Tokyo Vice

HBO Max | Release Date: April 7, 2022

8.2	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 35 Ratings

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Data1001Apr 8, 2022

Look, I can't deny that this is a pretty well-made show. It's well shot, fairly decently acted... but it didn't draw me in at all. After the first episode, I decided that was enough. There's too much really good television out there (much ofLook, I can't deny that this is a pretty well-made show. It's well shot, fairly decently acted... but it didn't draw me in at all. After the first episode, I decided that was enough. There's too much really good television out there (much of which I still need to catch up on, like Better Call Saul) for me to spend time watching something with a story and characters that I couldn't care less about.… Expand

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EludiumQ36Jun 10, 2022

"Tokyo Vice" (S01, 8-eps, 50+ mins, HBOmax) is a drama series about an American reporter, who speaks fluent Japanese, embedded in Tokyo. As a cub reporter, he initially is assigned to cover the police beat. Though it has good production"Tokyo Vice" (S01, 8-eps, 50+ mins, HBOmax) is a drama series about an American reporter, who speaks fluent Japanese, embedded in Tokyo. As a cub reporter, he initially is assigned to cover the police beat. Though it has good production values, its execution is really poor. The pacing is WAY too slow for a docu/crime-drama. Scenes linger for WAY too long. I couldn't endure two eps even. Then there's the anti-American racism on display that goes without challenge, ugh. Finally, the series is very Japanese-centric, so there's more foreign/subtitled dialogue than English, dbl ugh.… Expand

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