<p><strong>Boys (Amazon Prime Video)</strong></p>.<p><strong>Director: Joe Mantello</strong></p>.<p><strong>Cast: Antony Starr, Jack Quaid, Karl Urban</strong></p>.<p><strong>Rating: 4/5</strong></p>.<p>At a time when the audiences were overwhelmed with superhero movies, another one may have sounded like the worst choice to make.</p>.<p>Yet 'The Boys' Season 1 was received by audiences all around the world with much awe, for saying what no other movie said, that it would be futile to have superheroes in the real world.</p>.<p>In fact, the show said that having superheroes would create more problems.</p>.<p>So, as the show returns with a season 2, the expectations are really high. Well, there’s so much to like about it. The characters gain more depth, they get better arcs, and the encounters are more intense.</p>.<p>Overall, it was a treat for those already hooked on to the show. The characters showed a lot more motivation and gave reasons for the viewers to root for them. </p>.<p>Antony Starr’s villainous rip off of Superman, the Homelander, is one of the best performances I’ve seen in a while on TV. Antony managed to add a new tinge of emotional instability and madness to an otherwise a template villain.</p>.<p>That also shows the biggest shortcoming of the show -- having no great performances other than the Homelander character.</p>.<p>There are other obvious shortcomings. The pointlessness haunting the writers of the show from the beginning still exists. The Boys still only scratches the surface of what it could be.</p>.<p>This coupled with a lot of passable, short-lived characters (which is a lot of people!) takes away the fun to some extent.</p>.<p>But where Boys really succeeds is showing that superhero or not, humans behave a certain way and that the “responsibility” they feel with the reception of great power isn’t always as dominant as their humanity. It is a great show that you should not miss.</p>
<p><strong>Boys (Amazon Prime Video)</strong></p>.<p><strong>Director: Joe Mantello</strong></p>.<p><strong>Cast: Antony Starr, Jack Quaid, Karl Urban</strong></p>.<p><strong>Rating: 4/5</strong></p>.<p>At a time when the audiences were overwhelmed with superhero movies, another one may have sounded like the worst choice to make.</p>.<p>Yet 'The Boys' Season 1 was received by audiences all around the world with much awe, for saying what no other movie said, that it would be futile to have superheroes in the real world.</p>.<p>In fact, the show said that having superheroes would create more problems.</p>.<p>So, as the show returns with a season 2, the expectations are really high. Well, there’s so much to like about it. The characters gain more depth, they get better arcs, and the encounters are more intense.</p>.<p>Overall, it was a treat for those already hooked on to the show. The characters showed a lot more motivation and gave reasons for the viewers to root for them. </p>.<p>Antony Starr’s villainous rip off of Superman, the Homelander, is one of the best performances I’ve seen in a while on TV. Antony managed to add a new tinge of emotional instability and madness to an otherwise a template villain.</p>.<p>That also shows the biggest shortcoming of the show -- having no great performances other than the Homelander character.</p>.<p>There are other obvious shortcomings. The pointlessness haunting the writers of the show from the beginning still exists. The Boys still only scratches the surface of what it could be.</p>.<p>This coupled with a lot of passable, short-lived characters (which is a lot of people!) takes away the fun to some extent.</p>.<p>But where Boys really succeeds is showing that superhero or not, humans behave a certain way and that the “responsibility” they feel with the reception of great power isn’t always as dominant as their humanity. It is a great show that you should not miss.</p>