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| Disturbing just for the sake of it... |
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| By: | Jared Star, Portsmouth, United States |
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 October 2021 |
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| Rating: |   2 |
This early release in the Torchwood range starts off as a fun police adventure featuring two of my favorite characters, Owen Harper and Andy Davison, but then it turns into a messy, grotesque, and disturbing story that feels like wading through vomit.
The beginning was a bit rushed as both the characters whiz through different locations and rarely ever explain what they are doing, but the acting talent and the fun dialogue made me not mind and I fell in love with these two characters all over again. However, after that first 15 minutes or so, the plot becomes unfocused, confusing, and just plain disgusting. The themes the episode tackles is so in your face and unrestrained that it comes near the point of being unbearable. I expected this episode to take a darker turn, but this is something else entirely. This is screwed up and unrelentingly morbid.
The villain of the story is basic and plays into many different tropes (brainwashing, psycho father, unrealistic religious nut, etc). Except, these characteristics are randomly introduced throughout the story for no artistic reason. It’s almost like James Goss just randomly jotted these ideas down while he was writing the final draft. They don’t mean anything or add anything, they are just there to be there. I will give credit to Nigel Betts as his vocal performance did give the character some menace, but the character itself felt so random.
After listening to this, I’m confused as to why this was made. Aside from the opening, this wasn’t fun, or entertaining, or enjoyable. This is just pain and misery displayed over 60 minutes. This audio is a disgusting far cry from what the Torchwood range would become. There was no tonal balance or artistry here.
Just disturbing for the sake of being disturbing.
