Hunters Season 2 (2023) Review 

I enjoyed the first season of Amazon's show Hunters and the second season has finally come out and here is my review for it. The premise of the season sees The Hunters split up, but they are reunited in order to take down the last remnants of The Nazis - Adolf Hitler. 

Main Character

Logan Lerman reprises his role as Jonah with a lovely new hair cut and he is really good. He has clearly developed as a character since the first season, gone is the timid young man and he is now a hardened Nazi killer by the time Season 2 picks up. He does an effective part in this role and it is clearly one that he was able to sink his teeth into. 

Supporting Characters

Josh Radnor plays Lonnie Flash and he was one of the more enjoyable parts of the first season and this continues here. He is a fun addition to the cast and you can tell that Radnor is really enjoying his time in the role and they try and flesh out his character a little bit. Jennifer Jason leigh makes her debut in this season and she is fantastic, probably my favourite character of the show. She is the most interesting and her addition to the mix really adds new flavour to this somewhat generic crew & story being told. Honestly, most of the other crew kind of blended into the background for me, there wasn't enough progression with their characters and it maybe feels like there are too many. The villains don't really work either, the guy playing Hitler is fine but nothing more and that is a major letdown. But the biggest misfire is Al Pacino returning as Meyer Offerman in his own flashback story, after the events of the previous season this felt so unnecessary and like they had already paid for Pacino so might as well put him in the show. The character isn't developed by this and I wish Pacino had been used sparingly throughout this season of the show. 

Story 

The story has an interesting hook on it in that it is the hunt for Adolf Hitler and when it focuses on that it does thrive. Seeing how this over the top scenario of Hitler surviving would potentially work is interesting and opens up lots of opportunities. But, I also do think this show misses its potential, there are so many characters and they try to give all the characters their own story, but it ends up being quite superficial and non-consequential to the overall plot. The ending also felt quite rushed and bland to me which never helps. But the biggest issue, is the amount of time it spends on the Meyer Offerman flashback story, this thing does not need to be there and then I would say at least a quarter of the runtime is spent on which is way too much. 

Script 

The script has some pretty good drama, some effective performances do deliver in making you care about this pretty serious subject matter. But there is some comedy that doesn't quite work and I just think a lot of the characters were written sub-par and there was plenty more that could have been done with them. 

Style 

This show has a pretty violent style and for the most part I enjoyed that, the action felt gritty and real. It also uses its scenery well embracing its time period and international locations. But the shows pacing is off, there is too much jumping times between flashbacks and the current storyline. There is also probably a few episodes too many which does hurt the overall product in the end. 

Overall

Overall, Hunters season 2 is an above average show that is still quite enjoyable. It has plenty of flaws and I don't think it is probably worth it unless you really enjoyed the first season, but overall an okay effort. 

Rating - 6/10

Hunters Season 1 (2020) Review

Hunters Season 1 (2020) Review 

 This show was heavily promoted by Amazon when it came out about a month ago and I have now watched the first season of Hunters and here is my review. The premise of the season sees a young Jewish Man in 1977 team up with a group of Nazi hunters in an attempt to kill Nazis that have managed to gain passage to America.

Main Character

Despite all the adverts making it seem like Al Pacino is the main character, he isn't. The main character is Logan Lerman who is a very underrated actor and I thought he did a great job in the role. He is the youngest member of this group and you can see the conflict in him as he is practically a normal kid being thrown into this crazy world. Lerman delivers an emotional performance and you do care about him and you root for him throughout the show. 

Supporting Characters

As mentioned Al Pacino is the main supporting character in the show and I thought he gave a good performance, he is invested in the role and I thought he was a good choice to be seen as a mentor figure to Lerman and thought their dynamic was pretty interesting. Josh Radnor from How I Met Your Mother is on the show and he is a true highlight of the show, he has tonnes of charisma and for me he was the character I most enjoyed watching throughout. He came across as the most likeable character on the show and really added to the show as a whole. I liked the rest of the crew aswell, all of them were very unique and it felt like an odd crew with their different personalities and made the premise more interesting then it actually is. The villains aren't a particular highlight, they are pretty bland and generic, but the group of Hunters are really good and for me I liked there characters enough for that to make up for it. 

Story

The story has some interesting ideas especially with some of the supporting characters' stories being a highlight and making them more interesting. The huge part of the story though is the ending, it does a good job in setting up some of the characters for interesting stories next season and there is a huge twist right at the end which is insane but I am on board and hope there is a huge payoff next season. Though, there is clearly some story arcs that are knowhere near as interesting, the story involving Dylan Baker and the US government is so pointless for the show and I didn't much care about the FBI character and her whole investigation. Also there is another twist at the end and I thought that one comes out of nowhere and it is just there to add something to the finale but it didn't work for me. 

Script

The script has some really good drama in it, you really believe some of the pain that the characters have gone through and you feel quite a bit of sympathy for the characters. There is some humour used in the show and for me it mostly doesn't work, it feels a clash to the serious parts of the script and confused me. 

Style

The shows style has some dark moments in it that make you feel really uncomfortable and sells just how bad the Nazi's were and makes you sympathise with the protagonists easier. Though as mentioned the tone for the show is a bit all over the place and the added use of satire and parody feels really out of place for the show and had me questioning why it is even in there. 

Overall

Overall, this is a good first season for the show, hopefully with the twists at the end of the season we are in for a more interesting second season but this is a good start for this show. 

Rating - 7/10