It was the United States in 1977, and the Nazis lived in secret throughout the country. A group of Nazi hunters led by Meyer Offerman (Al Pacino) are determined to eliminate Third Reich war criminals living among ordinary citizens. The new hunter recruit is Jonah Heidelbaum (Logan Lerman), whose grandmother was murdered by a stranger linked to the growing Nazi threat. We've seen the first five (of ten) episodes of this big-budget Amazon Prime drama, and it somehow alternates between an over-the-top action show and a serious drama about the Nazis' upside-down appalling treatment of the Jewish people without dropping a beat. part. In fact, Hunters is very watchable, and these extreme shades pretty much work together. Here, everything is not managed successfully. It has a few additional characters, and after an extremely cinematic first episode centered around Jonah's initiation into the group, it settles into a slower Nazi-week hunt format that only intermittently strikes the heights of its opening episode. However, Hunters has a lot going for him: the sheer novelty of Pacino playing his first major role on TV, for example, and the way he conveys the setting of the time. The Nazis are depicted as conspirators who hide from view in a terrifying way. Each of the titular hunters has their own reason for being part of the group, but the downside of having a large cast is that it takes too long to feel life. Inside every hunter. The first episode stands out because it is mostly the original story of Jonah's superhero style, while the following episodes are affected by having more characters to welcome.
(Image credit: Amazon Studios) The hunters also have a side story: FBI agent Morris (Jerrika Hinton) trying to find both the Nazis living in secret and the hunters tracking them. This arc is not that successful. Morris is one of the best-developed characters in the series, with her own secrets that she feels she should keep, but this B-plot doesn't hold much interest because you already know the answer to This Mystery: yes, there are Nazis in America, and yes , a group of vigilantes chases them and kills them. She is trying to understand the premise of the show. Hunters isn't exactly Inglourious Basterds the TV series, even if it does feature violence, stylistic flourishes, and "tall" characters & # 39; & # 39 ;. The Nazis themselves are also very well-voiced opponents, with Travis (Greg Austin) as the cold and scary American face of 70s Nazism who is surprisingly open to the ideologies he lives by (if he was there). these days, you just know that he would have a significant social media presence). Dylan Baker plays a needy officer who has infiltrated the highest level of the United States government. The Colonel (Lena Olin), meanwhile, leads this secretive faction to establish a Fourth Reich. Hunters is like a crossover superhero team-up show with the recent Wolfenstein video games, which have blurred the lines between goofy comedy and gratuitous violence around this issue. These first five episodes are mostly enjoyable, even if you get the feeling you'll have to wait until the season finale for all of his kids to really come together. The first season of Hunters will be released on Amazon Prime Video on February 21.