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The Boys
The Boys
2019
Comedy, Drama
TV Series
1h 0m
A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
You've rated 0 of 32 episodes in this series
Created by:
Seth Rogen, Eric Kripke, Evan GoldbergStarring:
Karl UrbanKarl Urban is the son of a leather goods manufacturer. His first acting role was when he was 8. Later, he was offered a role in the NZ drama "Shortland Street" (1992) and left to pursue his acting career. Urban landed several theater roles and a number of guest roles in NZ television followed. His biggest roles yet are Éomer in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Bones in Star Trek (2009).
The Boys
2019
Comedy, Drama
TV Series
1h 0m
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Average Percentile: 65.14%
Yeah! The first of hopefully many seasons of Rogen, Goldberg and Kripke's extremely well-cast and at times quite insane new show about what the world would probably actually be like if crooked superheroes existed is a blast from beginning to end. Way to go, Antony Starr, who's great as Homelander. And Karl Urban for president!
11 Nov 2019
Hardly subversive or groundbreaking. I'd say it's pretty par-for-the-course as both a modern, gritty, irreverent, underdog, antihero story (see Daredevil, Punisher, Preacher), and as a tired hypocritical anti-corporate lip service piece from freaking Amazon. AMAZON produced a show about a huge company putting on a show of righteousness to cover up callous greed and condescending misanthropy. Hmmm.
22 Jan 2020
The evil corporation who experiments on babies is from Fringe, a corporation running hero bussiness is from One Punch Man, all that PR for supes things are from Hancock, weird and pervert supes are from Watchmen... even Butcher is a version of Ahab. So, it's not "original" but still very enjoyable.
10 Dec 2020
It's good TV but it's massively toned down, leaving it without the grit, bite and darkness of the comics. It's like a remake of Schindler's list with Amon Göth portrayed as a reluctant killer, only committing genocide due to drugs, repressed sexuality and peer pressure. The Supes of the comics were callous creatures that cast their humanity aside to revel in the debaucheries of absolute power. I liked that, this TV series is not that.
31 Jul 2019
Only one season, but so far it's pretty god damn entertaining. Part dystopian superhero action, part spy thriller, part comedy, this thing is crude and vile and hilarious. The places of grey the heroes live keeps everything pretty fresh.
28 Jul 2019
S1: Great. S2-S4: turns to shit progressively, the show creators decided to use this to push their political agenda without any concerns for writing quality. Don't waste your time.
07 Jul 2024
The corporate super-heroes theme and what it might entail is original and the story has a way of unfolding in interesting directions. I have had enough of the revisionist superhero stuff, but this one is fun to watch and the subtlety of the evilness of Homelander is a strong point. Urban and Quaid excel in their roles, although Butcher's storyline and behavior have some potholes. Ennis as a writer tries to put you off for fun of it and that shows in the series too, which I don't like much.
21 Feb 2021
Maybe the most cynical thing I've ever seen? And I like that. There are definitely moments where it gets a little too reddit/keyboard warrior (especially re religion), but it more than makes up for its faults. I am definitely looking forward to the next season.
10 Apr 2020
Seasons 1-2 felt like a satire of Marvel/DC films. 3 was throwing the most outrageous stuff on screen that the show-runners could get away with. But what they all had in common was strong characters and a plot that had a lot of pomp but went nowhere. The latest season simultaneously felt very been-there-done-that on the visuals but that there finally was a plot where there were stakes and at the end the state of the world itself hangs in the balance. I'm quite excited for the finale.
20 Sep 2019
expected lots of grey, but it's pretty black and white for its premise. if you strip away all the labels, it's just your classical david vs. goliath stuff with almost offensively clean moral positions (even on terrorism, yay!). it quickly becomes the same dynamic i thought it'd challenge, making it well executed, but predictable. that said, even despite some plotholes, conveniences and brushed over threads, it's an okay watch with great casting and some nice jabs at society, especially early on.
30 Aug 2019
Possibly the best example of an adaptation improving on a graphic novel source, which was rife with early 2000's grimdark rapey humor. Starr's Homelander is a fantastic supervillain wrapped in the flag, torn between his seething psychopathy and his desperate need for mass adulation. The violence in this, though cartoonish, is at the top of the pile in terms of what can be shown in a mainstream show (along with maybe the Hannibal series). Unfortunately S3 & S4 had big spinning-our-wheels energy.
21 Aug 2019
It does actually work, once it gets going. The focus on corporate culture elevates it above obvious inspirations like Watchmen, whose super heroes, for all their "grayness", have as little to do with the real world as any DC/Marvel character.
30 Jul 2019
Dropped score on S4--the political aspects are an interesting satire, but the continual escalation of hyper violence makes it hard to watch. Some great acting (The subtle stuff from Ryan is great). Enjoyed the more subtle character piece aspects of Homelander, but some of the maniacal aspects were tiresome
03 Mar 2024
The Boys shies from no topic in its universe that combines Superman with Mad Men. How do you market superheroes? Are superheroes inhuman in the sense that they don't get jealous, petty, scared, angry or horny? What if they do? Absolute brilliance in subverting expectations within the over-saturated genre. Seen up to season 3.
05 Mar 2023
So you got it guys? If they are from USA, they are called "Super Heroes", and if they are from middle east they are called "Super Terrorists". God bless America lol
13 Sep 2022
3 seasons in: Really on the nose a lot both to its benefit and detriment. Cynical, bloody, funny, grotesque. Its a big mixed bag mostly pulling out winners. Certainly has a political point of view but isn't overly nice to its own side. I dig it. If you like blood and guys really into milk, you'll probably like it.
31 Jul 2022
The Boys has what any other great TV show has and that is an awesome cast of characters that you care about,an incredibly interesting and unique world that you want to revisit every week and an easy to follow but at the same time unpredictable story.Urban plays the perfect charming asshole in Billy Butcher and Starr's Homelander not only provides the perfect antagonist but gives one of the best villain performances of all-time.Oh,and that oh so beautiful gore is used in jaw-dropping ways.
03 Jun 2022
S2. Karl Urban and Antony Starr steal the show, the latter is phenomenal. The show is laugh-out-loud hilarious, packed with energy and most importantly not afraid to step out of the all-so-boring Zeitgeist and pop culture norm these days, apart from the profane mocking of Christ, now standard for satanic Hollywood. The Boys is strongest when it has no censor and mocks even polit-correctness and woke culture. Went down hill in S2. Cringe feminist drivel, e.g. the "girl fight scene".
23 Mar 2021
A great superhero show for people who don't give a shit about superheroes
04 Feb 2021
The Boys excels at creating despicable antagonists much more than it does likable protagonists. The show relishes in its ultra-violence, while shallowly satirising consumerism, mega-corporations and public misinformation, brought to you by a platform responsible for 2 out of 3 of those things. Weirdly, the USA is bad narrative feels like punching down at this point. By the end of S02, admittedly I'm reasonably engrossed. Hopefully the show doesn't outstay its welcome.
20 Oct 2020
This show gets pretty freaking dark, but I love it. A nice twist on superheroes. Lots of unexpected moments, and great characters. Season 2 was just as solid as 1. I don't think Season 3 held up quite as well, but still good. Season 4 was similar.
01 Sep 2020
It feels like this is what Watchmen (the movie, not the excellent comic) wanted to be. The Boys touches on themes of materialism, celebrity, and human nature while really leaning into its graphic and violent source material (and I mean, it gets dark with a capital D.) It's an often shocking, usually pretty funny, and darkly entertaining look at a flipflopped universe where the superheroes are the ones we need to be protected from. Well-acted, well-produced, and an adrenaline shot to the arm.
07 Apr 2020
Like a strange Verhoeven Watchman mash-up. A pretty fresh take on the genre.
01 Dec 2019
This post-modern, dark satirical take on Super Heroes has been done several times before, but you have to go back to Alan Moore's Watchmen to find as good a take as The Boys.
09 Oct 2019
Karl Urban proves yet again that we don't deserve his greatness. This show has one of the best pilot episodes for a series I've ever seen. If you have access to see this show, don't let it pass you by.
24 Sep 2019
A refreshing and darkly humorous take on what would happen if superheroes really existed - and not like Watchman's fantasy "what-if" world, but our actual world. Corporate corruption and abuse of power is the name of the game. The Boys themselves are a lovable gang of assholes of every stripe, but what really makes this work is Antony Starr's chilling performance as Homelander. Season 1 was pretty good, but seasons 2 and 3 elevate this some of the best television out there.
01 Sep 2019
S1: 80 | S2: 70 | S3: 90 | S4: 80 | While incredibly violent, it’s also a fresh and very entertaining twist of the superhero genre. It feels fairly realistic as far as answering the question “what if we had real superheroes?”. The characters are interesting enough, even if most of them are despicable. It’s not as action heavy as you’d expect, but it does well enough without it. Worth seeing if you don’t mind the gore.
10 Aug 2019
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started watching The Boys, but I was hooked within the first five minutes. It takes a completely different approach compared to any other superhero franchise out there, and somehow, it works perfectly. The story is dark, clever, and full of twists, and the characters are compelling in all their morally grey glory. Definitely a must-watch for anyone tired of typical superhero stories.
09 Oct 2025
Fast paced. Good character development. The episodes are not so bad yet, but it is doing a marvel.
29 May 2025
Incredible show. Very funny, and the satire is very well done. However it falls off for season 4. That season introduced uninteresting supes and the political situation strayed from satire to too closely trying to weave in real world dynamics. It felt lazy. But even with that stumble, the show is one of the better ones I've seen recently.
12 May 2025
pretentious slop, wasted potential, terrible action scenes, terrible plot, lame characters, its only saving grace is that it is iconic because of the borrowed, parodied aesthetics
27 Apr 2025
Didn't get past the first few episodes, the story was slow and I think it was uninteresting. TLDR: it isn't my cup of tea
28 Mar 2025
Possibly the only show where an inch tall man would snort cocaine, enter another man’s penis, and then sneeze growing to a larger size while inside said penis.
16 Feb 2025
Love the gore but the story gets kinda old.
24 Dec 2024
Ultimately the reason why this is so bad is because there is very little purpose in any of the storytelling decisions. Characters die and most things happen because the writers wanted that with very little consideration of what a character with that personality and that character arc would actually do.
17 Dec 2024
very good show but it starts to get a little wonky like the writers didn’t know what they wanted to do once it got to season 3
30 Jul 2024
It's so good. Ilove the character build-up and also the redemption. **SPOILER ALERT!!** I found myself hating Ashley and A-Train in the first season, but then they eventually grew on me. If season 4 me told season 1 me how they're the goats, I would've bitch-slapped myself. The villain, Homelander, I somewhat understand. His character is so complex and well-written. I hate him yet I want to understand more about his character and backstory. Nbd asks but my favs r vicky, hughie and kimiko 🙏
26 Jul 2024
Really enjoyed but now my favourite, can't quite say it's the best. There's some pacing issues and plot holes that I'd prefer not to get into but it's fun.
29 Apr 2024
Great show, I started watching recently after it being recommended by some friends and I was not disappointed. Its been a long time since I've been so into a series
27 Apr 2024
A great concept that is being slowly debased over time by bad writing.
18 Apr 2024
usually feels too long or would be 80+. a lot of times i shoulda paid attention more lol. lots of really great moments
28 Mar 2024
S1: 72, S2: 78. S3: 80, S4: 78
10 Dec 2023
audiovisual 80 acting 80 overall feeling 85 avg 82
24 Oct 2023
Equal parts brilliant & overtly idiotic, subtly layered & in-your-face, poignant & hilarious, The Boys is the greatest TV satire of the 21st century. From workplace assault to sports-doping scandals to Trumpism to tone deaf ad campaigns to the Snyder cut to the covid Imagine video, no issue escapes the laser eyes of this show. The best part is that if you ever get tired of the bleakness of celebrity culture & corporate supremacy, this show has oceans of laughs & over-the-top gore in between.
22 Jun 2023
W4E1P2S1V1M1A1R1. Not my favorite of the superhero shows, but very intriguing.
05 Jun 2023
I loved the first season but the second was trying hard to map itself to the real political world and that was distracting. Season 3 was fine. Season 4 finishes the job season 2 started and goes full "Republicans are racist pigs" which is lazy and just stupid - even if you believe this, the political structure with supes obviously wouldn't be anything like our own. S4 even includes a hilariously mistimed attempt at framing any use of the 25th amendment on Biden - sorry, Singer - as a coup.
25 Mar 2023
Cape shit satire and critique. Delving into politics instead of avoiding them.
18 Mar 2023
Acting - 22/25 Pace - 18/25 Direction - 19/25 Plot - 20/25
17 Feb 2023
A fun satire on superhero genre 😀 It was brilliant in some points
20 Jan 2023
A whirlwind of unending depravity that was difficult to watch. It's a world where each episode's goto fellowship is always a death pact and goto kryptonite is always a social media posting. The same ugly screenplay elements repeat sickeningly often (perverse sexuality, sexual violence, revenge, blackmail, cuckoldry, the list goes on). Any merit you'd assign to a cinematic view of narcissism is marred by the onslaught of supernatural and disturbing sex and gore scenes.
11 Nov 2022
The darkness of the world just feels strangely comfortable. And the random and bloody violence feels funnier when it is done unexpectedly.
17 Jul 2022
The Boys tells perhaps the most unique and nuanced story about superheroes, something sorely needed in a sea of clichée and hackneyed Marvel movies. It's not perfect; the writing is quite mediocre and there is too much over-the-top violence. But it's a fun show. Even makes me laugh once in a while.
16 Jun 2022
the gore is getting pretty repetitious after all 3 seasons. s1-s3: 75, 60, 65
17 Jan 2022
Nah. Enough of these gritty irreverent antiheroes. It’s so demoralizing & needlessly bleak.
15 Nov 2021
A little heavy on the gore sometimes, but this series is a refreshing flip side to Marvel titles.
16 Oct 2021
season 1: 3/5. season 2: 1/5. season 3: 0/5.
19 Sep 2021
s1: 82, s2: 68
27 Feb 2021
Season one was pretty good, but season two became way too political. A cheap way to try to paint conservatives as nazis and liberals as being on the side of truth, when in the real world the exact opposite is true. Disgusting, and really ruined a really cool super hero concept.
17 Feb 2021
1st season - near perfect. 2nd season - Script without ideas and full of holes with various nonsense situations.
20 Oct 2020
(s1 90, s2 70, s3 75) sometimes dark and compelling, sometimes tiring shockporn.
17 Oct 2020
"turning a big dial taht says "Racism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right"
15 Oct 2020
Very entertaining and delightfully insane show. I find Moriarty and Quaid very dull, but the rest of the cast is stellar. (2 seasons)
22 Sep 2020
Season 1: Some good character ideas. Focuses too much on unconvincing, cheap drama. Episode 4 is the absolute highlight. Season 2: Same problems as season 1; better to turn your brain off when watching.
21 Sep 2020
Only rating S1: I really enjoyed it at first, thinking finally something comes along that gives a more realistic look at superheroes and challenges the insipid tropes and clichés that are so prevalent in the genre. But then it falls in the same trap by reinforcing those tropes and becoming very predictable and cliché itself. It's partly entertaining, but ultimately it frustrates me more than it excites. Frustrating!
21 Aug 2020
This day and age we get a lot of superhero shows/movies that play by a similar rulebook. This breaks that. I don't want EVERY superhero thing to be this dark and subversive but I really appreciate when you get a good one. I tend to prefer darker things anyway.
20 Aug 2020
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24 Jul 2020
Extremely clever and entertaining with too much blood, violence, sex and unbelievable shit
12 May 2020
S1: 90 - S2: 80 - S3: 90 - S4: 70
08 May 2020
Good fun but its immature representation of good v bad - in people, politics, religion, violence etc. - does nothing to progress the white christian nationalist themes of superhero stories. I know it doesn't claim to, but I'm always hopeful that each newcomer will.
11 Nov 2019
Ennesimo rovesciamento di prospettiva sui supereroi, rappresentati come divi narcisisti e fuori di testa. L'idea alla base è buona, il problema è che più si va avanti più si esagera con la violenza fine a se stessa. Al netto delle scene splatter restano una trama debole e dei protagonisti sempre uguali a loro stessi. Nella quarta stagione poi la trama non c'è proprio, solo momenti sempre più folli e grotteschi. Si salvano giusto i venti minuti finali, che lasciano intuire sviluppi interessanti.
07 Nov 2019
1. sezon sonu.
07 Oct 2019
season 1 - 77 season 2 - 70 (01.2021) season 3 - 90 (09.2022) seosen 4 - 75
21 Sep 2019
I liked 2. season more than first season and 3. season is even better than the 2. season and fourth season is the weakest one! S1: 8/10 S2: 8,5/10 S3: 9,5/10 S4: 7,5/10
20 Sep 2019
Run of the mill, hollywood superhero crap posturing as something edgy. Well, it isn't. Really. Deus-ex-machinas, plot holes and plot armors, long winded dialogs and all around ridiculousness abound. So many worned out tropes it's not even funny. Also typical SJW crap: stronk women, people of color, homosexuality, bashing and ridiculing Christianity (a whole episode for that), subversive moral ambiguity, trust your government. I liked the villain though. Antony Starr's work here is impeccable.
04 Sep 2019
ger; [the boys -- SERIE]; eine aufmerksame gruppe macht jagd auf superhelden, welche ihre kräfte missbrauchen.; {Folgen: S01E01-S03E08}; (superhelden-zynismus);
30 Aug 2019
I love this series so far. It is essentially how superheroes would act in reality. Bought out corporate sponsored A-listers who think they're better than the rest of us. It is a pretty gritty take on the whole superhero genre that is hard to turn off. I cannot wait for the second season!
20 Aug 2019
Could develop into something special if treated right. First season very promising. S1: 83, S2: 86, S3: 70, S4: 75.
18 Aug 2019
I am not watching series actually but this is keep me watching. Like Watchmen's today version.
17 Aug 2019
Season 1 - A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
Season 2 - A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
Season 3 - A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
Season 4 - A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
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Cast & Info
Created by:
Seth Rogen, Eric Kripke, Evan GoldbergStarring:
Karl UrbanKarl Urban is the son of a leather goods manufacturer. His first acting role was when he was 8. Later, he was offered a role in the NZ drama "Shortland Street" (1992) and left to pursue his acting career. Urban landed several theater roles and a number of guest roles in NZ television followed. His biggest roles yet are Éomer in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Bones in Star Trek (2009).
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