Trafficking in stereotypes - if only there was a law against that.
"Containment" immediately got on my bad side as it appears the producers are cashing in on the fear mongering about immigrants, Arabs, Syrians, (not to mention terrorism and bio-warfare) so common in America.
Stereotypes - we all love that word, but as so many of the derivative productions we today depend upon such, there is no need to come up with a new word as "stereotype" works fine for so many of the characters in Containment.
So far, after episode 1, Containment offered little to nothing novel or noteworthy to the current TV offerings.
I found it hard to take Claudia Black seriously as the Fed heavy, being she is fixed in my mind as the star of Farscape and then a major role in Stargate. Her character here as Sabine Lommers doesn't really go with her Aussie accent, and Black plays the character with a bit too much ill-temperedness.
David Gyasi does an acceptable job the police major.
One question - why are all the characters so angry (that is, before confinement?) Perhaps director was trying too hard to get people to emote.
The dialogue can be ham-fisted at times: "trust the system", "have faith in the authorities", etc. - as if the viewer has to be spoon-fed the conflict that the protagonists are supposed to feel as their world comes crashing down around them.
Currently I give this 6 stars because some of the supporting actors are fine and the production decent (but not great - the music I found uninspired), but I'll probably change my rating down if I keep watching this and the story never moves the characters beyond stereotypes.
"Containment" immediately got on my bad side as it appears the producers are cashing in on the fear mongering about immigrants, Arabs, Syrians, (not to mention terrorism and bio-warfare) so common in America.
Stereotypes - we all love that word, but as so many of the derivative productions we today depend upon such, there is no need to come up with a new word as "stereotype" works fine for so many of the characters in Containment.
So far, after episode 1, Containment offered little to nothing novel or noteworthy to the current TV offerings.
I found it hard to take Claudia Black seriously as the Fed heavy, being she is fixed in my mind as the star of Farscape and then a major role in Stargate. Her character here as Sabine Lommers doesn't really go with her Aussie accent, and Black plays the character with a bit too much ill-temperedness.
David Gyasi does an acceptable job the police major.
One question - why are all the characters so angry (that is, before confinement?) Perhaps director was trying too hard to get people to emote.
The dialogue can be ham-fisted at times: "trust the system", "have faith in the authorities", etc. - as if the viewer has to be spoon-fed the conflict that the protagonists are supposed to feel as their world comes crashing down around them.
Currently I give this 6 stars because some of the supporting actors are fine and the production decent (but not great - the music I found uninspired), but I'll probably change my rating down if I keep watching this and the story never moves the characters beyond stereotypes.