Ty Watches "Peacemaker"

After a good amount of persistence from my wife and RD, my wife and I finished the first season of "Peacemaker" the other night. I was kind of hesitant to watch it because I have some serious superhero fatigue right now. I'm kind of over it in fact. There is so much, I'm expected to watch it all because I am a pop culture writer and I cannot seem to keep up with everything all the time. I have also really disliked the last two super hero movies I've seen. So I was not itching to get at "Peacemaker".

I was wrong. RD and my wife were definitely right. This show is really good, fun and even touching and dramatic at times. John Cena is wonderful as the main character. He brings a new level to this antihero who, especially at the end of the new "Suicide Squad" movie, I assumed was a villain. He absolutely crushes this role. I have been on the fence about Cena as an actor, but with "Trainwreck" and "Blockers" and now "Peacemaker", I am sold. The dude can act.

What makes this show so good is the rest of the cast really knocks it out of the park. Danielle Brooks plays an agent named Adebayo and she is truly fantastic. She is Amanda Waller's daughter, Waller is the true villain from the movie, and Brooks is so good at portraying a person in over her head, but also really wants to help. Chukwudi Iwuji is very good as the stoic, alien like, no spoilers, leader of this new version of a suicide squad. There is a moment when he tries to use emotion that is so, so good on the show. Jennifer Holland is a complete badass. She kicks so much ass on this show, takes no prisoners and is truly the hero of season one. She rules. Steve Agee is hilarious and totally game for anything they throw his way. He also has one of the more touching moments in the season one finale. He is getting a shot on a big time show finally, and he is crushing it. Robert Patrick is scum, and he nails this character. I actively hated him while watching and I have to believe that was his job as an actor. And even some side characters, namely Annie Chang and Lochlyn Munro as detectives.

It truly gets no better than Freddie Stroma who plays Vigilante. He is, by far, the best thing about this show. I would get excited when he would have a long run on an episode. I loved when he showed up in episode two. I knew nothing of this character, and I'm glad that was the case. Seeing Vigilante with fresh eyes was amazing. He deserves Emmy consideration. He is the best thing on a very good show and he shines brighter than any other actor, all of which did a wonderful job. Vigilante is one of my all time favorite TV characters on any show ever. Full stop. He is awesome. I go back to a scene in a jail, man was that incredible. Vigilante is the man.

The season one story is wild, but with James Gunn writing and directing pretty much every episode I expected it to be weird and different. And I think that is what grabbed me about this show. Yes it is a superhero show and it brings back a character from a big movie, but this is not your run of the mill superhero stuff. This is all about an antihero. It is not as good as "The Boys'', but it has a similar feel. Again, I was hesitant, I am bored with superhero stuff, this shouldn't have worked, but damn if I did not really like this season. I know it has been picked up for a second season, and I like that. I will watch. So, even if you might be sick of superhero stuff, I'd still give "Peacemaker" a chance. It is different enough that you do not feel like you are watching a typical Marvel or DC movie. And it is so worth your time to watch Stroma as Vigilante. I cannot overstate how great he is on this show. Check it out.

Ty

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