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Production Companies: CBS Studios
Producers: Alex Kurtzman and Peter M. Lenkov
Creators: Alex Kurtzman
The 1970’s police series Hawaii 5-0 is back with a slick 21st century update. Steve McGarrett, a former Navy SEAL, is recruited by the governor of Hawaii to head up an elite police task force. Steve’s main goal is to find an international criminal who murdered his father, but he and the team also track down other criminals who use Hawaii’s advantageous geographical location for trafficking drugs and other global criminal enterprises. Steve picks Danny Williams, a by-the-book family man, to be on the team, as well as his father’s former protégé, Chin-Ho Kelly. The team is rounded out by recent police academy grad Kona Kalakaua. Specializing in undercover operations with more leeway than a normal police operation, the task force goes after criminals with military-like precision and expertise.
Hawaii 5-0 bears more similarity to an action movie than a police procedural, with confrontations between criminals and the 5-0 over-the-top and violent, with people shot and killed, crashes and explosions, Steve holding a badly injured man over the edge of a tall building to get information, and Steve’s father being tortured and murdered. Language in the series is adult at times, including the words “son of bitch,” “frigging,” “ass,” “damn,” and “hell.” Sex is rare, but there have been a few scenes of Steve waking up in bed with his girlfriend, references to relationships of main characters, and the sexual peccadilloes of people investigated during cases.
Hawaii Five-0 is not recommended for viewers under age 18.
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