‘Baffling’ new thriller Prime Target debuts with disappointing 33% Rotten Tomatoes score
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. The latest thriller from Apple TV Plus – Prime Target – hasn’t been met with the most glowing reviews. Despite a promising trailer, the series has achieved just 33% on review website Rotten Tomatoes after the first two episodes were made available on the streamer.
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Critics were not impressed with the Leo Woodall fronted series, with film reviewer Daniel Hart writing it is ‘hard to care’ about his character Edward Brooks. Jonathan Wilson also struggled with his likeability adding: ‘Ed’s more awful than he is brilliant; other characters have to keep reiterating how smart he is, but he shows how horrible he is every five minutes, so that becomes the central aspect of his personality.’.
Julian Roman said although it had ‘an intriguing premise’ the episodes fail to achieve their potential. ‘The series is plagued by baffling logic gaps, unlikable leads that lack chemistry, and a molasses-drip spigot of reveals that take way too long to develop,’ they stated.
‘For as much as I wanted to totally love this show and kept willing the story to be unique and clever, this turned out to be just an OK series, creating some excitement and endearing characters while also getting the answer incorrect,’ wrote Chris Joyce.
Archi Sengupta remarked that the show ‘lets you down when the final episode ends.’. The plot is centred on what happens when mathematical genius Edward gets caught up in a conspiracy. The official synopsis for the eight-episode show reads: ‘A brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks, is on the verge of a major breakthrough. If he succeeds in finding a pattern in prime numbers, he will hold the key to every computer in the world.
