The Boys season four is receiving negative reviews following the release first three episodes.The Amazon Prime Video series premiered its highly anticipated fourth season last week, but the latest instalment of the superhero show has received a fairly poor initial reception from its audience, despite praise from critics.Based on the comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darrick Wason, the series follows a group of vigilantes aiming to bring down a group of powerful individuals, seen as heroes by the public.The fourth season is packed with action, gore, and some fairly obvious comparisons to real-world issues in society, as the episodes take place during a presidential election.However, it has not been well-received by its fans, who have rated the prior seasons highly.
The fourth season has a score of 49 per cent on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, compared to season one’s 90 per cent, season two’s 83, and season three’s 75.Despite poor audience reviews, season four seems to have gone down well with critics, with the Certified Fresh Tomatometer reflecting an impressive score of 95 per cent, meaning certified critics have generally enjoyed the episodes.Meanwhile, in a four-star review, NME described The Boys as “TV’s best superhero show”.“While other superhero stories might rush through to the all-action scenes of apocalyptic societal collapse, The Boys focuses on the smaller, more human conflicts,” wrote NME.Empire gave the entire season a glowing four-star review, writing: “Everything feels earned, with more than a few twists that are wonderfully unpredictable.”Speaking of the political undertones in the writing, Variety wrote: “The Boys has an iron grip on its point of view, a caustic cynicism directed generally.
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