![]() James Reece (Chris Pratt), trying to get an understanding of the debilitating headaches he’s experiencing, in “The Terminal List.” (Fuqua Films/Amazon Studios) He’s exhibiting significant PTSD symptoms, as well as some kind of disturbing, escalating, medical condition that leaves him dangerously delusional.Īfter the initial setup, it becomes clear that “The Terminal List” has a double meaning: Reece now has a list of suspects who sold him and his men down the river (and the traitors on this list need terminating) but he himself is a ticking time bomb, medically speaking, and might also be terminal. The first two episodes, “The Engram” and “Encoding,” are about Reece when he is back in the USA after a disastrous SEAL op results in his entire team being KIA, except him. “The Terminal List” successfully weaves together different action-thriller elements. These are definitely not 50-genders-and-a-rainbow-colored-unicorn TV episodes. “The Terminal List” is eight highly binge-watchable episodes, executive-produced by Antoine Fuqua, the man who brought us the inimitable “Training Day,” “The Equalizer,” and “ Shooter.” These are manly man minimovies, which womanly women who like manly men will also like. Navy SEALs getting ambushed during an operation in “The Terminal List.” (Fuqua Films/Amazon Studios) 8 Episodes That 95 percent, as mentioned, is likely active-duty and retired SEALs, other active-duty and retired spec ops military communities, regular branches of the military, and patriots nationwide. I’ve read this five-book series a few times, and I can tell you, if war stories are your thing, “The Terminal List” is worth your while. The military is old school and Old Testament. ![]() “Men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them.” That quote is from Richard Grenier, who was actually reformulating something that Rudyard Kipling said, which is: “We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” To quote the quote I often quote in reviews about films with military content: It’s warrior creed, and it is what it is. It’s so depressing! It’s not philosophically and morally uplifting! Even though it is pretty dark stuff (it’s war war is hell), I say it is uplifting. James Reece’s one-man wrecking crew and his methodical eye-for-an-eye vengeance spree also rankles critics. Navy SEAL with eight combat deployments, in “The Terminal List.” (Fuqua Films/Amazon Studios) And since the audience for this TV series undoubtedly contains quite a few actual SEALs (because it’s about SEALs, and is written by ex-SEAL Jack Carr)-when that particular audience rates the show 95, that should tell you something. For example, it stands to reason that actual SEALs can more correctly gauge Pratt’s performance as a SEAL than film critics can. One has to use common sense when dealing with Rotten Tomatoes. He was a SEAL in “ Zero Dark Thirty,” also in the “ Jurassic Park” series, and now in “The Terminal List.” He’s put considerable time into researching how best to portray SEALs on screen. Part of that 38-rating is due to many critics questioning the casting of Chris Pratt in the lead role of a Navy SEAL commander. What that ridiculous discrepancy means, in this case, is that America’s patriotic Silent Majority are enjoying this well-told military tale, while the effete critic-crew daintily sip their cappuccinos, sniff, and pronouce feh! upon the proceedings. The Rotten Tomatoes skew for “The Terminal List” now stands at audiences: 95, critics: 38. TV-MA | 8 episodes 55m each | TV series, military, political thriller | July 1, 2022
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