Twisted Metal review: Anthony Mackie is the comedy's saving grace

Twisted Metal review: Anthony Mackie is the saving grace of a messy post-apocalyptic comedy

Sometimes, though, the show just throws Jason Mantzoukas in a Father Guido Sarducci costume and expects that to be enough. As a rule,is at its best the closer it hews to Mackie and at its worst as it sidetracks into the more aggressively cartoonish characters who make up it supporting cast. Thomas Haden Church acquits himself well enough as the tyrannical Agent Stone, a former mall cop attempting to impose murderous “justice” on a broken world.

Sometimes this unearned reverence manifests as just an Easter egg here or there—a bit of “Calypso is real” graffiti, referencing the antagonist from the game series, or a sign name-dropping an iconic level from fan-favorite.

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