- Network: FX
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 3, 2008
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Few series have exploded onto the scene with such a rich array of potential stories and inherently interesting characters.
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Every character is unique - but almost none compares in strangeness to Bobby Munson (Mark Boone, Jr.), a Jewish killer/gang member/Elvis impersonator. Yes, I love this show.
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Trade press has labeled this "'Easy Rider' Meets 'The Sopranos,'" which seems apt. Show comes from Kurt Sutter, longtime co-executive producer of "The Shield" (and married to Sagal) so that should give you a sense of tone and texture - violent, taut, well written.
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It's grindhouse and art house, and it carries itself as if it doesn't give a damn what you think of it. And its infuriating push-pull quality is still fascinating.
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Sons of Anarchy is bloody, disturbing and maniacally addictive.
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Gritty and occasionally violent, Sons was created by Kurt Sutter, an executive producer on "The Shield." As "The Shield" prepares to bow out, Sons should capably fill the smart, testosterone-fueled void.
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I do think it has real potential to become a solid dramatic addition to the FX slate, as The Shield enters its final season.
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A shockingly good series about a motorcycle gang in the apocryphal California valley town of Charming.
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Sons of Anarchy, an unfailingly coarse yet brashly effective series that burrows into the workings of the titular outlaw motorcycle club.
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Set as far as possible from the canyons of New York, the series has a cool, original look--despite its C-movie moments when burly guys in black jackets zoom down the highway to the accompaniment of country metal rock.
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The show, which begins on Wednesday, is all tattoos and creased leather vests and shock-value chatter, and it isn't half-bad.
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There are moments that require you not to think too hard, and some of the black humor doesn't overcome its fundamental nastiness. But on the whole, it's a superior package, intelligently constructed and handsomely executed.
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Sutter has some interesting characters and ideas here, but the intensity isn't there yet.
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Well-made, but heavy-handed and hardly inviting.
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Working with directors Allen Coulter and Michael Dinner, Sutter does bring a visceral quality to the violence, while detailing the club's code and commitment to functioning as an extended family; there's just so little dimension to the characters early on that it's difficult to care.
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For all its ferocity, and despite some excellent supporting performances, there’s a curious hole at the center of Sons of Anarchy. The character we’re supposed to be most interested in is something of a blank slate.
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It will take awhile to figure out whether Sons of Anarchy was worth the investment of our time.
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A complex and well-built drama that leaves the viewer wondering if there's enough humanity here to make the hard-boiled stories worth following.
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It might all have been a bit lifeless, had not Sutter, a writer on "The Shield"--which has so far kept its own tragic hero from speaking in blank verse--not cast his wife, Katey Sagal, as Jax's mother, Gemma.
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Sutter packs the early episodes with colorful dialogue but at the same time so much random violence that it crosses the line to gratuitous.
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Creator Kurt Sutter, a longtime writer for "The Shield," has said that he wanted to create a West coast version of "The Sopranos," but the world he created sometimes feels like "The Sopranos" without any discernible moral compass.
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Hunnam broods magnetically, but there aren't enough reasons to ride along on this incredibly bleak journey.
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Sons wants us to care about their hopes and struggles, but gives no clue as to why we might do so.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 512 out of 577
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Mixed: 24 out of 577
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Negative: 41 out of 577
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JennetP.Nov 5, 2008
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May 15, 2014
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Jul 11, 2013