Load of rubbish!!

Am I Missing Something?

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Seriously helix just takes the cake. theres no comparing it. its got virus zombies, science, some action, mystery, thrill,and major drama and happening in virtually every episode. not a dull moment but not all cliched and overdone. The acting is very real, I keep rewatching it hoping they'll do season 3. All the greatest shows always get cancelled and idiotic fake ones get 5 seasons. Most people watch on the internet now and they still havent figured out how to calculate that into their views to know which shows are more popular.

First I have to say my main reason for this review is Robert Naylor's acting is so bad I almost quit watching the series! Who cast this kid? I get the character is meant to be an obnoxious child, but bad acting is just annoying, but not in the way I think they wanted the character to be perceived.On a more general note, the series started out pretty promising, I am just about to finish season 1. But it slowly starts to descend into utter nonsense that drags on. There are a few episodes where nothing even remotely significant happens.

To start off with the good, I will say that the show "sounds" very appealing (deadly virus outbreak on a massive secluded base in the arctic). The general setting/premise is solid.The show fails however in many facets. The acting ranges from mediocre to sub-standard, though I don't blame the actors. While I can't say I enjoyed any of the performances, The writing is where the show falls apart.If you tasked someone to find a team of writers to do a project, but instead of doing any work finding the right writers, they just hired a football team (no offence to football teams here), you would have the quality of writing in this show.The characters typically do not act rationally (rationally referring to how a person might normally act under the same circumstances). Conflict feels like it is created on the spot, and often leads to very unrealistic sequences of events. The show has poor dialog, and very undefined characters (their personalities seem to change radically without a proper basis as to why).I could go on, but I would like to end on a positive note.Despite having it's serious flaws, you may find yourself still willing to endure this series. It has mystery, it has action, it has zombie-ish themes, and from time-to-time has a few moments.

The first 4 episodes of season 1 were engaging and interesting, but then the writers must have of run out of ideas because then they just started running around a lot and there is the merry-go-round of who captured who and who escaped and some crazy-doesn't-make-any-sense plot twists. I'm up to episode 9 and ready to stop watching.