Like other reviewers, I was quite pleased to discover a new series to start the new year with. The description sounded enticing, "a young man wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new abilities" so I decided to give it a go.
Tim Kring, the man behind Heroes, is one of the producers and for anyone who watched Heroes there will be similarities. A twenty- something develops strange powers and finds himself being hunted by a powerful organisation for unknown reasons. However, unlike Heroes, the characters mostly stay disappointingly one-dimensional and the story is predictable enough to be slightly boring.
The cast is competent and some of the ideas are interesting, but it feels like the show is aimed at a YA market, sort of like a Baby Heroes, and while there are some decent moments I never really got that "Wow" moment after the first couple of episodes.
It's a pity, because some of the characters have real potential and if they were willing to push it a bit and take more risks by aiming for a more mature market I think I would have liked the show a lot more.
As it is, I give it a 6/10 for good effort, but not good enough. Watch if there is nothing else on or if Heroes was too edgy for you.
