FUBAR gives us a flat, uninspired, and boring Schwarzenegger recycle: review

dirty: Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a tough, grizzled secret agent who hops across the globe, taking down bad guys and saving the world – all while his suburban family is none the wiser. Yes, this is a plot True liesbut it also Netflix plot fubar, Arnold’s first time as the lead of a TV show (at 75!). Here, he plays 65-year-old Luke Brunner, whose civilian cover is running a small sporting goods store with his ex-wife Tali (Fabiana Audino) when he’s not swaying to punch more terrorists in the face.

But his double life gets a huge reality test when, on his latest mission to stop a South American drug lord (Gabriel Luna), he discovers that his estranged twenty-something daughter Emma (Top Gun: MaverickMonica Barbaro) is also On that mission, it turns out sheHe was a CIA agent this whole time too! Shock!

With their respective covers blown, they are forced to finally work together and clear up their professional and personal issues – all while figuring out how to keep their supervillain lives a secret from their loved ones.

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Leverage Arnold’s star power: There is something innately charming, yet deeply ironic, about the concept of Arnie returning to television to re-read the kind of work he made in the ’80s and ’90s. In his post-rule career, Schwarzenegger has tried aggressively to return to the fold of movie stars (Terminator: Dark Fate, tea disposables series) and stretches his legs as a dramatic actor (Maggie). But lately, he’s leaned into a kind of idiosyncratic meta-nature of humor. In this regard, fubar Not unlike the terrifying Taran Killam vehicle Gunter is killed — A Melquetast comedy whose entire idea hinges on audiences saying, “Hey, that’s Arnold! Doing Arnold stuff! I remember that!”

but theTrue liesbut what if the father and daughter both of them Spy?” The premise holds some promise, and to be fair, the show’s most effective moments come when Schwarzenegger and Barbaro explore this in depth. At its heart, fubar is a show about a distant father who realizes his daughter is on the same flawed path as he is, and tries to stop her from making the same mistakes. This stuff is rather interesting, and the pair have some strong chemistry when they sit down and talk about how the allure of their sexy secret life can be drawing them away from the people they love the most.

To be fair to the former Mr. Universe, he’s giving as much as he can at his advanced age. His sidekick Luke Brunner is hardly a fat Superman commandos And predator; The show’s modest budget doesn’t very appropriately hide the seams between Arnold and his brooding army. But let’s see You Dive behind chests while firing guns when your golden years hit!

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FUBAR (Netflix)