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Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings
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Positive: 10 out of 16
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Mixed: 4 out of 16
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Negative: 2 out of 16
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Dec 19, 2020a nice palate cleanser after watching intense tv but it's really pretty mediocre in many ways
that said, I don't think I'm the target demo which I think is for teens given it's on imdb+ -
Dec 28, 2021I really liked this, because it reminds me a lot of all the books I used to read as a kid. And it definitely has some charm. Check it out if you like teen James Bond.
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Jan 14, 2022I was hooked from the 1st episode. Being a James Bond and Kingsmen fan, I really enjoyed watching this 'ordinary' kid turned 'spy' scenario. Lots of action sequences mixed with 'average teen' type angst, actually works! For those into action type shows, this is definitely a Must See!
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Alex Rider is definitely an above average entry in TV’s spy genre; it takes its main character seriously and develops him enough that we can actually believe he’ll do a good job as an agent. That’s saying a lot.
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The show takes him seriously, which means their fictional version of the SAS takes him seriously, which means the deeply realistic bad guys out to literally kill him also take him seriously. And while that much seriousness has the tendency to drag lesser adult action series to an absolute standstill, the hyper-realistic teen antics Alex and his tiny circle of friends get up to, even in the midst of life-or-death situations, serve as useful tonal ballast that lends the series just enough warmth and humor to bolster the rest of the story’s inherent tension.
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It's fine! The decision was made to double down on exposition for this reintroduction to Alex Rider and his undercover world, which leads to long stretches of narrative clunkiness. But it feels like a reasonable eight-episode set-up for a fun series.