Tyrant

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Season 2
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 24, 2014
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 46 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 46
  3. Negative: 11 out of 46
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  1. outraaageous
    Sep 1, 2015
    4
    We know Tyrant is cheesy, "turn your brain off" entertainment designed to appeal to a demographic that believes Western politics can remedy the complications of the Middle East. That has been apparent since the offset, but take the programme in isolation, ignore any of its attempts to be clever with moral quanderies, and you will find that it's a fun show, with plenty of solid twists.We know Tyrant is cheesy, "turn your brain off" entertainment designed to appeal to a demographic that believes Western politics can remedy the complications of the Middle East. That has been apparent since the offset, but take the programme in isolation, ignore any of its attempts to be clever with moral quanderies, and you will find that it's a fun show, with plenty of solid twists.

    Season 2 has gone slightly off-key with the emergence of an insurgent caliphate resembling IS in all but name. This is treated fairly sensitively and some exposition has been devoted to the motivations of both sides, however it still feels cheap given the current goings on in the real world.

    Adam Rayner's acting has not improved in the second season and the writers have sensibly shifted focus onto the real star, Ashraf Barhom, who plays the despotic Jamal. However the episodes seem to have repeatedly treaded over old ground this season. Any more insistance that Jamal is indeed a "mad dictator" is not needed.    … Expand

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ray Rahman
    Jun 30, 2015
    75
    The war crimes scares off potential friends like France and China, and gives the show an absorbing current-events sheen. [3 Jul 2015]
  2. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Jun 16, 2015
    70
    At its best, it's a family drama in an unusual setting. And after some tweaking, a more entertaining one.
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  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Tirdad Derakhshani
    Jun 16, 2015
    70
    Fascinating and perplexing, enjoyable and frustrating, intelligent and obtuse at the same time.
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