Note: This is a spoiler-free review for the entire first season of Blood Drive. The 13-episode season began airing weekly on Syfy on June 14th, with new episodes Wednesdays at 10pm EST.
If you've been watching anything on Syfy lately, you've no doubt been bombarded with commercials for Blood Drive, an ode to grindhouse and exploitation movies of years past that promises to push the boundaries of what's possible when it comes to sex and violence on basic cable. Syfy even set up a faux-complaint hotline on which shocked and disgusted viewers can air all their grievances. The network clearly wants us to be shocked, appalled and mesmerized by this ultra-violent horror/action romp. But when has a TV series ever succeeded by prioritizing shock value above all else?
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If you've been watching anything on Syfy lately, you've no doubt been bombarded with commercials for Blood Drive, an ode to grindhouse and exploitation movies of years past that promises to push the boundaries of what's possible when it comes to sex and violence on basic cable. Syfy even set up a faux-complaint hotline on which shocked and disgusted viewers can air all their grievances. The network clearly wants us to be shocked, appalled and mesmerized by this ultra-violent horror/action romp. But when has a TV series ever succeeded by prioritizing shock value above all else?
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