Don't get everyone's issue, people seem to think this is season 2 of Squid Game or something aha, it's a reality show, of course it's not gonna have an in depth plot and 'characters', I think people genuinely believe this is meant to be the second season. I actually had fun with this, went in with the lowest expectations are don't care for reality shows and actually managed to have some fun with it!
If you haven't watched this then give it a go,it is one of the best shows of the last few years,the acting is top notch especially the two main characters.You will also get a few laughs but the amazing thing is most of this stuff actually happened and shows how crazy paddy Maine and the SAS were.
This is absolutely binge-worthy. A brilliantly produced show about the beginnings and early missions of the now world-famous British SAS. :fire:
PS: I'm getting a strong The A-Team + Hangover vibe from this one. :grin::thumbsup_tone2:
Very good series, the story plods a bit in places but overall quite impressed. They definitely went with a Guy Ritchie style to this which mostly works but the slotting in of rock music tracks every so often becomes immensely annoying and really breaks the immersion, that aspect just didn't work at all!
I really wanted to like this show since it is about a fascinating person. The production value and acting are top notch. However the story line is not related to the real history whatsoever. Officer Reeves had nothing to do with tracking down racists that were killing ex slaves. He never transferred any black suspect over to the Texas Rangers that got murdered. He was not stone killer as portrayed, and only killed 14 outlaws over his entire 32 year career. In reality almost all the people he worked with including the man who recommended him for the badge were ex-confederate soldiers.
This show seems to follow the fashionable trend of revising history to one where the past was over the top exaggeratedly racist than historically recorded.
This a great show once it gets going, the more I watched, the better it became. Can't wait to see how season 2 plays out, and quite the twist at the end!
Ignore the stupid comment below about gay full frontal, that is a split second of one episode and really shouldn't be an issue for most men to handle.
This was absolutely incredible! I was mesmerized from episode 1 to episode 9. Whoever the writers are for this series, WELL DONE! Salute!
Come for the action, stay for the drama. This is mostly a drama, a slow burn series but you will find yourself starting the next episode as soon as the current one ends (I binged all 13 episodes in 2 sittings). When it does get to the action, it doesn't disappoint.
cmon guys. this show is what it is meant to be: badass elite soldier eliminating evryone responsible for the death of his family. its no rocket science, its not worthy of an Emmy, but hey i binged it and liked it