LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION: Episode 3.1: “The Weekend in Paris Job”

Name: LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION: Episode 3.1: “The Weekend in Paris Job”
Item: LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION: Episode 3.1: “The Weekend in Paris Job”
Author: Review

"Marred Search for Justice and Redemption"

Family Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.

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What You Need To Know:

LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION’s third season on Prime Video brings back what’s worked so well, providing a Robin Hood romp with dynamic, appealing characters. The crew of ex-cons returns to con the rich and bring justice to the poor. They do it with lots of humor. In Episode 1 of Season 3, taking place in Paris, the anti-heroes aim to foil a corrupt American water provider who’s bleeding small towns dry. Meanwhile, they try to leave the past behind and move on from the cherished things and relationships they’ve lost.

The first episode of LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION: Season 3 provides lots of energetic entertainment. Adding to the energy, the episode’s sound design matches cartoony sound effects and upbeat music with whatever humor or action a scene requires. Episode 1 has a moral, redemptive worldview. It champions justice. Also, the characters seek redemption from past wrongs and broken relationships. However, the entire episode revolves around lying. It also has some violence, brief foul language, lewd dialogue in one scene, and some anti-American and anti-capitalist sentiments. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution for Episode 1 of LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION: Season 3.

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Light moral worldview and Christian elements revolving around the ability to be redeemed from past wrongs and broken relationships, an emphasis on helping those less fortunate and seeing wicked or self-serving people brought to justice, supporting friends, and doing the best one can possibly do in the effort to make the world a better place, but the episode contains anti-capitalist sentiments, constant operation outside of and derision toward the law of the land, and even some anti-patriotic attitudes toward America;
Foul Language:
Light obscenities with two uses of D-word, and some crude dialogue in one scene to distract a guard;
Violence:
Moderate violence including three martial-arts fight scenes, a shootout and car chase, and man is slashed by a knife on his upper arm and the subsequent bleeding is shown and referred to throughout the episode;
Sex:
A prolonged conversation about orgies with a guard to distract him, plus two or so exchange kisses on the head in the epilogue scene;
Nudity:
Glimpses of partial, naturalistic nudity in paintings throughout the episode;
Alcohol Use:
Light alcohol drinking shown in the background at a house-auction;
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:
No smoking or drugs, and;
Miscellaneous Immorality:
Strong examples of miscellaneous immorality including lying and deceit throughout, willfully allowing friends to get beat up for fun, fraud, theft, exploitation of others, and the main characters are portrayed as heroic for putting the rich and powerful in dangerous situations.

More Detail:

The LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION crew is back on Prime Video after a two-year gap, ready to foil twisted business heads worldwide in the first episode of Season 3. LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION continues to follow mastermind Sophie, hitter Eliot, thief Parker, hacker Hardison, and fixer Harry as they use their criminal skills to bring wicked, wealthy people to justice.

This time, the anti-heroes find their weekend in Paris disrupted by a failed job. They leap out of the frying pan and into the fire when they crash an American water dealer’s international auction party, discovering his business is bleeding small towns dry. Sophie must lead her team to halt the tycoon’s enterprise without giving away their true identities. At the same time, Hardison juggles what he wants for his future, and Sophie struggles to grow her personal relationships.

LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION’s third season starts with the series’ usual balance between action peppered with banter and loveable characters wrestling with the drama of their pasts. Viewers will have no trouble rooting for the crew as they do what they do best: cheerfully helping those who can’t help themselves cheerfully and with no thought for their safety. Watching the humor and chemistry between the main characters play out is appealing, especially in stressful circumstances. The quality of the set pieces and digital editing in the series has improved. It keeps the focus on the adventure.

The first episode of Season 3 may be a return to form, but viewers who have seen LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION will remember that this form is cluttered with concerns. This episode centers around the crew’s usual operation outside of the law. Though the main characters act for moral reasons, such as helping those less fortunate and fighting against injustice, they consistently break the law, lie constantly and steal to do so.

While they’re at it, they criticize the government, mock Russia and America, and shine a negative light on capitalism. These immoral elements add to the violence that hitter Eliot and even hacker Hardison use to dispatch their enemies, sensual conversation about a pretend orgy and brief foul language. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution for Episode 1 of LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION: Season 3.