- Network: FX
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 11, 2011
User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 40 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 40
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Mixed: 5 out of 40
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Negative: 1 out of 40
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Lights OutYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreUniversal acclaim- based on 40 Ratings
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Apr 16, 2011I cannot believe that people that claim to be boxing fans actually like this show. Its fight scenes are crap. The lead is completely unconvincing as a boxer; he looks like a pudgy old man, and cannot throw a convincing punch. As a drama, it's middling and clichéd.
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Beneath the grit, this is a tale of chivalry. [31 Jan 2011, p.40]
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Lights Out starts slower but has an even more intriguing anti-hero dad: Patrick "Lights" Leary (in a beautiful and subtle performance by Holt McCallany), a retired heavyweight champion with itchy fists.
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At its strongest, it freshens those themes without melodrama, opting instead for slow-boil tension. The challenge for this artful series is whether that boiling point is too slow for viewers raised on WWE Raw and mixed martial arts.