Majorthebys Charming and brutal

Ghoulumbe Better than most people think

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

hdmnh77 Great story line and cast. Would be awesome to see them reboot this with same cast a few years later to see where the storyline can go.... hey Netflix.... why don't you pick this show up!!

alexzhivkov That is my favorite movie genre, but... the acting is poor, the script is even worse, and everything is so predictable. I tried really hard to like it, but alas- not possible. I wasn't even gonna go through the last episodes, if it weren't for the beautiful women in the cast.

Zach Rishling This show starts off really well. Well, sort of. Enough for me to continue watching with some interest. I am now on the 5th episode, more because the story is interesting enough so far... but it's the little things that get to me. Minor spoiler part...The little things like: -how they show peyote in a bowl, then suddenly they are back-to-back having the trip? Why leave out the part where they drink it? It's just ridiculous to leave out the actual drinking of the drug, but to still imply it's usage. -the guy in the wheelchair... The set-up for sadness is so cringe- worthy. -the girl's reaction to being seen naked (albeit briefly) all throughout the episode tell me that this show is geared for kids. -the mom who lost her kid and her reaction to seeing her possible kid is a stretch at best (though this one is more of a major plot issue, I guess) -the odd clues and visions that god gives the group... So many things wrong with this. It's set-up in such an obvious "let's try and try and fail and succeed and try and fail, until... finale?" type way. If god wanted to test humanity (as an all knowing, all seeing, omnipotent being), then these types of tests are rather retarded. These clues and visions and treasure-hunting could have been made far better with just a bit more time and thought. the cops getting the kid (who actually is a terrible actor) made no sense either. End of spoiler partSo overall, this show appeared to be something interesting at first. It gave us a story that was a bit cliché, but not enough for it to be turned off. As you get further into the show, it get's bad. Worse. Awful. I do not drop shows easily. I'm mostly sad about not knowing the story, but it's just *so* bad. Maybe I'll finish it someday. But I don't know if I can sit through two seasons.

mickyilee "The Messengers" is a religious-themed series involving 7 individuals chosen by God to truly test humanity if they can be saved from themselves. These Messengers of God must engage in trials and tribulations in order to stop Satan and the 4 Horsemen of the apocalypse from destroying the world.Initially the plot was interesting, and a fresh set of good-looking faces starring in this show helped gain some traction. However, with every episode you will feel emotionally detached to these actors because they are so clichéd and stereotyped to death. In the beginning Satan was shot down to Earth in a meteor and roamed among the land of Texas as a suave European guy trying to cause all acts of mischief and foil Gods messengers. He then tries his best to blackmail everyone for no good reason other than the fact that he's Satan and he can do whatever he wants. Shortly after, Satan reveals to everyone that his mission was not to commence the apocalypse, but to literally maintain his "playground," and honestly desires to keep everything how it is. He then helps the protagonists save the world by giving them crucial information and ratting out the horsemen because they didn't let him join their evil club. These characters could have literally been played by children and the show could have been set in a kindergarten school and the plot would have worked just as seamlessly! So apparently the horsemen were once normal people but their decision to do an act of murder transformed them into full-on biblical demons. If the same laws applied to the messengers, half of them should have been demons by now. For crying out loud the show's teenage messenger is introduced to us as a murderer. But I guess the message is that you can still be an angel and kill another human being if it was in self defense. But the ending really took the cake, and destroyed every single frosting covered redemption this series could have received. The messengers are rounded up by men with guns and the four Horsemen are jeering like normal villains but instead of killing them instantaneously, they let the group plan their next move. The messengers decide to try and blow the generator which supplies the doomsday device and break the 5th seal of the apocalypse. But they all get shot... And die. They completely failed and died. But suddenly a flashing jolt of lightening strikes from the clouds and the weather changing weapon is magically transformed into miracle water, which then heals the messengers back into full health. Everyone cheers and laughs and the horsemen get smoked alive like tasty BBQ; you can even see Satan crawling into the light and smiling because God intervened and made everything right again. I cannot believe how contradicting this show is. The whole premise of the plot was so that 7 strangers would work together and stop the end of the world through intellect, effort, and most of all, free will. Isn't that the attribute which differentiates man from beast, humans from gods? But in this adaptation, these messengers never had the opportunity of free will, never made actions by themselves and blindly followed Gods Blues Clues until it led them to their untimely deaths... And revivals.The Messengers is a comical, fantastical and arguably elementary version of what people think of bible stories. It portrays the messengers as puppets, The horsemen as high school bullies, Satan as your friendly neighborhood loan shark, and God as an indecisive, maniacal, theatrical playwright. If you like being disappointed, then click on that Netflix recommendation and I guarantee you won't be sorry!