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K-Ville is Fox's traditional take on the gritty style police drama with the added wrinkle of being set in New Orleans two years after Katrina. The series focuses on two partners (both with a sordid past and no shortage of demons) and their adventures in The Ninth Ward.
The Ninth has been slow to recover from the hurricane (to put it kindly) and with crime running rampant there's no shortage of baddies -- be they petty, violent or devious politicians looking to prosper from the city's misfortune. The aesthetic borrows heavily from The Shield (it looks great in HD) and comes equipped with the prerequisite car chases, gun fights and morally questionable police tactics.
More than any other new show this fall, K-Ville had the chance to do something special. The premise of a cop show in a post-Katrina New Orleans is ripe with potential. Unfortunately, the series shows little interest in examining the socio economical fall out or the psychological toll of Katrina in any great depth and uses the setting as a gimmick. Whether in the form of a reference to gumbo or "creative" acronyms for FEMA in the form of graffiti, expect nothing more than surface level fodder.
In spite of its shortcomings, K-Ville is still a safe bet for those looking for fun, popcorn style action. But personally, for a show that had limitless possibilities, I expected more.
K-Ville airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on Fox
