Max's FullCircle boasts a stacked cast and a killer creative duo, but even that can't save it from its dull execution; akospeterbencze reviews:
Full CircleAlthough created by such dexterous and accomplished professionals as Ed Solomon and Steven Soderbergh ,is both ordinary and underwhelming throughout its six episodes. It’s no coincidence that the series feels very much like a routine job, a potboiler, with little passion and heart, because it certainly is one. There’s absolutely nothing here that Solomon and Soderbergh haven’t done before with a much better outcome.
This nonsense curse is what drives the entire kidnapping scheme, for which Mahabir brings in two teenagers, Xavier and Louis , from Guyana to get the job done with the help of her underlings, who seem powerful and fearsome people of NYC’s underworld. One of them is Mahabir’s adamant nephew, Aked , who acts slick, but clearly doesn’t have the brains for the assignment.
Due to this dull writing, it’s a slog to get through most of the episodes. It also doesn’t help that most of the characters are unlikable, dumb, or simply annoying by design, regardless of which terrific actor is playing them. The dynamic between groups feels mechanical, and there’s little room to deliver anything out of the ordinary acting-wise. The undoubtedly stellar cast is completely wasted on a story that’s rather dreary, tedious, and pretentiously serious than captivating.
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