Beauty and the Beast (2012)
Beauty and the Beast (2012)
A beautiful detective falls in love with an ex-soldier who goes into hiding from the secret government organization that turned him into a mechanically charged beast.
Callum reviewedDecember 11, 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ (out of 5) Beauty and the Beast – Love, danger, and secrets hidden beneath the city’s heartbeat.
“Beauty and the Beast” takes the old fairy tale and reimagines it as a blend of romance, mystery, and light sci-fi intrigue. A brilliant detective crosses paths with an ex-soldier transformed by a secret government experiment — part man, part weapon — and together they try to navigate a world that would destroy them both if it ever learned the truth.
There are moments of darkness here, flashes of grit and moral struggle, but the show mostly keeps its tone light and heartfelt. It’s equal parts romantic drama and police procedural, the kind of story that balances action and emotion with a rhythm that never feels too heavy. The chemistry between the leads gives it warmth, and the underlying danger keeps it from ever getting too sweet.
Like many American dramas, it leans toward optimism — a little messy, a little melodramatic, but ultimately hopeful. The tension between love and secrecy drives much of the series, giving it that familiar will-they-won’t-they heartbeat that keeps you invested through every narrow escape and emotional stand-off.
It’s not as gritty as Blue Lights, nor as perpetually cheerful as Death in Paradise — Beauty and the Beast finds its home comfortably between the two, a romantic escapade with claws that never forgets its heart.