In 2008, the world was first introduced to the storytelling of the journalist turned writer Mark Boal when The Hurt Locker was released. While he also has a story credit for 2007's In the Valley of Elah, as it was based on his reporting, it was Boal's first collaboration of many with director Kathryn Bigelow that remains his best work to date.
Echo 3 speeds through what could be a more complicated portrait of power to get right to the action, as Prince and Bambi mow down any who get in their way. There are moments when the series seems to be grasping for something more, but it always feels like an afterthought to the action. One such scene sees a character stumble upon two of his friends who have been killed and pick up one of their weapons, only to get blown away almost immediately.
Making matters worse is how the series will shift focus rather suddenly, bouncing around to different characters, times, and locations in a haphazard manner. This leaves characters often giving exposition that attempts to fill in both the narrative and its themes in a painfully stilted fashion. In a misguided effort to insert dark humor, there are multiple bizarre lines about male genitalia that come out of nowhere and completely throw off the tone of what was playing out.
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