Should you watch Banshee?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Banshee
Series · 2013
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.
The sides of Banshee
- An ex-con wearing a dead sheriff's badge
- A small town between the Amish and a crime boss
- A fight scene in nearly every episode
Banshee is good for you if…
- you want a brutal, well staged fight in nearly every episode.
- you like your crime show bloody and unflinching.
- you like following a thief who took another man's badge.
Banshee is bad for you if…
- you'd rather not have sex scenes this frequent or this graphic.
- you need a story whose logic holds up.
- you can't sit through scenes of abuse and trauma.
About: identity · revenge · violence
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