Review For The Boys Season 4: Bombing Gets Perfect Response In Vought Promotional Video

Homelander (Antony Starr) smiling madly in The Boys season 4 episode 4

The Boys cleverly responds to the review bombing of season 4 in a new promotional video. Despite season 4 holding a fresh critical score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, the review bombing has led to a rotten audience score of 51%. Many of the low audience reviews cite the show’s politics as the reason for the rotten ratings. With The Boys season 4’s story largely revolving around an election year and the superpowered Victoria Neuman (Claudia Domit) about to be sworn into the White House, politics are at the forefront of the story more than ever before.

In a video shared by Vought International, the series addresses the review bombing controversy head-on with Vought CEO Ashley Barrett (Colby Minifie) introducing a fictional internet browser, through which she proudly claims that users can review bomb TV shows. Check out the video below:

In addition to the review bombing of season 4, the video incorporates political topics featured in The Boys, including “a laser-tight filter on news” and a video about all the lies shared by Starlight (Erin Moriarty), acknowledging the show’s exploration of the hot-button issue of misinformation.

The Boys Has Always Been Political

The Boys Is Known For Drawing Parallels With Today’s Biggest Issues

Erin Moriarty as Starlight using her powers in Amazon's The Boys.

Dominique McElligott as Queen Maeve foiling a robbery in The Boys

While The Boys‘ politics may arguably be more overt in season 4 due to the storyline with Neuman about to become Vice President, the series has always been unsubtle in its politics. The season 1 episode “Good for the Soul” took place at an event called the Believe Expo, with the episode exploring how Vought weaponizes religious faith to make consumers see the company’s superheroes as benevolent individuals chosen by God. In season 2, Vought put Stormfront (Aya Cash) into the Seven despite knowing she was a Nazi.

When Stormfront is publicly outed as a Nazi, she tells the Boys, “People love what I have to say. They believe in it. They just don’t like the word Nazi.” In season 3, A-Train (Jessie T. Usher) confronts a fellow Supe named Blue Hawk (Nick Wechsler) who is overpolicing black neighborhoods, and who shouts the phrase, “Supe lives matter!” These are only a few of the many ways in which The Boys has always been blatant in its political commentary in previous seasons, which were not review bombed and received more favorably.

The Boys Season
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score

1
90%

2
83%

3
75%

4
51%

Elements in season 4, like the controversy surrounding the trial of Homelander (Antony Starr) and the introduction of the exhibitionist Firecracker (Valorie Curry), are consistent with how The Boys has always done its political commentary. The Prime Video series uses a society where superheroes are treated like gods, politicians, and celebrities to examine prevalent issues in modern-day society. It will continue to do so in season 4 and in the fifth and final season, with that approach unchanged by any review bombing of The Boys season 4.

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