a5c7b9f00b Killjoys is a fast paced space adventure about a trio of hard-living, party-loving bounty hunters working for the R.A.C (Recovery and Apprehension Coalition). An Independent interplanetary organization of assassins and retrieval experts, who are known across the J cluster as Killjoys. The show centers on their lives and activities in the Quad, a heavily populated solar system, ruled by a tyrannical class based corporation known as the company. With the whole system verging on revolutionary war and their own bloody pasts finally catching up with them. The three struggle daily to maintain their R.A.C neutrality by focusing on the only law a Killjoy won't break "The Warrant is all". In the Quad, a planetary system on the brink of a bloody interplanetary class war, a fun loving trio of bounty hunters attempt to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants. "Killjoys" is probably one of the worst names for a TV show that I've ever seen, and it doesn't stop there. The cover looks like a low- budget 80's action series, the pictures on Netflix make it seem like a cheap G.I. Joe copy with a "Babes with Guns" model on top.<br/><br/>Underneath all this terrible marketing and PR however hides a true gem of Science-Fiction. Likable characters, a believable dystopian future, decent storytelling. It all adds up and makes Killjoys a joy to watch; no pun intended.<br/><br/>My biggest problem is that the female lead "Dutch" is too perfect. Her personal code, her skills, her looks, down to the perfect lips. Hannah John-Kamen is a glamour model in the bounty hunting slum, and its just a weird combination.<br/><br/>Not a deal-breaker, but it bothers me. A well done pilot - Again with more cookie-cutter actors and script-writing than Firefly, but the two leads in particular do have charm and likeableness, thank goodness! I am reluctant to diss Dark Matter because I hold medium-to-high hopes for it's future, but Killjoys is immediately recognisable as a superior show. It appears Killjoys have a significantly larger budget which helps! For me, I am just happy that we are getting more Sci Fi on TV lately instead of a never-ending parade of samey-samey gritty crime dramas - for me too much science fiction is never enough! Generally good ideas, a couple of 'blah' bits, a fair amount of predictability, but a good building of tension using the 'race-against-time' plot device, also, the lead woman is utterly gorgeous and the lead guy is the type of guy you'd like to hang out at the pub with - so, to summarise, it is a two big fat thumbs up from me and my innate Sci Fi bias! ADDITIONAL: OK sad to say I have returned to my review to report that I have given up on this series. It has had moments of brilliance here and there, but seems to be floundering more recently. Perhaps there has been a change in the writing staff? I once thought this show would prove to be better than Dark Matter, but now DM is improving while this one has become boringly unwatchable. There; someone had to say it.
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