'Intelligence' review: Cartoon violence and irony

Then, there's the show. Get past the cartoon violence, and stock characters. Ignore (if at all possible) the obvious point that Clockwork is pretty much Chuck Bartowski's "Intersect" and that "Matrix"-like stop motion scenes -- which are artfully designed -- are, well, "Matrix"-like. The fatal flaw is that dumb "intelligence" device, Clockwork, which is basically just a pair of Google glasses in Gabe's brain.

As technologies go, it's not particularly cool. If it were a truly flawless integration of silica with Gabe's brain, then he'd know all the answers even before there were questions to ask. He'd certainly know where all the bad guys are hiding. Problem is, if he knew everything, there would be nothing left to know, which doesn't sound like much of a premise for a standard-issue network action/adventure.

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