The reviews for this series are ridiculous:
- Tons of fake 9/10 and 10/10 ratings that should all be disregarded.
-Closet racists who don't think racial inequality should be acknowledged, which is an opinion that should have no bearing on ratings.
-Some reviewers are upset that he went on to represent inmates who were oversentenced, which should also have no bearing on the ratings.
-Mouth breathers who can't form a cohesive sentence, therefore their ratings should be disregarded.
-And there are a small handful of legitimate reviews from people that have brains in their heads.
Here's a proper review:
If you go into it expecting a fictionalized drama series done by ABC that strays VERY far from the true story, and that is the type of show that you're into, then this is an 8/10 series. I personally see it as a 7/10.
In true ABC style, it's over dramatized, has relatively weak direction, and it's kind of dumbed down for their target viewers.
The direction; The camera work is all over the place, for 30 seconds they overdo the shaky, handheld, first person camera work, then they use traditional camera shots for 2 minutes, then they flip back to first person, but not as exaggerated, it's all over the place. Also, they were given a cast with a lot of talent, but the directors did such a piss poor job that they failed to get a notable performance out of any of them, other than Pinnock, he did a hell of a job. It's actually the worst performance I've ever seen from most of the actors, fortunately a few of the supporting cast managed to pull off decent performances.
ABC shouldn't have even said this is based on a true story, they shot themselves in the foot by doing that. That set people up to go into it expecting a true, realistic story. If this was done by a network like HBO or Showtime it would have been better. It's almost a fantastic show.
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