Banshee
Banshee
TV-MA | 11 January 2013 (USA)

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    Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
    BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.
    Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
    Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
    cj-thomas Banshee is up there with the best box sets around. I'm just amazed more people don't know about it. It's one of them series you just wish never ended but unfortunately it eventually has to end. It contains so much from great fighting/action scenes, to a very good story line and twists when you don't expect them. The writers and actors/acactresses need a big pat on the back as they couldn't of made this better than what it is and it truly is amazing. If you haven't seen it don't think twice about giving it a go cause I promise you that you 100% Will not regret it.
    skip-98756 I must have seen banshee at least 4 times by now and after rewatching the pilot,i couldnt help but be drawn into watching the whole series to the end, and OMG ! what an ending! closure on all levels for all characters..Immensely satisfying !! As many have stated,the lead actor anthony has an extraordinary presense and the ability to emote and get that emotion across the screen,often without even using words,but thru body language and facial expression..pretty special..The main protagonist is Kai proctor and much of what i said about anthony applies to the incredible actor who plays Kai..from the moment he 1st appears, there is an air of mystery, power, presensce and menace exuded from his character that you just know is going to be unleashed and make for an explosive dynamic between him and Hood. ALL, and i mean ALL the characters in this show are very complex, layered and Ultra convincing in their roles..I can honestly say i love every one of them, they are that good and there is Not a bad actor in the entire cast..they all are quite incredible ...Burton is a Terminator like assassin that seems unstoppable and unbeatable ,no matter who he goes up against, he is utterly fearless, once the glasses come off this guy becomes a serious badass..the over the top fight scenes are one of the great things that u can look forward to in literally every episode, and not just one but multiple fights!, and not just the men but women as well,often wiping the floor with men..This show doesnt just have a lead badass but his protagonists are as well and the girls..insane! What i also like in this show is the multiple storylines all happenning at same time, each one more wild than the other..As far as all time best Badguy in the shown i gotta give it to Kai,then burton,then Huge indian with the voice like James earl jones!, then Nolah the indian baddass chick who went up against Burton, what a fight! then the military colonel, then rabbit..needless to say i love this show..its ultra violent so be prepared, but its also one hell of a thrilling ride from start to finish, and that finale is 10 stars, one could not ask for a more fulfilling finish..
    BirdmanT7 I once read that writer William Burroughs use to cut out words from news paper and magazines and mix them in pile in a jumble them to rearrange to recreate a new text. The cut-up technique (or découpé in French) is an aleatory literary technique in which a written text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text. I don't known why but "Banshee' also reminds of that analogy to me?. "Banshee" was almost like this cut up of jigsaw genre; all in bits and parts; thrown in with together with the cliches of cliches of total testosterone fantasy of "sex and violence", which was its hook to pull its audience. Then you have this other classic cliche base line story: "the man with no name", (Aka: Hood) whom assumed a new identity of a Sheriff, which was one of the best twist in a opening episodes of a series. We never ever found out his real name for the entire 4 seasons either, which added more to the mystic and enigma of the show. The show's photography and look was again almost comic book style, with the most intense fight scenes that any show ever dared to cross even before or after and lines from classic western's like "Behold the pale rider". You had this little town "Banshee", like the bowl mixed with with Amish culture on one side, Native Americans on the reservations, the the Neo-Nazis on the other, the US Army with a Cliche Colonel who was something out of a comic book, criminals like " Proctor" at the center, whom as much you wanted to hate, yet you liked him at the same time, a New York mobster seeking revenge for the betrayal of his daughter and her lover, a transvestite Hacker with an attitude, an old ex-con boxer bar owner who becomes from friends and partner in crime with the three people whose past and present were what glued this jigsaw show called "Banshee" together. In just one hour episode you had so much stuff thrown at you about the main characters stories and the story of the residents of "Banshee" that you would loose track of time, it was always full to the rim and you couldn't get enough. How many shows truly can do that in a hour? I think the creators of this show like Tropper, Schickler, Ball, and Greg Yaitanes didn't realize what they creating was not just a new show but new genre maybe that has yet to be defined, because "Banshee" is not a show that at first glance you can just call it your typical "Sex and violence", that was it decoy, it ploy to pull you in but suddenly the show would throw you these curve balls that you felt emotionally involved with people like "Carrie and Gordon" and their lives After watching "Hood" drinking whisky and going into fights scenes one after another but suddenly you find your macho cliche tough guy seat and cry which happened so many times with this character than other shows that broke down and debunked the very cliche of the tough guy don't cry.I think the biggest credit I give in creating "Banshee", whose signature style of direction was distinct is none other than "Greg Yaitanes". Greg Yaitanes is or will be the new "Micheal Mann" who created "Miami Vice". He has a perspective and understands the film making medium in a masterful way.I maybe going out on a limb to say that "Banshee" surprised its own acquired audience, those that use to come to the IMDB chatroom were hard core fans that loved this show like me, that were pulled in to the show due to the same appeal and yet we didn't expect to found a human story that was cloaked under sex and violence , that what made "Banshee" unique and different among your typical cliche genre shows. I was very sad and disappointed in how this show came to a sudden end in season 4, I think almost all the fans were. I felt even the story of "Hood" being absent for two years in a log cabin was where that love and care in the writing failed and I think the creators of this and Cinemax maybe don't realize that "Banshee" will live on in stream syndication in years and generations to come, it will become a cult classic, it will one day become a feature film even and how ending it was a premature and stupid?."Banshee" is yet to be defined, it was like those words cut up and all those genres created a new genre that maybe with time we get to call it a name?
    sobhudson If there truly is a Banshee God then he will continue on with more and more episodes and a steady line of years to come. come-on, just keep adding cast members as you kill off others like you have done so perfectly in the past. well done!!!! sobhudson