Sizzlin' Summer Streaming 23' - Twisted Metal - Season One

Twisted Metal is my latest catch up from when I went to the USA mid-winter. This was advertised everywhere near my downtown LA hotel.

It did help we stayed near the Peacock Theatre. Twisted Metal was explained to me as a hella-fun, post-apocalyptic action comedy series.

Based on the vehicular combat video game franchise of the same name published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Starring the handsome AF Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Joe Seanoa, Will Arnett and Thomas Haden Church.

John Doe (Mackie), is a talkative milkman with amnesia, is given a mission to traverse the desolate United States to deliver a mysterious package with unknown contents. 

He faces a life-altering opportunity but must confront ruthless marauders in deadly and destructive vehicles to secure a chance at a better future.

The series was released on Peacock late July, with all 10 episodes streaming on Stan in Australia. It has no commitment online for a second series. However the way episode ten SHNGRLA goes down, it leaves it wide open!

No doubt this would also have been on of the most popular Peacock series to date. It ticks a lot of boxes!

Spoilers incoming, ALERT, ALERT, ALERT!!!

During a showdown at a racetrack, John and Quiet defeat Stone and leave him with the option to commit suicide. 

Sweet Tooth tries to get Stu to kill Mike, but Stu shoots Sweet Tooth instead and leaves him for dead. John and Quiet return to New San Francisco and deliver the package to Raven. 

John attempts to bring Quiet into New San Francisco but is not allowed to. He announces that he won't enter either, but Quiet shoots him to force him to be taken into New San Francisco and leaves. A month later, John is bored with his life in the settlement, and Quiet is stealing deliveries from milkmen and giving them to people outside settlements. 

John says that he wants to leave, and Raven takes him to his childhood home. She tries to convince him to stay, but he insists on leaving. 

Raven has John held at gunpoint and tells him that he will be her driver in a tournament with other cities to win the ultimate prize from Calypso. Outside the city, Quiet's car is hindered by a team of masked women; their leader reveals that she is John's sister. Stu and Mike relax on a beach and are surprised when Sweet Tooth arrives; he kills Mike and drags Stu away.

Even Neve Campbell makes a long awaited return to the small screen after her earlier Party of Five days.

This was ten episodes of pure fun. I totally enjoyed this.

So if you have a Stan subscription and need something new to watch. Give this little beauty a go!