A Look Back at The Boys - Season 2

 

Well, The Boys season 3 will be arriving soon, which means it's time for me to review season two.

The Boys is a comic book web show based on the comic book series of the same name. The show is produced by Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Kripke Enterprise, Point Grey Pictures, Original Film, Kickstart Entertainment, and KFL Nightsky Productions and distributed by Amazon Studios. The Boys was developed by Eric Kripke, and this season consist of eight episodes.

The story is after the events of season one The Boys are wanted criminals. As they're trying to wipe the slate clean, the stumble upon a mystery regrading the Seven's newest member Stormfront. And just add on to their list of problems, Butcher's wife Becca is not only alive, but is being held captive.

• Negatives

Nothing to say here, so just move on.

• Mix

Now the humor, while great in the first season, here it could've used a little more work. It's still funny in a lot of cases, but the satire was a different story. While some of worked, there was too many instances where the stuff they were satirizing was a little on the nose to say the least, and when compared to the first season, season one was definitely more subtle.

• Positives

One thing to like about this season was much like season one, the violence doesn't hold back. It's just as brutal and shocking as it was before. The most jaw dropping violent scenes came from a court scene and what happened with Stormfront at the season finale.

What was also really good was the character development. We're giving a lot of backstory with our characters, and it's not just with Billy Butcher and Homelander (even though they most definitely have the best), but we also get more stories with characters such as Frenchie, and what kind of guilt he's been carrying around with him due to a past mistake.

Another aspect of this season was again we're giving great performances from the cast. Both Karl Urban and Antony Starr continue to nail with their characters, but the others also do great job as well. Whether they have to be funny, broken, overly dramatic, or in Karen Fukuhara's case having to use sign language or body language, the acting is incredible and continues to be the highlight of the show.

The last thing I'll write about is the ending. First off we're trying to figure out who's making people's heads explode, and the person doing is definitely someone we didn't see coming, but one of the members of The Boys also gets a job with an enemy they don't know about. It really makes you curious of where the story will go, as well as leave you shocked.

Overall season two was good. We've got brutal violence, great character development, stunning performances, and a great ending. But what slightly brought the season down was while it was still funny, a lot of the satire was a bit more heavy handed this time around.

My final rating is Good.

Okay, that's going to do it for me. I'm really looking forward to season three. Also, come back on Saturday, Jun 11th for my review of Jurassic World: Dominion. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.