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Powers (TV Series)

Powers

2015

David Slade, David Petrarca ...

Sharlto Copley, Susan Heyward, Phillip DeVona, Andrew Sensenig ...

5.0

511

TV Series. Sci-Fi. Drama TV Series (2015-2016). 2 Seasons. 20 Episodes. Set in a world where humans and super heroes co-exist, a homicide detective is tasked with investigating crimes involving superhuman powers. The story takes place in a parallel universe: in the big city where Powers is set in all kinds of superheroes and supervillains, and their fights are another part of the busy daily rhythm of the city. The veteran Homicide detective Christian Walker is ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Geoff Berkshire Variety	"Instead of gratuitous thrills, the creatives (...) emphasize story, with enough twists and turns in each episode to keep the target audience hooked."	POS
United States	Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times	"The series is overwrought or obvious at times, and here and there can look surprisingly cheap. But it's generally quite watchable and not uninteresting."	NEU
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"[The cast] all do their best to provide (...) some human substance at the core. 'Powers' shows occasional, fitful signs of that kind of life, though in the long run it may be just too threadbare to get there."	NEU
United States	Keith Uhlich The Hollywood Reporter	"There’s rarely a moment when 'Powers' doesn’t seem like a cheap knockoff of more fully realized extended universes."	NEG

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