{"id":513864,"date":"2022-11-22T02:55:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T23:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/luke-evans-military-drama-echo-3-just-meh-review\/"},"modified":"2022-11-22T02:55:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T23:55:03","slug":"luke-evans-military-drama-echo-3-just-meh-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/luke-evans-military-drama-echo-3-just-meh-review\/","title":{"rendered":"#Luke Evans military drama &#8216;Echo 3&#8217; just meh: review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2554b24e874\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2554b24e874\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/luke-evans-military-drama-echo-3-just-meh-review\/#%E2%80%9CLuke_Evans_military_drama_%E2%80%98Echo_3_just_meh_review%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Luke Evans military drama &#8216;Echo 3&#8217; just meh: review&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLuke_Evans_military_drama_%E2%80%98Echo_3_just_meh_review%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Luke Evans military drama &#8216;Echo 3&#8217; just meh: review&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Luke Evans stars in \u201cEcho 3,\u201d a serviceable <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/\">Apple TV+ <\/a>military thriller created by Oscar winner Mark Boal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Premiering Nov. 23, and based on an Israeli show (\u201cWhen Heroes Fly,\u201d)\u00a0\u201cEcho 3\u201d follows Amber Chesborough (Jessica Ann Collins) an American scientist who goes missing while she\u2019s on a research <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> near the Colombia-Venezuela border. Her brother Bambi (Luke Evans) and her husband Prince (Michiel Huisman, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> of Thrones\u201d) \u2014 who both have military backgrounds in the Special Forces \u2014 don\u2019t trust the CIA to get Amber back, so they team up to do it themselves.<\/p>\n<p>To complicate matters, their most recent mission went wrong in a way that haunts both of them and has caused tension in their friendship. The two men also have different backgrounds; Bambi has a blue-collar upbringing and a mother struggling with addiction, while Prince was born into wealth (when he gets angry he calls Bambi a \u201credneck.\u201d)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Michiel Huisman and Luke Evans in &quot;Echo 3&quot; walking on a runway.\" class=\"wp-image-24736356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Michiel Huisman and Luke Evans in \u201cEcho 3.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le TV+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Michiel Huisman and Juan Pablo Raba in &quot;Echo 3&quot; face each other on a patio. \" class=\"wp-image-24736386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Michiel Huisman and Juan Pablo Raba in \u201cEcho 3.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Apple TV+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Boal ( \u201cThe Hurt Locker,\u201d  \u201cZero Dark Thirty,\u201d and the Netflix military thriller \u201cTriple Frontier\u201d) is no stranger to the genre, and \u201cEcho 3\u201d marks his small-screen writing debut. It shows. The pacing often feels unwieldy and the focus is scattered. Boal\u2019s skills are better-suited to a two-hour movie than a 10-episode <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The story lurches between past and present, in ways that occasionally feels clumsy. (For instance, \u201cEcho 3\u201d begins with Prince and Amber\u2019s wedding, in a long sequence that doesn\u2019t feel like it has much purpose aside from giving Bradley Whitford a cameo as Prince\u2019s dad). Viewers are informed that we are \u201csix months earlier\u201d than the previous scene, or \u201cthree months later,\u201d in a way that feels haphazard. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amber (Jessica Ann Collins) and Prince (Michiel Huisman) dance at their wedding in &quot;Echo 3.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-24736404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amber (Jessica Ann Collins) and Prince (Michiel Huisman) dance at their wedding in \u201cEcho 3.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Apple TV+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Prince (Michiel Huisman), his friend and colleague Drifter (Dominic Fumusa) and Bambi (Luke Evans) in &quot;Echo 3.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-24736425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Prince (Michiel Huisman), his friend and colleague Drifter (Dominic Fumusa) and Bambi (Luke Evans) in \u201cEcho 3.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Apple TV+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The series flirts with several different ideas: contrasting Bambi and Prince\u2019s backgrounds; providing commentary about the nature of war and military covert operations; contrasting their opulent homes with the developing countries in which they conduct missions; and the nature of addiction and the drug trade. But, otherwise, \u201cEcho 3\u201d doesn\u2019t say anything particularly insightful about any of these topics before clearing its throat and moving on to the next action beat<\/p>\n<p>All that being said, there is still a lot to like about \u201cEcho 3.\u201d The acting is solid, with Evans taking a believable turn as a brooding man who simmers with underlying emotion he can\u2019t express (and the Welsh actor\u2019s American Southern drawl is also convincing, to boot). The plot thrums with tension and urgency, and the action is consistent enough that it\u2019s rarely boring, even if the story jumps around too much. And, to the show\u2019s credit, it attempts to have more depth than a \u201cshoot \u2019em up\u201d story. Although Bambi and Prince (distractingly silly names) are the main characters, Amber isn\u2019t just a damsel in distress, and she gets her own time to shine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-6.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bambi (Luke Evans) in &quot;Echo 3&quot; crouched on the ground with a gun. \" class=\"wp-image-24736467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bambi (Luke Evans) in \u201cEcho 3.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Apple TV+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Michiel Huisman and Luke Evans in &quot;Echo 3&quot; inspecting a truck. \" class=\"wp-image-24736491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/echo-apple-tv-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Michiel Huisman and Luke Evans in \u201cEcho 3.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Apple TV+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But most of their adversaries lack a clear sense of character.\u00a0Boal tries to make them more than faceless \u201cbad guys\u201d but doesn\u2019t quite pull it off, nor does all of the action and violence feel like it\u2019s there for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a military thriller, \u201cJack Reacher\u201d is more fun. \u201cEcho 3\u201d is a fine enough diversion while viewers wait for better shows to return.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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