Captain Fall

Captain Fall

TV-MA

A crime-packed adult animation on a smuggling operation under the guise of a cruise ship

6.8

TV Show

United States of America
English
Animation, Comedy
2023
Adam Devine, Alejandro Edda, Anthony Carrigan

TLDR

Add "possible international smuggling operation" to the reasons you'll never catch me on a cruise.

What it's about

A gullible yet good-hearted sea captain unwittingly finds himself smuggling goods for a terrible international cartel who's using him as a fall guy.

The take

In the sea of adult animation, Captain Fall floats in on a crime-packed cruise ship under the charge of the most unqualified man, Jonathan Fall. Although there are unsavory characters, the show never goes into the childish crass humor employed by many of its contemporaries. It also doesn't shy away from grotesque violence and pokes fun at the dangerous and exploitative things rich people willingly pay for. It's not all cynical though, as we mostly follow an earnest captain who just wants his parents' love. Captain Fall is a watchable crime-comedy that balances out its cartoonish parts with the impending countdown to expose this crime ring. 

What stands out

The show has no shortage of exorbitant and absurd requests from mostly faceless, wealthy clients. Monkey paws as ashtrays, "exotic natives" for a human zoo (a present from a man to his wife), African child soldiers, and so much (so much!) more. If anything, the elaborate missions are the most thorough part of the series. Do some stereotypes and caricatures come into play? Yes, but it doesn't separate the phenomena from the root causes - money, power, and exploitation.

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