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3.0

Well Rick always knows how to depress you that's for sure.

This is very similar to titles like Criminals from Ed Brubaker. Everyone is a piece of shit. Everyone is flawed in some ways. There's no clear "good" or "bad" guy here. This is mainly focused on 3 people trying to pull off a job. Of course they're all insane in their own way, betraying people left and right, and tons of blood and gore to fill the pages. When you got three people who don't trust each other what happens when they must work together? Well...that be spoilers!

Good: I enjoyed the art style for the most part. Some shots are downright wonderful, and the action is super fucked up. The dialog is pretty solid, though sometimes forced (Rick sometimes puts odd dialog in there) it still flows well. I enjoyed the first 2/3rds of it a lot and thought the pacing was solid there. Also the fight scenes, woooow.

Bad: The pacing kind of tips off at the last act. I thought the third issue was a little to cliche. All the twist I've seen before. Yes, nothing can be super original now days with all the crime movies/tv shows and comics but still. I just felt like I saw it all coming. I also thought the ending didn't fit the feel of it, but I guess we have to be a little happy, right?

Overall this was pretty fun. Rick Remender really writes some good dark shit and this is no exception. I'd probably get it around a 3.5 but that ending just kind if dipped it for me. So I'll still say 3.5 out of 5 but I'ma give this one a 3 stars on here.