Person of Interest

2011

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  • 5
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  • 1
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8.5| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 22 September 2011 Ended
Producted By: Warner Bros. Television
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.cbs.com/shows/person_of_interest/
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John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.
InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
bettycjung 6/25/18. A great series about cyber-technology and white-hat hackers who justify spying on everyone to prevent crime. Whatever. Overall, the series kept its intensity throughout the 5 seasons, changing from saving people who didn't know they need saving to saving The Machine from another more nefarious machine, Samaritan. Caviezel was good at the beginning but seemed to have lost "interest" in the last two seasons, after his return from disappearing for a few episodes. The emphasis seemed to have shifted to the secondary players, like Root and Shaw, which was all right. Root took getting used to. I found her coyness somewhat annoying at the beginning, but the writers seemed to have developed the character a bit more over time. Too bad Carter went MIA, Henson did a good job with her. Overall, this series is worth watching for its suspense and action and entertaining the possibility that global surveillance can be a good thing IF there were ethical people behind the scenes who were willing to do unethical things to ensure Justice is served.
Sarah C. I don't want to go full fangirl on this show -- a show that has to be one of my favorite shows of all time -- because, truly, it has many flaws (which were exponentially increasing since mid-season 3) culminating in the pointless slaughter of Taraji P. Henson's well-developed character detective Carter (compared to the comic relief 2D character Fusco who I, reluctantly, have to admit, gained some "substance" later on, making Carter's murder slightly more meaningful and giving his character development a boost in the process but I am still disappointed the writers just axed Henson's character for this cheap parlor trick and I loathe them for that but also am grateful they slipped in John + Joss' part-platonic part-anticipatory kiss as it was a stellar catharsis) whose death makes as much sense as introducing an anthropomorphic furry rabbit alcoholic with an Australian accent to the show. For some reason, a highly trained ex-CIA operative who always wears his bulletproof vest and who previously convinced Carter to wear one too but now, conveniently, they drop their guard DURING THE HIGHEST STATE OF DANGER and at the SAME moment as they were walking out of the police station, the "bad guy" pops out of nowhere in a Shakespearean deux ex machina fashion and fatally shoots them both but since John incidentally wore a "plot armor" he survives while Carter is sacrificed for plot advancement? I get that the writers wanted to convey John was a human, not some invincible comic book superhero (the mysterious ASMR-ish low growl makes it pretty obvious which one) and that death may come in times you least expect it (how very poetic - I mean, pathetic), but still killing off Carter for sh(l)ock value was idiotic. I assume the writers merely tried to impress the Game of Thrones' staff and hoped they'd be hired? I almost lost Interest after that but obviously returned and am glad I did since there were new promising characters like The Control (who has to be the baddest mom on television and a true inspiration for young female villains worldwide) and season 4 role reversal-ism with "the gang" being on the opposite end of the panopticon stick yet still continued helping (or stopping) people. The "battle" between two ASIs was borderline asinine, basically "lawful neutral" and "lawful evil" worlds colliding and I found writers' inability to either primarily focus on the numbers (vigilante part) or the big-picture techno-thriller plot (espionage part) distracting although I like that they portrayed artificial superintelligence in a much more neutral/slightly positive light than, say, The 100 (incidentally I found out about POI through The 100's comment section where "everyone" was declaring that you should DEFINITELY check out POI and I am glad I did) which reduced its potentially terrific ASI character "A.L.I.E." to a cheap 80s science fiction B-movie villain as SF shows featuring an ASI/AI often do. I also have to fruitlessly praise how devoid of sex stereotypes this show is although I could not help but notice how slightly racially charged it was, at least in the "let's fall in love" episode where suddenly, umm, everyone got a date and it paired an African-American character with an African-American character because, duh, they OBVIOUSLY stick together. Dating racial segregation, yay! Anyhow, Caviezel is charming both on-screen and off-screen and the dynamics between his and Emerson's character that sometimes border on innocuous homoeroticism is sublime and obviously they were meant for each other (platonically, of course). It's maybe true that everyone on the show is a raging sociopath but ironically the most humane character here is the silent ASI protagonist, The Machine, who, in the end, teaches "the gang" an It's a Wonderful Life lesson.In short for you label-philes out there, POI is an eclectic mix of 1960s/Cold War era British espionage drama (that I have never seen but if I had a British grandpa I would picture him watching it all day long and screaming loudly at no one particular about 'blimey, commies infiltrated the guvnah office, even the queen is a Soviet spy now, innit'), 1980s action hero one-liners (which is where the show draws its humor from), 1990s procedural cop show, 2000s conspiracy paranoia and surveillance fears (check the episode #1.22 "No Good Deed" that foresees NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden) with a pinch of endearing science fiction (don't you just love The Machine?) all packaged into a thrilling package that you will either love or hate (possibly both).* * * Ex post fun fact (from Forbes Finance): Did you know that the median age of people who watched the show on TV was over 60? Gee, who would have known. My ad hoc British grandpa would have loved this show! LMAO.
stellarinteractive What can i say about Person of Interest. Even video game developers picked up some ideas from Nolan and created Watch Dogs.Person of Interest is great TV show, with unique idea, as expected. Great actor selection and plot makes Person of Interest TV show of interest for many viewers around the world.In my reviews i am trying not to spoil too much. So go watch first season and you will be excited with next 4 season. This show, unlike many others shows, is better in season 5 than in season 1. That is really rare in Hollywood world.Greetings - Stellar Interactive
Priyank Parikh I really loved the concept and the content of this series so much so that I watched it twice. This series should have got at least 9 ratings. All its episode right from the beginning were interesting. You won't have to skip anything which makes it great.