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- FX
- Sep 15, 2015
- FX
- Sep 15, 2015
Summary Wilkin Brattle (Lee Jones), a former knight in charge for King Edward I who after many wars turned over his sword, only to have war seek him out.
Created By: Kurt Sutter
- FX
- Sep 15, 2015
- FX
- Sep 15, 2015
Summary Wilkin Brattle (Lee Jones), a former knight in charge for King Edward I who after many wars turned over his sword, only to have war seek him out.
Created By: Kurt Sutter
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
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32% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
63% Mixed
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
55
32% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
63% Mixed
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
You've probably already heard Executioner is slow to get into. That's true. But (I think) the setup works, and (also think) it promises a satisfying series.
"Sons of Anarchy's" outlaw motorcycle-gang members, while splendidly portrayed, never struck me as particularly sympathetic. No, not even the cute one with the Hamlet complex. But transplant all that blood-soaked angst to early 14th-century Wales, as "Sons" creator Kurt Sutter has in his new drama for FX, The Bastard Executioner, and it's easier to find old-fashioned romance in a man compelled to do horrific things to prevent even worse horrors.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 90 User Ratings
6.1
57% Positive
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
17% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
27% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 90 User Ratings
6.1
57% Positive
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
17% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
27% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
i loved this series and i`m gutted there won`t be a follow on as it left me wanting more.
I found it quite easy to follow and was also quite surprised at there being hardly any mumbling for a change.
True there is a lot of blood and guts,but the times it was set in was very much like that and if you like history as i do,most folk would know that.
please bring the show back ,i`d love to know what happens next!
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SEASON 1
There were tons of other shows to cancel. That show was fire and you poured water on it . Thanks **** i have to write a book to tell you that you made a big mistake. You should have given it another season and not left views hanging. Where are you getting your rating from. This was dvr set show. You could have gotten rid of that boring predictable Tyrant.
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SEASON 1
This resulting premiere is an offering that feels haphazardly stitched together--the audience often left pondering the relevance of each scene. By Episode 3 that pace and journey shift to relevant and thoughtful, but it sure is an exhaustive journey to finally get there.
By the end of the third episode (the premiere will include the first two), it is still not clear what The Bastard Executioner is about. It has many promising elements: evocative locations, a potentially fascinating time period (hey, everyone, the Black Death looms!) and a very strong cast (Matthew Rhys plays a rebel leader, and Timothy Murphy is a priest reminiscent of Derek Jacobi's "Cadfael")
The series is packed with intriguing characters and great performances in a mostly untapped period. If only we could tolerate watching through covered eyes, cringing and fast-forwarding through the goriest scenes, we'd probably be in for a rich and rough drama.
The images have a tactile richness but are never purely pretty. Unfortunately the script assumes an inherent level of interest in these characters that the dialogue and situations don't do enough to earn.
An incoherent Game of Thrones knock-off full of senseless carnage, wooden performances, a dash of nudity, and a few scenes so poorly executed they play like farce.
I loved this Show. The characters and the story line was great. Please bring it back. I love the shows bringing the early European stories to life. Sometimes I wish I could change the history but I also want to watch how history played out.
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SEASON 1
I had high hopes for this, but it was really disappointing. Come for the blood and gore, stay for the ... nothing really. It's full of your basic medieval fantasy stuff and most of the characters are just boring. Katey Sagal is just cringeworthy in her fake German accent. I'll give it one more episode, because I feel like I owe it to Kurt Sutter, but if it doesn't improve I'm done.
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SEASON 1
The first hour of the first episode was almost impossible to sit through. In fact, if it were not for having guests to watch the first episode I would not have continued watching it. Fortunately, things really livened up after the first hour. Unfortunately, ever eposide since has been just as inconsistent. At times I think that it is really good, other times I think it is unwatchable.
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SEASON 1
pretty mediocre stuff in my opinion. it feels like it went to screen at the idea stage, before the story and characters were fleshed out. ive noticed some praise for the main actor, i have to diagree in my opinion his atempts at any emotions are a little embarassing. moyer is a bit of a relief when he's on screen. this show really doesn't take me there, ive cringed through 7 episodes, i see no improvement.
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