The Boys: Season 2: BluRay Review

The Boys returns for another foul-mouthed blood-soaked series about a bunch of arrogant superheroes (Supes) and an underground group's quest to take them down.

The second season had terrifying parallels with what was going on in the US during the latter parts of former US President Donald Trump's reign, seeing a rise in Nazism and also in extreme ideology.

Whereas Eric Kripke's show could claim more just coincidence than anything, it's hard to shake the Trumpian parallels from year two. In the latest season, a female Supe arises in the form of Stormfront, a closet Nazi and supremist who gels with Antony Starr's deluded Homelander and who's welcomed into the world of the Seven after Chace Crawford's Deep is effectively outlawed.

At the same time, The Boys - including Kiwi Karl Urban's Billy Butcher - become wanted fugitives, and become determined to clear their name after they're framed for the death of Vought's CEO at the end of season one....

There's no disputing the gore element and the deep black tones that run in this show's veins. Within the first episode, a boat is driven through a whale, its inhabitants covered in blood and gore. This is a show that leans deep into its graphic novel elements and never shies away from the edges it needs to stand out from the ever-widening world of the MCU and DC franchises.

It's all the better for it - and while there are elements that feel much grosser this time around, the story arc of the second season feels much, much stronger than season one.

All in all, The Boys Season 2 is a compelling series that any serious fan of drama and satire shouldn't be without - its fantasy edges aren't the reason to dismiss it, because the human themes of hubris, arrogance and abuse of power are still too terrifyingly similar to what's going on in the world today.