Homeland Security USA
ABC | Release Date: January 6, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: Creator/producer Shapiro and company do a commendable job establishing the formula early on. The problem is that the concept is by nature wholly repetitive. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: As is so often the case, however, it's difficult to invest real-life police work with the sense of excitement that television doles out in scripted programming--even with music whose urgency borders on the comical. Read full review
50
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: There's little about Homeland Security USA that's warmly reassuring in the post-9/11 world. But the agents do behave with commendable civility (at least while cameras are trained on them) and apparent diligence. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: While some of the "finds" the security officers uncover at border crossings tonight at the Los Angeles International Airport, at the Blaine, Wash./Canada border, at the US/Mexican border and while patrolling the desert outside Tucson, are interesting, most are not. Read full review
40
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Rolling the wars on terror, drugs, and illegal immigration into one rhetorical package, Homeland Security USA plays partly like a pumped-up recruiting film, partly like a public-affairs outreach video for hard-core video gamers. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Homeland Security USA is a powerful ego boost for insecure civil servants, but it doesn’t reveal much about the homeland’s actual security. Read full review
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