"Professionals"

The latest CW import is "Professionals" (not "The" Professionals).  Tom Welling is the spy for hire with a portly Brendan Fraser as the multimillionaire tech genius.  They become entangled in international intrigue, jumping from one nation to another to unwrap an increasingly layered mystery.  It's good but it's not riveting.  It's very European.  Overbearing music doesn't counteract that the slower pacing, which is set by dialog and discoveries.  You see more exploration than car chases with bullets flying and lots of edits (although there is the obligatory car chase and a few fisticuffs).  The exposition is not a bad thing.  Could mean that this is a "smart" production, rather than just an action series full of explosions.  But some of the dialog is stilted and it's hard to tell whether it's bad writing or poor acting.  In the end, you watch it for Tom Welling and Brendan Fraser (who is delightful in, like, everything).  Only time will tell if that will be enough to sustain interest.