This thing really left me scratching my head, its the old biblical fable updated to modern times but the cheese factor it brings with it is so high I expected a flock of Mice to invade my screen in search of the tasty goodness.
Now we are given gravitas with Ian McShane as the titular King of the piece (although I still always think of him as Lovejoy, curse you early 90s British TV!) while support is all a bunch of people I have never seen before bar the angry Asian lad from Deep Rising as one of the Generals. Alas the unknown’s do not really bring much to the table, the David character is terribly bland and quite possibly the most naive character to grace the screen in quite awhile. I swear somebody could have told him chocolate was made of wood and he would likely beleive it, and then you have the kings family and cohorts which barely register bar maybe the son who turns out to be gay in a twist I did not see coming. (Jules spotted this well before the reveal so she must have better gaydar then me)
The story follows a style that gives highly uncomfortable flashes to the Ace Combat video game series, now this is an obscure example for me to go to be sure but anybody who has seen the utterly massive levels of edam that game series throws at you will get the linkage. Everything from the dialogue with the King’s inane speeches and the ending shot of a crown of butterfly’s ( I shit you not) ram this home.
The most wtf moment had to be David somehow engineering a ceasefire to the war by walking out in front of a bunch of enemy tanks and making a speech. The loopy factor to this was so high it was likely having to avoid aircraft.
Will I watch next week? Probably not and the poor rating’s start means I wouldn’t miss to much either.
