The Franchise review: This limp superhero movie satire is the biggest let-down of the year

"The Franchise is a series with talent to burn. And that's exactly what it does: burns it on material that's never as sharp or funny as it should be."

"What we get instead is satire - if you can even call it that - that's disappointingly soft and toothless, and takes small and largely harmless swipes at the lowest of low-hanging fruit."

"Curiously, the series stops short of having a go at the online racist abuse directed at actors of colour in these movies. Maybe this was considered too risky a step for a parent company that still pins a lot of box-office hope on real superhero franchises."

"With people of this calibre involved, there was never a chance that the series would completely fail, but it's more of a missed opportunity than a home run."

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