The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Review: 8 Ups & 2 Downs

4. The Thrilling Action Sequences

Though season one was certainly stylish from top to bottom, the overall vision for the series' aesthetic feels more consistent and confident this time around.

Beyond there being a larger number of action sequences this year, they're all shot through with a greater sense of artistry and technical wizardry.

Sweeping camerawork and tight, motivated editing combine with the sheer diversity of the fight scenes to ensure that most of them feel totally distinct from one another.

And even when the show lets loose with the nutty VFX, it avoids ever getting too cartoony or janky-looking for its own good.

There's a generally grounded quality to most of the action, inherently absurd though much of it is, which keeps it from ever ditching its profound sense of stakes.