Tokyo Vice

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO Max
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 7, 2022
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27

Critic Reviews

  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    May 16, 2022
    60
    It all feels as dated as Miami Vice’s fashion sense.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Apr 5, 2022
    60
    The five episodes I’ve seen each still delivered enough intriguing and authentic story beats per episode to keep me consistently engaged, while at the same time making me wish that this latest entry in a long-outmoded genre might find some way to go a little deeper instead of hovering on the surface of something and someplace fascinating.
  3. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Apr 4, 2022
    60
    Tokyo Vice definitely has its moments, including a prolonged yakuza action sequence in which swords ultimately prove more useful than guns. But it’s hard to not come away with the feeling that the show could have been so much more.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Patrick Ryan
    Apr 7, 2022
    50
    For all its visual pleasures, “Tokyo Vice” is guilty of sidelining its most fascinating characters.

Awards & Rankings

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#89 Best TV Season of 2022
80
#80 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 40
  3. Negative: 4 out of 40
  1. out2kill
    Apr 8, 2022
    10
    Finally, a good TV show with a great cast. HBO continues to make some of the best TV w/ Euphoria and now this. Fingers crossed the rest ofFinally, a good TV show with a great cast. HBO continues to make some of the best TV w/ Euphoria and now this. Fingers crossed the rest of the season keeps up with what we have seen so far.… Full Review »
  2. Louis_Voltron
    May 5, 2022
    8
    Mr. Mann is a legendary storyteller and I can think of no better person to tell this type of story . I hope he makes a Heat tv series . NowMr. Mann is a legendary storyteller and I can think of no better person to tell this type of story . I hope he makes a Heat tv series . Now that would be amazing !… Full Review »
  3. s33c33
    May 10, 2023
    10
    Interesting take on the Yakuza. Maybe a bit slow on the first episode and the American journalist slightly annoying, but the Japanese cast IInteresting take on the Yakuza. Maybe a bit slow on the first episode and the American journalist slightly annoying, but the Japanese cast I felt played their roles well. Yakuza tradition portrayed well? Can't wait for the second season.… Full Review »
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