This 2011 MTV show is a great idea, a fly-on-the-wall show
about cops, an Undead Task Force, who have to deal with vampires, zombies and werewolves. I just wish
its makers knew what they wanted their show to be. A spoof on a 'Cops' type show
or a gory Reno 911.
The comedy is sometimes funny but it gets in the way later
on when the series starts to take itself a tad more seriously. The fly-on-the-wall
accepts are soon dropped after about ten minutes of the pilot.
The makers must have soon realised that plots couldn't fold
naturally if it always had to be when a camera crew were with the main
characters. And what an unlikeable bunch they are. One is obsessed with banging
his female partner. Another obsessed with banging any female and a captain who
is obsessed with banging anyone. A captain who is a closet case, oh my aching
sides.
It also has the balls to have a go at some of the things
wrong with True Blood while at the same time as never sorting out some of the
things wrong with its own shows flawed logic.
Why don’t this special police force have better armoured
uniforms so it would be impossible for a vampire to bite necks or a zombie to
nibble arms?
It does get better towards the end and the make up and gore
effects are pretty good for what must be a low budget TV show. Shame it was
staked in the heart so soon and wasn’t given another chance to rise from the
dead.
5 out of 10 blood bags
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