TV series

Black Lagoon

2006 · 1 season

A grimy, trigger-happy crime ride through a sunbaked criminal port, equal parts swaggering gunplay and sour moral argument.

Tagline: More entertaining than Hollywood's ever gonna be
Overview: The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located in the fictional harbor city of Roanapur in southeast Thailand near the border of Cambodia.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and satirical. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Crime, violence, power, corruption
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
violence
power
corruption
loyalty
Places: sea
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild