’ll laugh out loud, wince often, and wonder how Gen V gets away with half of what’s displayed – which is my way of recommending this brilliantly batshit show to anyone who will listen.
Like “The Boys,” “Gen V” may be too much for those who prefer the comparatively clean-cut superheroes of Marvel blockbusters. There are seriously bent sex scenes, and the violence is next level. But for the rest of us, it’s a wonderfully warped alternative to your friendly neighborhood superhero tale.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 208 User Ratings
6.0
56% Positive
117 Ratings
117 Ratings
15% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
29% Negative
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 208 User Ratings
6.0
56% Positive
117 Ratings
117 Ratings
15% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
29% Negative
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
A ton of fun. I love all The Boys connections and how Gen V is connected to it. Super stoked that the show is picked up for a season 2.
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“Gen V” retains the edge, cynicism and (aptly) adolescent humor that make its parent show tick, suggesting “The Boys” is far from the creative fatigue now plaguing juggernauts like the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
And while, at this point, it’s certainly fair to question whether things like fountaining blood and viscera or penis jokes have run their course, at least you know what you’re getting. And there’s something to be said for a good (if familiar) time.
There’s no single performance as likely to earn accolades as Antony Starr’s ultra-intense take on Homelander, but the cast of relative newcomers is generally sturdy. If the series becomes frustratingly rushed as it progresses, within that rush and those choppy narrative choices, I kept finding enough moments of giddy inspiration to be entertained and sometimes more than that.
There’s a lot to like about Gen V, with one standout action sequence as inspired and inventive as it is undeniably hilarious for reasons we won’t spoil here, but it nonetheless constantly feels as though that special intangible something that made The Boys what it is has been found sorely wanting.
Gen V constantly resorts to icky humor for fear of losing our attention. Despite its flash, its swaggers of confidence, this is a curiously self-conscious, uncomfortable show, forever offsetting its earnestness as if needing to prove its coolness.
The Boys: Gen V is a surprisingly great spin-off of the original series. It has all of the same dark humor, shocking violence, and social commentary that made the first show so popular. I'm honestly looking forward to the rest of season 1.
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I've watched the whole season and it's time to reconsider my rating... The series was not bad, but it could have been better. The first three episodes were excellent... And then the loss of quality began: the characters stopped developing, their history no longer affected them, the main protagonist, Marie, is flat and uninteresting - simply plank of wood. A lot of very bad and lazy writing. Short, without logic - but yeah, still spectacular... Final episode was so lazy, almost cringy! I'm disappointed. This series wouldn't have made it on its own if it weren't from The Boys franchise.
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Review after first 4 episode : Its kind of Average, not exactly what I was looking for but it was okay
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Look, I'm getting tired of this racial and gender prejudice. I knew, going forward after the first 9 minutes of the film, they are going to have a "lets hate the white man" stereotype. As it continued through, it kept going. I appreciated the boys, as it picked on everyone but showed nobody was the bad person per say, but more of the product of their environment.
This just guts that out and puts in a "let's show the struggles of women and minorities everywhere." Nothing wrong with that and point taken. When you are implying everyone has it bad except a select group; that is painting a picture and putting an indirect influence on people's opinions.
When I was a kid, after watching so many shows about superheroes and cops being inept, it gave me a bad impression cops don't know how to catch people as an example. This is no different, this Gen W**e needs to stop.
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Production Company:
- Amazon Studios
- Kripke Enterprises
- Original Film
- Point Grey Pictures
- Sony Pictures Television Studios
- Sony Pictures Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 28, 2023
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Critics Choice Super Awards
• 3 Nominations
The Queerties
• 1 Nomination