In a world where a cyber attack has reduced the world to a post-apocalyptic landscape, the cities have put up walls and kicked out criminals. John Doe (played by Anthony Mack) is a milkman with amnesia who risks his life delivering food and supplies to the walled cities, as outside of them, gangs have managed to combine guns and vehicles to cause chaos and fight among each other. One day, while in New San Francisco, John Doe is approached by Raven, the Chief Operations Officer of the city, who gives him the opportunity to become a citizen of the city by completing one task, as she needs a package picked up in New Chicago. Joined by Quiet, he goes on his quest, where he is at odds with various new versions of Twisted Metal characters, including Sweet Tooth, who lives in the ruins of Las Vegas, Agent Stone, a former mall cop who has become a vigilante fighting crime his own way, and other versions of Twisted Metal drivers.

As everyone knows, I am a fan of Twisted Metal, and seeing the trailers, I thought this would be a bad show. Watchig the show now, I see it is basically okay, but still having problems. The show aims to be an action as well as a comedy (the comedy being okay, as Twisted Metal did have some black comedy, especially in Twisted Metal 2 and Head-On). The show has a good cast, as other than Mackie, we get Thomas Haden Church as Agent Stone, professional wrestler Samoa Joe as Sweet Tooth (with Will Arnett, the man most would know as the voice of Batman in The Lego Movie, doing the voice of the killer clown), as well as other actors playing characters like Preacher, Bloody Mary, and even Amber Rose and Granny Dread (two characters I thought would never see the light of day due to being in Twisted Metal III, which was made by 989 Studios, a company a majority of the Twisted Metal fanbase hated). Many of these characters are written well (Sweet Tooth has grown on me, as this show finally gives him a balance between the serious killer of Twisted Metal: Black with the humorous side of him in Twisted Metal: Head-On, despite only having one episode where he is the main focus). Also, the series is chock full of references and easter eggs for longtime Twisted Metal fans to recognize.

The show is okay. While it does change the setting, it does offer some new takes on the drivers that have been in Twisted Metal's roster, and the music is good. However, some minor gripes I have is some of the comedy doesn't stick and there is not much car combat (the latter being more tolerable, as it could be to avoid the show going over its budget). As a Twisted Metal fan, this is a great show that does a new take on the franchise, and I hope if it gets renewed, the show gets a higher budget to allow more vehicular carnage.