MacGyver
2016
Original language: English
- drama
- action & adventure
The story
20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
What it’s like
Bright, glossy network-drama polish: sunny Los Angeles exteriors, clean digital frames and a lot of shallow focus on hands working at benches, with warm daylight in the garages and labs and a steady, bouncy synth-and-guitar score that keeps the pulse up. The mood is upbeat and busy rather than brooding, a tinkering-and-problem-solving energy that suits a weeknight watch or background company while doing chores. Pacing is brisk, with each episode built around a compact crisis that gets resolved with improvised gadgets, and the emotional throughline is a found-family crew of misfits slowly learning to trust each other. Violence is present and action-led: gunfights, chases, explosions and the occasional brawl, with blood kept minimal and no real gore, and the peril is more about bombs and disasters than sustained cruelty. Mild language and light romance round it out. It is best for viewers who enjoy competent, gadget-driven adventure with a hopeful, lightly comic tone and a fondness for cleverness over grit.
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