SummarySuperpowered students compete for top rankings at Godolkin University, a Vought International-run college for young superheroes in the spinoff of The Boys.
SummarySuperpowered students compete for top rankings at Godolkin University, a Vought International-run college for young superheroes in the spinoff of The Boys.
You’ll laugh out loud, wince often, and wonder how Gen V gets away with half of what’s displayed – which is my way of recommending this brilliantly batshit show to anyone who will listen.
Gen V has some well-drawn characters and a compelling young cast. Its storytelling is a bit spotty in the first episode, but the other factors are more than enough to keep us watching.
The Boys: Gen V is a surprisingly great spin-off of the original series. It has all of the same dark humor, shocking violence, and social commentary that made the first show so popular. I'm honestly looking forward to the rest of season 1.
Fans of "The Boys" will get a fun, mostly self-contained story that fleshes out this big, seedy universe even more; newcomers will get a dark superhero boarding school story centered around a captivating small-scale conspiracy. Whether you're a fan of "The Boys" or you just like superhero stories in general, "Gen V" is definitely worth your time.
This eight-episode spinoff of Amazon Prime’s R-rated superhero series “The Boys” is better than it has any right to be. That’s because it cribs from the best elements of “The Boys” — outrageous behavior, shocking violence and, of course, an irreverent attitude.
There’s no single performance as likely to earn accolades as Antony Starr’s ultra-intense take on Homelander, but the cast of relative newcomers is generally sturdy. If the series becomes frustratingly rushed as it progresses, within that rush and those choppy narrative choices, I kept finding enough moments of giddy inspiration to be entertained and sometimes more than that.
There’s a lot to like about Gen V, with one standout action sequence as inspired and inventive as it is undeniably hilarious for reasons we won’t spoil here, but it nonetheless constantly feels as though that special intangible something that made The Boys what it is has been found sorely wanting.
Gen V constantly resorts to icky humor for fear of losing our attention. Despite its flash, its swaggers of confidence, this is a curiously self-conscious, uncomfortable show, forever offsetting its earnestness as if needing to prove its coolness.
While the show does expand on the world of 'The Boys' the show unfortunately has a problematic bias with who they choose to depict as villains and heroes. We follow characters who are harder to like portrayed by actors who don't have the talent we saw on 'The Boys'.
There is some good stuff on this show, but its over shadowed by its problems with the casting and writing.