The Bondsman
Warning : Major spoilers for The Bondsman below!I had a good time with Prime Video’sThe Bondsman , but why is the demon - hound side of the serial so disappointing?The BondsmancastKevin Bacon as the nominal character , a well - meaning but dimwitted bounty Orion who is mutilate but brought back to hunt demons . The Bondsmansounds an awful tidy sum likeBrimstone , the craze 1990s show about a demon - hunt detective , but it ’s a path lighter show . If anything , Bacon ’s latest horror comedy leans close toTremorsorThe Evil Deadwith its heightened characters and gory mayhem .
The Bondsman’sreviewshave been mostly positively charged , and overall , I had a right time with it . The show move tight , it has a great supporting hurl ( including the icon that is Beth Grant ) and I appreciated the committedness to practical gore effects ; Bacon is also looking very snacky for someone in his previous sixties . The lore behind the demons is another challenging constituent , with almost every installment introduce a new enemy for Bacon ’s Hub , but the daemon themselves were always , well , lame .
The Bondsman time of year 1 terminate with a massive cliffhanger that not only concludes it on a glowering note but also dead paves the fashion for an epical season 2 .
I Found The Bondsman’s Demon Hunting Action Underwhelming
The Bondsman’s fight scenes are a Hell of a disappoiment
Image via Prime Video
Most ofThe Bondsmanfollows a wide-eyed formula ; a novel monster is introduce in the prologue , then most of the episode sees Hub dealing with some personal crisis before he fights the devil in the finale . While the prologues are often the good second of horror on the show ( such as the atmospheric opening involving a water system monster ) and the episode hype up the threat each entity poses , the scrap are often lustreless and anticlimactic .
Sure , there ’s fun gore hold in , but the demons seldom registered as actual threats . It does n’t avail that they ’re mostly represented as aery CGI mist or as actors overlaid with a generic - looking fiend face . To go back to theEvil Deadcomparisons , while those plastic film are often funny , they also made the Deadites scarey and monstrous . InThe Bondsman , the devil finger like an second thought , and Hub seldom has that hard of a business dispatch themeither .
Custom image by Ana Nieves
I Hope The Bondsman Season 2 Fixes its Demon Problem
Season 1 ends on a major cliffhanger
I will say the final two episodes ofThe Bondsmanfeature a couple of solid demon struggle , with episode 7 really honing in on theEvil Deadhomages when Hub wields a chainsaw . mayhap it ’s a case that each instalment ’s slender runtime made it tricky to make the monstrosity a major part of them , or the showrunners needed to keep a tight rein on the VFX ’s budget . Whatever the case , the solution is a demon search show where fiend hunting is often the least interesting element .
Another series of The Bondsman where Hub fights the same personality - free colossus does n’t sound that appealing …
The Bondsmancloses on a big cliffhanger that practically begs for another season . I ’d tune in if the show retort , but I hope the crew behindThe Bondsmantakes the time to ready the demon problem . Another series of Hub campaign the same personality - free monsters does n’t voice that appeal . Season 1 did n’t live up to its full voltage , butThe Bondsmanseason 2 could fix those break and make for a hellishly good time .
Image via Prime Video
Your Rating
Your commentary has not been save
Cast
Image via Prime Video
