“Cowabunga, motherf*ckers.” Twisted Metal is back on July 31 and its latest trailer is everything fans want from the show and so much more.
Season two picks up with the epic car vs. car tournament that made the video games so popular finally getting underway. Not only will John (Anthony Mackie) and Quiet (Stephanie Beatriz) be involved, but a whole slew of unforgettable and terrifying Twisted Metal characters too. You’ll see them roll called in the new trailer, which features ludicrous action, massive explosions, and Ludacris himself, at least on the soundtrack.
If you haven’t seen Twisted Metal and are thinking, “There’s no way the show can be that fun,” I assure you it is. Or at least it was. We haven’t seen season two yet but season one did a fantastic job of balancing that over-the-top, batshit insanity with a just human enough story of people fighting back against the system. Last time, that was run by Neve Campbell’s Raven, and now it seems the stand-in will be Anthony Carrigan’s Calypso. Which kind of completely flips the energy, does it not?
All in all, despite a strong audience response and this season two renewal, you get this feeling like Twisted Metal is eventually going to get swept up in the unending deluge of streaming shows that come and go. Which is a shame because it truly is unique and run by people with a penchant for making awesome stuff. Fingers crossed this season lives up to the first, and we get to see the story play out for much, much longer.
Showrun by Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai) and with executive producers such as Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool), Twisted Metal returns for season two on Peacock on July 31. Will you be watching?
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