Okay, let me gist you about Peacemaker the way I’d gist a close friend. Honestly, this show isn’t your regular superhero movie, you know, the type where the hero comes in shining armor and saves the day like superman. No. This one is messy, awkward, brutal, and somehow hilarious all at once.
So first, let’s start with Christopher Smith, a.k.a Peacemaker. This man swears he wants peace so badly that he doesn’t care how much violence it takes to achieve it. Already that alone is wild. From the jump, you can tell he’s not your polished superhero; he’s insecure, kind of childish, but also carrying this heavy trauma that you can’t help but feel for. And the way John Cena plays him—it’s like you’re laughing at him and pitying him at the same time.
One of the things, which impressed me, was the father-son relationship. Peacemaker is in an interesting situation because his father, Auggie Smith, is this outlandish racist, and is really one of the scariest villains I have ever seen, not because he is a monster in space, but because he is a real-life hate. That part was just painful to me. You see Chris working so hard to get some validation out of a man who obviously hates him and I couldn’t help but think how many of us secretly want validation out of people who will never give it. It saddened me in ways that I did not anticipate given that it was a superhero show.
And so here is a gist of the insane group that Peacemaker is thrust into. Think of a team of the most inappropriate people ever- Harcourt, this tough chick who cannot be messed with, Adebayo, who is a good guy buthides something big, Vigilante, the best friend of Peacemaker but even more crazy and kills without thinking and somehow it makes him look ridiculous. The show was so fun because of their dynamic At times I would find myself smiling at how absurd their conversation was, and then the next moment, blood everywhere.
And the fight scenes? Cruel, to be sure, but with something of a comic-book hyperbolism that makes you laugh and cringe simultaneously. Such as that chainsaw scene with Vigilante- completely bonkers but so quintessential to the show. And underneath all the shooting and shooting and shooting, there is this other strand about what it is to be good, to be loved, and whether peace can sustain itself on violence at all.
Here is one twist that really got me the Butterflies alien invasion. The fact that it began as this eerie yet almost comical plot with creatures controlling humans and then later on it has become more of a tragic story, where one starts to wonder whether the Butterflies were villains or just another species trying to survive.
That made me pause because it mirrored how quick humans are to label anything different as evil.
And let me not lie, some scenes made me low-key uncomfortable, especially the ones where Peacemaker’s guilt and trauma surface. Like, the flashbacks of him as a child, carrying the blame for his brother’s death. That was heavy. It made me see him differently—not just as some muscle guy cracking jokes, but as a broken man masking his pain with bravado. Honestly, it made me reflect on how a lot of us laugh through our pain too, putting on a strong face while hiding the scars inside.
By the end of the season, I found myself weirdly rooting for Peacemaker, despite all his flaws. He’s violent, immature, and doesn’t always think straight, but you can tell he’s trying. And maybe that’s why the show hit me harder than expected—because aren’t we all, in some way, just trying?
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