Red Review- XIII- The Series

Red Review: XIII: The Series

In 2003, a video game called XIII was released by Ubisoft.  Upon its release, it received a lot of praise from the nerd community, and not just because it contained the voice talents of David Duchovney.  The game was lauded for its conspiratorial storyline, unique weaponry, and cell shaded graphics.  Despite this praise, a sequel to this game has yet to materialize.  However, this is not the end of the story of XIII.

In 2008, a miniseries called XIII: The Conspiracy was produced by the Canadian studio  Prodigy Pictures and Cipango Films.  The miniseries received mixed reviews, and is mostly known for being one of the first projects Val Kilmer did after his long drought from acting.  In my opinion, the miniseries was not that bad, and may have served as a jumping off point for a full run television series.  When the miniseries was released, not much noise was made in the nerd community.  The only way I knew about XIII: The Conspiracy was by way of Salt Lake City Weekly’s Bill Frost.

Earlier this month, Bill Frost wrote of a television series based on XIII.  Again, not much noise was made about this series in the nerd community.  I thought this might be because it is a Canadian series getting rerun on Reelz Channel, which is apparently a channel that actually exists.  Being a voracious watcher of television, and a owner of XIII: The Conspiracy on blu-ray, I eagerly anticipated this series showing up on my TiVo.  Then I watched it.

XIII: The Series sucks.  Hard.  Very.  Fucking.  Hard.  XIII: The Series sucks in every way that a TV series can suck.  The acting sucks.  The plot development sucks.  The character development sucks.  The way the show is shot sucks.  The locations where scenes in the show take place sucks.  The sound design sucks.  The pacing of the show sucks.  The broadcast quality of the show sucks.  This show completely, utterly, and completely sucks.

XIII: The Series does feature Aisha Tyler, playing the role of Special Agent Lauren Jones.  So, if you are a HUGE fan of Aisha Tyler, you might want to check this out.  Other than that, I cannot recommend XIII: The Series to anybody at anytime for any reason.  Not even as something to watch purely as a joke.  Because, if you want to watch something as a joke, there is always Syfy, and anything, ANYTHING, that runs on Syfy, or most any other network for that matter, is better than XIII: The Series.

XIII: The Series: F