Critic Reviews

In what feels like a mix between NBC’s “The Blacklist” and CBS’ “Criminal Minds,” the series is disturbing, and a tad predictable — but is an overall engaging watch.

Bailey's new procedural crime drama has clear potential, but what remains a mystery as of now is whether the show will take more thrilling risks or fall short by continuing to play it safe.

“Hunting Party” is a predictable procedural. .... Eminently skippable.

Over these episodes, the characters are unremarkable at best and ill-defined at worst. They each have their own secrets and “dark pasts,” but the show gives viewers little reason to buy into their stories or, frankly, even care about their fates or the larger mystery surrounding what really happened at The Pit.

As stripped down and unimaginative a take on this genre as I’ve ever seen, using a supermax backdrop as an excuse to basically make a less realistic, less interesting version of Criminal Minds (a show I already use as my shorthand for everything repetitious and exploitative about broadcast TV).

The Hunting Party is a generic action series that seems to operate on twists that either aren’t that surprising or are pretty much useless.

To say that this show is insulting to the intelligence of everyone unlucky enough to watch it would be an understatement. It is poorly made in every department: writing, directing, performance, whatever you can think of.