Fallout Series With Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics Say About Stunning and Monumental Adaptation, Comparing It to The Boys
The Fallout series has pleased most critics. Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic promise a successful show that is violent and full of black humor.
Fallout will premiere on Amazon Prime Video today, and reviews of the series by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have already been published online. Most journalists liked the show and look favorably at the adaptation of the famous game series. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series was rated positively by 93% of critics. On Metacritic, the series did slightly worse, scoring 70 points. However, it seems that Fallout continues the good streak of video game adaptations.
In the reviews, we can read that the creators did a great job of presenting the dystopian sci-fi world known from the original. Critics note that the filmmakers were able to recognize the finest aspects of games and adeptly adapt them. Journalists positively rated the combination of dark realities with black humor. Reportedly, the set design and music, particularly the incorporation of songs familiar from games, are worthy of praise.
Positive opinions about the series predominate on the Internet, although there are also voices saying that Amazon's Fallout is disappointing, can be chaotic when it comes to storytelling and doesn't provide viewers with full satisfaction. Here are excerpts from the reviews:
Like its inspiration, Fallout is a monumental achievement of sci-fi world-building, presenting an alternately horrifying and exhilarating vision of a United States held together by little more than duct tape and Wonder Glue, unflagging optimism and ultra-violent mercilessness. At once accessible and intricate, familiar and unique, it blends brutality, romance, intrigue [...], to craft a mesmerizing fantasy of the end-times, and all the wild delirium that follows it -- The Daily Beast.
Fallout delivers as an action series, a character study and a deep dive into the nature of family and trust [...] is a clever and volatile cocktail consisting of social commentary, over-the-top action sequences, quirky dialogue and a steady stream of surprising twists, set against the backdrop of the obligatory dystopian Future -- Chicago Sun-Times.
Underwhelming, bloody mess. [...] Despite an evidently high budget, a prestigious ensemble cast, and a shamelessly violent approach, Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan's creation misses the point of what makes a game work on television -- Looper.com.
A painstakingly authentic take on a beloved universe. The show's creators have done such an impeccable job fleshing out the world of Fallout that it feels like the characters are treading stories and quests you've experienced yourself in one way or another -- ComicBook.com.
This is a stunning adaptation that understands the best parts of the Fallout games and how to translate them to a new medium [...]. The world of Fallout feels as big and detailed as Foundation or Rings of Power, while still feeling as desolate as The Last of Us. [...] This is not a somber The Last of Us story, though it is still about humans acting as monsters. Instead, Fallout has more in common with the cartoonish insanity of Mad Max, and the poignant humor of Dr. Strangelove. [...] The first couple of episodes feeling disjointed and overstuffed. Thankfully, however, the second half is much better at handling its multiple stories -- SlashFilm.
[...] Series with enough interesting performances and background details to keep it from being a waste of time, but not enough spark of its own to be fully satisfying -- Rolling Stone.
It's not hard to see why Amazon went to bat for Fallout. This is a weird, often hyper-violent, sometimes satirical black comedy that sits comfortably next to The Boys. While never quite as puerile or gross as some of Vought's most extreme moments, Fallout consistently uses the darkness of its irradiated landscape to spin surreal jokes -- IGN.
The series Fallout will be released on Amazon Prime Video on April 11th.
