Human Target

Target is pure, utter, ridiculous, over-the-top-into-the-ravine entertainment.

Human Target was a good wise-guy action adventure last season. It's already looking like a better one this season. The main reason: Two girls, Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery, have crashed the testosterone party.

The interplay of the sexes has been used to better effect on other action vehicles--including FX's animated Archer--but the actresses lighten the tone, adding zip to a show that thrives on speed. [29 Nov 2010. p.42]

I managed to follow the action without even trying. So if you find Jack Bauer overwhelming, try Human Target. It's the non-thinking man's "24."

Whether Chance has any actual superpowers might be a point worth debating if watching Human Target weren’t so much fun.

Human Target lays a good premise and an intriguing character over a fairly stock detective story. It's not the worst way to spend an hour.

Even the flashy action is of a piece with all this conventional structuring, as Chance regularly takes a few minutes to run and jump or punch and shoot. Such predictability does Human Target no favors.