The Action Thriller On Max With The Boys Star Has To Be Seen To Be Believed

Banshee introduces audiences to a man (Starr), who has just been given his life back after being put behind bars for nearly two decades after stealing $15 million in diamonds as part of his job as a thief for a Ukrainian kingpin named Rabbit (Ben Cross).

Before his incarceration, the man struck up a star-crossed relationship with Rabbit’s daughter, Anastasia (Ivana Miličević) with whom he stole the goods and who fled to live in the Pennsylvania town of Banshee under an alias. Set on finding his beloved, the man stumbles into good fortune when the town’s new and unseen sheriff, Lucas Hood, is murdered at a bar during a dispute.

Now assuming the identity of Lucas Hood, the man heads for the town of Banshee to set things straight, find his ex-lover, and live the life he was waiting for.

But, as he’ll find along the way, even bad things happen in small towns and the new Lucas Hood is in for a world of surprises, new foes, and more heartbreak than he could imagine. 

Celebrating its premiere in 2014, Banshee was originally brought to screens as a Cinemax series in a push from the network to deliver audiences with its own original content and keep up with rivaling platforms like Netflix and Hulu.

While the debut season drew folks in, it was the follow-up installments that kept them hooked. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first batch of episodes only landed a 66 percent approval rating while the three seasons after it steadily climbed with Season 2 landing 94 percent and both three and four nailing a perfect score of 100 percent. 

Like so many other terrific TV and movies, the idea for Banshee was dreamt up by two novelists, David Schickler and Jonathan Tropper. Along with the Cinemax series, Schickler also holds credits working with Universal and Lionsgate studios on various projects but may be best known as the author of the New York Times bestselling collection of short stories, Kissing in Manhattan.

For Tropper, who has also penned a handful of novels, Banshee was just the beginning of his collaboration with Cinemax as he would go on to become the sole creator of the uber-popular martial arts crime drama, Warrior, which bowed out last summer. 

So, while you’re waiting to see how things end up for Antony Starr’s Homelander and the rest of the Seven in Season 4 of Prime Video’s The Boys, you can break up the long week between episodes by binging Banshee now on Max.