Thursday 7 July 2022 10:27 AM Critics SLAM Chris Pratt's 'anti-woke' action series The Terminal List but ... trends now

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TV crticics have slammed Chris Pratt's new 'anti-woke' action series The Terminal List - but the fast-paced thriller has gone down a treat with viewers.

The Amazon Prime series follows Lieutenant Commander James Reece (Chris) after his platoon of Navy SEALs are ambushed while on a covert mission. He then returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event.

Only 37% of critics have given The Terminal List a positive review, according to Rotten Tomatoes, but a massive 93% of viewers approve of the show, with most given it a five-star rating. 

In a scathing review, The Guardian gave the series one-star, describing it as a 'terminally dull' military thriller 'that offers little intrigue or excitement'. 

They wrote: 'It's a passion project for Pratt, who hasn't been shy about his military obsession, but you would not know from watching the actor giving arguably his laziest performance to date, lethargically shuffling through scenes like he's just here for the cash, unable to bring any real shades of humanity to an admittedly half-a-note character.' 

The Daily Beast slammed the series as an 'unhinged right-wing revenge fantasy' that panders to 'male red-state viewers with routine references to beer, guns, country music, and hunting'. 

In another negative review, Variety said the show is 'a dour, miserable sit, one that would be tough to take as a two-hour film, and has been inexplicably roided up to eight hours.'