Limited Series – The Veil

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Paola B @RT53332168 May 5 I am genuinely surprised how boring this show was. The only reason I kept on watching it is because of Elizabeth- she’s an incredible actress, she carried the entire show. The plot and action though - wow, impressively boring See more Rosie O @RT12812875 Aug 26 Great series. Humour and big characters. Can’t wait for more! See more L. F @RT68678650 Aug 25 Elisabeth Moss gave a great performance but it wasn't enough to save the show. It actually seemed really promising to begin with, but turned into what can only be describled as muddled, unbelievable, poorly executed, espionage nonsense. The storyline was overly convoluted for no reason, which then required countless convenient coincidences & left-field "ah-ha" moments in order to keep things moving. It asked for way too much suspension of disbelief from the audience. The slapstick violence & unnecessary creepy "sexy" scenes slowing things down during what were apparently time critical moments, were the final nails in the coffin. What a mess! See more Neil C @RT73281396 Aug 16 Lazy, disjointed storytelling that's riddled with cliches. Elizabeth Moss talks to herself all the time, like a fan-fiction heroine whose author doesn't have the skill to explain her motivations any other way. The secret service agents make James Bond look realistic and action scenes have a jarring lack of research - apparently French roadside bollards so easily detach that you can use them as a weapon to assault motorcycle riders and coastguard helicopters lead SEAL team raids. There's a weird daddy-issues theme running through it, which either needs to be made central to the plot or dropped entirely. As it is, it feels like the writer thinks daddy-issues plus kicking ass now and again automatically make Elizabeth Moss' character interesting and deep. They do not. The Veil is what you'd get if you asked chatGPT for a movie script about a female spy. The first few episodes aren't terrible but it gets worse and the conclusion is truly awful. Don't bother. See more KATHRYN G @RT10477159 Aug 9 That was BAD. Female Bond trope is dated and it really shows that Moss was executive producer - far to much time spent on her face supposedly displaying her ‘shape-shifting’ (aka acting) but sadly only served to draw attention to how much better Marwan her co-lead was. It felt far too much like Homeland, and Marwan’s features being so similar to Danes made that harder to ignore. So many tired cliches - controlling older lover paws at heroine’s face as she forces a smile, motorcycle riding assassins dispatched in king-fu style, everyone swigging whiskey continuously, chucking phones and SIM cards into water ever five seconds but still having their contacts on speed dial, Russian villain making a call and succinctly describing his deadly plans for radioactive attack on USA to someone who already knows the plan, a spy whose biggest thrill is choosing a new name for herself at the start of each mission, the ‘control room’ with photographs of all the key players, their passports and top secret files pinned to the walls, someone lying fatally wounded but managing to shoot another guy in the head 50 feet away, the love interest telling our heroine “it’s over” as she sits in her ballgown on the floor Were they gaping holes in the plot, or was it left half-arsed so that a second series can be made? See more Fan F @Youshouldwatchthis Jul 30 I've never posted before but feel compelled to after watching the superb The Veil, the acting, cinematography, and plot lines are excellent. It's well worth watching and imo deserves a rating in the 90s. See more Read all reviews

The Veil — Limited Series

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