Bonekickers
Bonekickers
TV-14 | 08 July 2008 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    Listonixio

    Fresh and Exciting

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    ThedevilChoose

    When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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    Invaderbank

    The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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    Mathilde the Guild

    Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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    dcellers

    Having come to the IMDb page on Bonekickers after already having seen the series--a perfectly fine, better than average production, from which much pleasure can be derived--I can only assume that the extremely harsh comments about it here are the result of some kind of (probably informal) conspiracy, perhaps inspired by the content of episode one. The cast is attractive, the individual episodes work as adventures, and the characters' various back-stories add depth to the mix. For those who haven't actually seen the show, then, check it out: unless you identity with the villain in episode one, you may well enjoy the series, in which case (as an added bonus) you will also be amused (and intrigued) by the hostility being directed toward it here.

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    Angelus2

    You know what I'm don't watch rubbish shows...But this one was bad to an extent that it was actually entertaining....It's not the most original idea kind of like Indiana Jones meets the Time Team. I remember when Adrian Lester was promoting it and he described it as 'Indiana Jones'..I nodded my head thinking, "Of course it is!" But I watched the episode 'Warriors' and found it quite interesting..I mean it dealt with the slave trade and how the first freed slaves found their way to the shores of England...I thought it was thought provoking but the action seemed to arrive out of nowhere..I didn't question it..I just sat and watched...I'm glad it didn't get re-newed, but was fun while it lasted.

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    LouE15

    Thank you so much - reading the user reviews here was the funniest half hour I've had in ages – I was weeping with laughter – which is more than I can say for the experience of watching a couple of episodes of the show itself. There's nothing like a truly terrible show to bring out the wit and brilliance in people's writing.I'd love to have agreed with those "so bad it's good" reviewers who enjoyed it like an illicit substance…but I was mostly just dumbstruck. The problems started and ended with the script: this isn't the first show to be made on a shoestring, and the actors really did throw themselves into their parts – but come ON! Maybe those responsible for creating and greenlighting it were on some miraculous substance themselves. Lots of shows have a preposterous premise, dodgy "science", poor story lines and so on and so on – but they don't all end up like this. The scriptwriters should get together with Guy "Revolver" Ritchie and make the World's Most Dreadful Psycho-Drama Ever. I'll be there, weeping.But, oh Adrian Lester, what were you thinking?! – I know, actors have got to eat and all that – but couldn't starvation have been at least a temporary alternative? You're better than this!One final gripe: I've got to take up the reviewer who was disgruntled at the existence of, not one (gasp!), but TWO (GASP!), black archaeologists in this show. I'm getting strange flashbacks here…"55 Degrees North" took hits from cynical reviewers who saw only the PC brigade where they should have seen something better-natured. Gosh, don't you think that it would be pretty great if the presence of two, whole, black archaeologists on this show inspired even ONE budding young non-white 'bonekicker' of the future to alter the racial imbalance in this field - an imbalance this very reviewer admits to?! But of course this isn't what the BBC should be doing, is it? The BBC should be doing nothing but entertain (white) people. Which they've done very effectually for a very long time. Now it's time to reflect the viewers they actually have, even at the expense of so-called "accuracy". So get used to this, quickly: not everyone in Britain is like you: perhaps the stultifying world of archaeology needs just this reminder – from the BBC, no less – of its own long overdue obligation to seek a wider academic spread and fanbase.I'm off to think about how this show could have been any worse. Perhaps if Worzel Gummidge were in it...no wait - a song & dance sequence!

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    xdemoisellex-1

    I, as many other people, could not wait for the start of this new programme. I have a tradition of watching pretty much all of the BBC's 6-parter shows (Waking the Dead, New Tricks for example) and this seemed like it would be another top notch programme.OK, so it may not be exactly what I expected, but you know something? I don't really care. I keep watching throughout, every episode, I never go to the loo or make tea or anything. It may be far fetched a lot of the time (ok, most of the time... OK, all of the time) and the characters don't 'sock it to you' as such, but I always want to know what happens and despite everything, I do like the characters, I've quite warmed to the stubborn Gilly and Dolly the Indiana Jones aspirant.After tonight's revelation, I really cannot wait until the next episode, to see what happens between Viv and Gilly. I bet you want to know too, even if you won't admit it and say you can't stand the show. Over the top and melodramatic it may be, but I think that's part of the charm.So, please, don't try and take Bonekickers too seriously, because that's where you'll find it falls down. It's not majorly historically accurate, but I've picked up a few odd things that are interesting, and the team isn't above and beyond, but they're characters in their own right and I do care about them, I think that makes a good show.

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