Altered Carbon: Season 1

"A Bond-like pastiche that delivers the sex and violence of 007 without any of the style or substance."

"Flashy, flawed and fun."

"Ambitious, dense and thrilling."

"More than merely an intricate whodunit."

"A hollow shell of a series about hollow shells of people."

"Convoluted, digressive and long."

"Throwing the murder mystery into the mix overcomplicates things."

"Probably best not to ask too many questions, but simply revel in the neon-lit retro-futuro stylings."

"A sci-fi experiment gone awry."

"Confronts the excesses of capitalism with an obvious but imaginatively visualized commentary."

"Often gratuitously violent and sexual, leaning on its gore and nudity as filler when the story drags."

"Often ridiculous, but damned if it isn't the best-looking series Netflix has yet produced."

"Think of Altered Carbon as a cyberpunk Game of Thrones."

"Over-stacked cyberpunk mess."

"It's the human touches, humour and the essentially traditional storyline that makes it appealing."

"Surprisingly gripping, especially in its superior back half."

"Intermittently thrilling, but it’s too superficial to realize its potential."

"You will need to work to understand what’s what and who’s who."

"This one is aiming hard at cult status and I'm 100 per cent certain it will get there"

"This vision of a dystopian future is same-same but different, and it's well worth a visit."

"Well worth checking out, even if you're not a big sci-fi fan."