Prime Videos The terminal list gets a prequel. Chris Pratt’s action drama is a big hit with audiences, and one of the fans’ favorite characters is villain Ben Edwards, who will be the focus of the new series. The new show promises to show Edwards’ descent into villainy, no doubt with plenty of action along the way.
The show first aired on Prime Video in mid-2022 and followed former US Navy SEAL James Reece, played by Pratt, who embarks on a journey of revenge after a mission goes horribly – and suspiciously – wrong.
That story continues in a second season, which has already been greenlit, and goes back in time for the prequel. However, we don’t know how far back in time it will go, and while we know it will go into production early this year, we have no indication of when we’ll be able to stream it. Still, that means there’s plenty of time to watch the first season on one of the top streaming services and not have to read the reviews.
The Terminal List: Loved by fans. By critics, not so much
The terminal list sitting with a pretty pitiful 40% on Rotten Tomatoes and a whole bunch of negative reviews. Yahoo Movies says it is “a terrible mixture of clichés”, while the Irish independent says it is a “muddled and maddening tedium”. Slate says it’s something we’ve seen many times before: “a classic American fantasy about the goodness of the SEALs, the corruption of high-ranking government officials and corporate shills, and the cathartic quality of righteous violence.”
One of the common threads in the more negative reviews is that The terminal list feels like an action movie that goes way beyond the ideal running time to turn it into a series. If Newsday it states: “In the days before the streaming revolution, “The Terminal List” would have been turned into a big-screen summer action blockbuster and done in about two hours. Instead, audiences are asked to stick to it for hours of binge eating .”
But perhaps the most damning summary is that of rich, which states, “If you liked Jack Ryan and Reacher, this is the show the algorithm would say you should watch next. Ignore it.” Maybe you should watch one of these military thrillers instead.
The terminal list is now streaming on Prime Video. Filming of the prequel will begin in early 2024.