The first season of Twisted metal Was almost like a prologue. Peacock's adaptation of the long-term PlayStation Game series spent 10 episodes to launch their post-apocalyptic world and most main characters as they weaken an infinite trace of jokes. But it never felt as much as the games that adapted. What was missing were the silly characters and the vehicle fighting tournament in the heart of the series. Season 2 finally corrects this and it was definitely worth the wait.
At the beginning of the new season, a large part of the line -up is separated. After completing his mission in season 1, John Doe (Anthony Mackie) lives in a relatively safe city, but has to constantly prepare for the tournament. (As part of his training regiment, he delivers pizzas under the name “John Dough”.) In addition, his partner Quiet (Stephanie Beatriz) joined a post -apocalyptic gang, which is called the dolls, which is led in a lucky coincidence by John's long -lost sister, the Dollface (Tiana Okoye) mentioned). In the meantime, Sweet Tooth (the body of Samoa Joe and the voice of Will Arnett) is inflamed with his new buddy Stu (Mike Mitchell), which quickly becomes an adept series killer.
What all brings together is the tournament in which the best drivers and murderers appear on the line with a tempting price: a single wish that can obviously contain everything according to the mysterious calypso (Anthony Carrigan). This attracts all types of characters that all have their own great dreams. For example, quiet has a utopian vision to overthrow the walls of each city in such a way that everyone is on a level competitive conditions. Most of all others have a more selfish desire in mind. The thing is that the tournament only begins by half of the season of the season – which this time includes 12 episodes. There are Heist missions, qualification rounds and all kinds of other side quests before things really get started.
While that felt me A bit like MilhouseThe show mainly uses its time because it steadily introduces its new occupation of fighters. Twisted metal Is a video game series about driving an ice cream car with machine guns, so it is not exactly known for its rich, deep characters. But the show does a good job to transform the short sketches from the games into stupid and violent caricatures. This includes a very gross exterminator called vermin (Lisa Gilroy) and a man named Mr. Grimm (Richard de Klerk), who may have supernatural forces or just lose his mind. My favorite is Axel (Michael James Shaw), who is described in the games as a man who is locked up between two wheels. On the show he is more of a man who is Become A car, right down to the fact that he drinks gasoline.
Twisted metal Has one by nature stupid premise. In season 1 it tried to force this stupidity by John non-stop jokes. But now the humor and silliness feel more natural and distributed with a greater cast of ridiculous characters. And as soon as the tournament really begins to appreciate long-term fans, the action is much more exaggerated and more exciting because a show about cars with weapons should be weapons. Sometimes it can be a little CGI strict, but with all the strange vehicles, weapons and characters, it is a lot of fun to watch them.
Although I am only in half of the season, it beat me the most, as it finally feels Twisted metalBut intelligently expanded for this new format. The first season often felt like a typical post -apocalyptic world with too many jokes and a killer clown. But with the addition of more beautiful stranger characters and the car fight, which goes hand in hand with the tournament, the show finally knocks in this distinction Twisted metal Voice that it was missing.
Twisted metal The second season begins on July 31 on Peacock.