I am all for giving new shows a chance. With all the reality programming on TV, I welcome a network that is putting out hour long dramas like FX.
I had been waiting to see the show since I saw the great trailer FX put together. I am a boxing buff and thought it was nice a show would bring some attention back to the sport I love. It looked like it was a quality drama with action. So when I watched the pilot it was a let down to all the buzz.
The pilot was slow and predictable and not compelling at all. The characters, especially Holt McCallany were very unlikeable and seemed to overly whiny about being broke and a middle aged has been. When McCallany wasn't whining he was boring to watch. The wife and kids were not interesting either, the writer through them in there to make his character more likable I guess but it doesn't hold your interest.
Everything sets up the comeback of the character to the ring.Sure this sounds familiar, its because this story has already been told. Its called Rocky or The Fighter or The Wrestler. I don't know why this show was made. It should have been a 2 hour movie on Lifetime. There's nothing about the show or actors that makes it worth tuning into regularly.
I was bored by it and wonder why the network thought this would work.
I had been waiting to see the show since I saw the great trailer FX put together. I am a boxing buff and thought it was nice a show would bring some attention back to the sport I love. It looked like it was a quality drama with action. So when I watched the pilot it was a let down to all the buzz.
The pilot was slow and predictable and not compelling at all. The characters, especially Holt McCallany were very unlikeable and seemed to overly whiny about being broke and a middle aged has been. When McCallany wasn't whining he was boring to watch. The wife and kids were not interesting either, the writer through them in there to make his character more likable I guess but it doesn't hold your interest.
Everything sets up the comeback of the character to the ring.Sure this sounds familiar, its because this story has already been told. Its called Rocky or The Fighter or The Wrestler. I don't know why this show was made. It should have been a 2 hour movie on Lifetime. There's nothing about the show or actors that makes it worth tuning into regularly.
I was bored by it and wonder why the network thought this would work.