However, he admits, 'the plot gets going almost immediately' and keeps up a 'high level of action' so those looking for adrenaline, accompanied by a little nostalgia, 'will likely find exactly what they're looking for'.Ĭabin hopes, however, that Resurrection 'will satisfy whatever itch the show's die-hards had' and 'finally put an end to all of this'.ĭespite the mediocre reviews, US fans were ecstatic about the show's return and broadcast their delight on Twitter. Sadly, he adds, 'you can see the better show trying to escape its lock-up of bad ideas'.Ĭhris Cabin on Collider was never a big fan of the original series, but says the latest outing moves even further 'toward total self-serious male fantasia'. Jeff Jensen in Entertainment Weekly called it 'exhaustingly mediocre', saying it should have been 'a sharply plotted, zestfully performed, over-the-top pulp escapism', but wasn't. Fast-forward two years later and Prison Break: Resurrection is just around the corner, with Fox quite literally bringing Wentworth Miller’s Michael Scofield back from the dead. It turns out that he faked his death and is now locked in a Yemini prison after working with a terrorist group - so if he doesn't escape, he's got real problems.ĭespite the buzz surrounding the show, many critics were unimpressed with its return. In Prison Break: Resurrection, however, he is very much alive.
