Review of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

As I have said in other reviews, historians of the future will applaud the way streaming took down the hopelessly corrupt cable model. But they will also lament that, in the rush to deliver new series content to millions -- for creators, the real payout is in series, not movies -- many productions that SHOULD HAVE been "one-of" movies turned into weak series that literally imploded in front of our own eyes. This one is textbook. Good start, good premise. Kurt Russell is one of my favorite actors and even appears in my IMDb list of best all-time films. Anna Sawai may possibly be remembered as one of the most stunning faces of this generation. Great start. But by E10, we have a script that would even embarrass an afternoon soap opera star. The (older) Russell delivers dialog to his (time-warped younger) lost love that comes across as cringe-worthy. Ouch. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))