Any person coming in fresh to this spin-off of the superhero satire The Boys should know that this isn’t going to be fairies and roses. This, after all, is the kind of universe where you pack an umbrella, just in case blood starts getting flung about in the street.
And yet – Gen V still manages to surprise. Following hot on The Boys’ heels and set (of all places) at a superhero university named Godolkin, it is not a show for the faint of heart. Heads get torn off, faces punched in, and spines flung about with abandon; one particularly surreal action sequence is carried out by muppets. After a while, all the violence becomes normal – but the minute you’re desensitised, Gen V hits you with a whole new level of horror. Like somebody getting a rather intimate part of their anatomy blown up, for instance. Yikes. I hope the SFX team is getting counselling.
