Plot
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
Cast
as Billy Butcher
as Hugh 'Hughie' Campbell
as John / Homelander
as Annie January / Starlight
as Reggie Franklin / A-Train
as Marvin T. 'Mother's Milk' Milk / M.M.
as Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep
as Serge / Frenchie
as Kimiko Miyashiro / The Female
as Black Noir II
Creator
Network
Status
Returning Series
First Aired Date
July 25, 2019
Last Aired Date
July 4, 2024
Production Companies
Amazon Studios
Original Film
Sony Pictures Television Studios
Kripke Enterprises
Point Grey Pictures
Kickstart Entertainment
NightSky Productions
Amazon MGM Studios
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
5
Number of Episodes
32
Links
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Reviews
Wonderful premise, beautiful pictures, handsome, good and sexy actors, what could go wrong? Unnecessary, stupid decisions. Everywhere. The typical "say something!" \*stuttering and stammering* to introduce some side-story, or secret personas where the only thing to change is the hero's suit, or a wimpy protagonist who has way too many scenes of indecisiveness, long and drawn out dialogues …
A great series set in a world where superheroes are a real phenomenon. Capitalism is omnipresent, profit and money are in everyone's mind. Of course the 'Sups' abuse their power for their own interests and many more cruel and immoral things. Every hero's doing is explained, some more, some less. There's a perfect balance between big serious storylines and little kind of darker humor ones. …
For me the whole series is a total and effective satire that lets us see what would become of the world if fiction becomes reality: heroes lose interest in saving the world (or take advantage of its status), are forced to do things that are not right, to follow the company's own interests and do not go out to end the crime if they are not followed by a camera that captures each of their movements…