Reviews

For me most of the intelligence TV shows or movies are pretty much the same just different actors. Covert Affairs, Spooks, Strike Back, Nikita, Chuck, The Americans, etc all basically have the same premise. We don't even care that much how believable they are.

But what brings us back week after week are the characters. Because really do we honestly believe all these missions happen week after week? I am intrigued about the Russian element to the show. I liked the characters so far for the most part. I'm kind of iffy on mommy dearest.

I believe this show does it as well as most others but I love the twist with the parents being Russian spies. Yes I know it has been done, The Americans. Before everyone jumps on me I am not saying they are in the same caliber as The Americans, but I think there will be room for this one as well.

Intelligence Agency TV shows are quickly replacing those gawd awful reality shows and really aren't we all glad for that.

The first time I watched State of Affairs I knew I didn't like it but watched the next one and realized I shouldn't have wasted my time. I enjoyed Covert Affairs, but they wrecked this with the last season. I loved Nikita but I think they went as far as they could go, but I loved the characters. Strike Back was a series I quite enjoyed, but even that show was starting to be the same every week.

I believe this one has a chance, but then I really liked Intelligence and they cancelled that. I think this show is just about entertainment as were most of the others and I think this will be a show I will watch weekly, until they screw it up with the partners sleeping together.

Seriously this is how you want us to believe that this is the CIA. Or maybe it is the Central Idiotic Agency.

I have never watched anything remotely as bad as this when any intelligence agency was involved. Maxwell Smart (Get Smart)had more going on upstairs than these agents and staff.

I will be happy when the first woman of any colour is elected as president. But we are no where near this happening, let alone a black female president. I am not racist, I am being a realist. Obama, the first black man elected as president didn't happen until 2008. If Oprah was running though I might see this before I die.

The opening scene was amazing. After that it went downhill very quickly. While I realize this is a television drama, I would have liked to see something believable regarding the CIA.

The Director (Skinner) allowed an unsearched Syrian Intelligence Chief into the CIA's building and into the intelligence office when just recently he was arrested for bringing a cellphone to the French Intelligence offices. Charlie (Heigl) phones an older man walking a dog that shows up to stop the vehicle carrying Skinner and Khan(Syrian Intelligence Chief) on their way to meet the president. The dog walker states that he is the Secret Service and quickly removes Khan from the vehicle. Then informs him how he will remove the cellphone from his body(okay this was almost a believable CIA tactic) when he has a light bulb moment and removes Khan's hat to find the cellphone inside. By the by, he is not really Secret Service, he is just an old man walking a dog.

The president(mommy dearest) and Charlie (Heigl) the almost daughter-in-law seek revenge for the death of her fiancé, who just happened to be the presidents son. He was murdered by Fatah, a terrorist who attacked a diplomatic convoy in which Charlie and her fiancé were travelling in. He died, she didn't.

Really, this is what you want us to believe??? There isn't enough drugs or alcohol on earth that could make me believe this.

OK, I gave the show one more try. But found the 2nd episode worse than the first. Charlie requests that the CIA asset of more than 30 years, destroy the submarine along with 6 months of top USA secrets. Then she lies to him about a previous meeting her and her father and the asset and his daughter in a park. Remembering that her father said to her that the asset was a hero. What if there had never been a meeting with her father? She just compromised the mission. All the while she is making this request tears are rolling down her cheek. But as soon as she knew he would complete it she walks slowly out of the room. Doesn't even have the decency to stay with him so he doesn't die alone. I'm sorry I just can't swallow a CIA agent tearing up, especially that she had never worked with this man. It is just horrible cliché after horrible cliché.

I was shocked when I came here to see the bad reviews and wondered if we had watched the same show.

As others have said typical Irish-Catholic Boston family, if not a bit red-neck with a slight twist of All in the Family's Archie Bunker. That is the charm of the show.

Laurie Metcalf is Brilliant as per usual. I kind of recognized the rest of the family but came in IMDb to get more information on the show and actors. I have seen Jack McGee in other television shows which I have enjoyed. I recognized Joey McIntyre's name from NKOTB; however, I didn't know he was an actor as well. I was pleasantly surprised seeing John Ritter's son, Tyler Ritter in this show. I like so many other John Ritter fans were saddened and heart broken by his unexpected death. So now it feels like we have a little piece of him back. Kelen Coleman, I've seen on Men at Work (another great comedy I thought) and The Newsroom.

To me this looks like a great cast, great writing and lots of laughs. What more do we need for a successful comedy?

New television shows typically get better each episode as we get to know the characters more. I am really looking forward to more episodes and I hope they continue with the same formula they are using now for the show.

My favourite scene is the ending when the mom is sending off each child with a plate of food, while quietly telling them that each of them is her favourite. Until she is saying good bye to her daughter and doesn't tell her that she is her favourite but reminds her not to forget to bring the plate back.

I read some of the bad reviews and then some of the good reviews and decided not to pay attention to any of them and watch the film with an open mind.

I was disappointed in the movie especially for having a 70 million dollar budget. It was not the worst movie I have watched but I did find many faults.

There did not seem to be a flow in the movie and scenes were not long enough for the most part. Then there were the scenes that were too long. The fight scenes were quite disappointing, especially where Hercules fights 6 who have never lost a fight before to gain freedom for himself and Sotiris. If you blinked you would have missed watching Hercules killing the 5 men and pinning down the woman. That is how quickly this scene was over.

The final fight between King Amphitryon and Hercules was brilliant and almost worth watching all of the movie before it.

I do feel that this movie does rate between 4 or 5 stars and that might be a bit too much. It is not a movie I would recommend to anyone.

Renny Harlin directed this movie and I looked at some of his past movies and he seems to make pretty much the same quality of movies as this one. I am truly stumped as to why he was given a 70 million dollar budgeted movie.

The acting was quite poor for most of the actors but not all can be blamed on the actors when the writing was poor as well.

I am trying to find the positives about this movie but I am drawing a blank.

I am at a loss for words at how bad this movie was. When I saw Tom Sizemore was in it I knew it was doomed. The movie went downhill from there.

I have watched a few SEALs movies and they were nothing like this. Firstly I don't think any member of the team would sleep with anyone, especially someone they just met. Seriously what SEALs member would sleep with an asset that had been held captive, tortured and probably raped. The asset would be traumatized. SEALs members are there to do the mission and nothing else. They wouldn't deviate from the mission; they wouldn't let their guard down. They are highly trained men.

I would think someone would come and take the asset away from there if those men were going to another site. There didn't seem too much direction from the higher ups and this team was allowed to run amuck.

They also wouldn't hesitate to kill someone as he did near the end. Sorry I don't remember his name; I didn't pay that much attention.

The gunfights reminded me more of Die Hard movies than a SEALs movie. And I'm really wondering where all that ammo came from.

I didn't expect the movie to be 100% authentic but I did expect some authenticity. So I was disappointed when this movie had little to none.

If you have a couple of hours to waste to watch a movie with no real entertainment value then this is your movie.