kevinrbanks Reviews

Slasher: An Eye for an Eye (2016) Season 1, Episode 1

Strong opening!

[8/10 · 7 September 2023]

The pilot for this series in my opinion was well delivered!

I loved the very beginning of this episode as it instantaneously hooked me, with an expectant mother and her husband being brutally murdered in their own home!! (happens everyday irl) The killer is apprehended for this crime though which made me think.. OK, they caught the guy, what's the show gonna be about?

Is he gonna have a fan? An acolyte? Doing his dirty deeds done dirt cheap?

Or is he gonna be released to kill again? How is it gonna play out?

Never in a million years would I have imagined what was to come, brilliantly orchestrated and had me guessing and going over everything in my head from beginning to end, even if I thought it was a little tacky!

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019– )

AN ABSOLUTE MUST WATCH!!!

[10/10 · 5 June 2023]

I hope anyone who hasn't watched this takes heed of my headline.

This story is brilliant, the animation is aesthetically pleasing to the eye, the characters and backstories are awesome.

Everything about this show is absolute genius!

If you have not done so already go and be absolutely blown away by a story that will have you on the edge of your seat!

I don't want to write any spoilers here but what I will do is I will add that the demons have a hierarchy and the 12 kizuki or the 12 strongest get tougher and tougher with each fight! They all have amazing powers too and I can't wait to see how strong the big boss is.

Collateral (2018)

Started strong but fell away

[7/10 · 5 June 2023]

I better put ***spoiler alert***

incase someone reads this who hasn't yet watched it.

I thought this started brilliantly, the first episode was fantastic and I really was captivated.

Second was good too, began to fall away by third episode and a disappointing finale.

I thought it was going to be a real nail biter and if it was upto me I'd have made it much longer and more detailed.

For instance, do they ever catch the main boss (I won't ruin it for people who haven't saw it by naming him)

Did the vicar and the wife split up or stay together.

It left me with more questions than answers and I think they could've extended it and made much more gritty content.

I.e. Not made it as easy and obvious as to the perp and made her put up a fight instead of what happened.

Anyway that's just my opinion, so to sum up, fantastic beginning, poor ending.