I saw this TV show a long time ago I dont remember when I saw it but I remembered the series, the way you remember something that had a big impact on you, you do not remember all the details , but remember the way it made you feel, The show had a lot of action and tension, It was about a soldier who did secret work that nobody officially knew about.. I had completely forgotten the name of the show. For a time I could not figure out what it was. Then last night I suddenly remembered the name and this is called Strike Back and so I went back to the season ome and watched it again.
The story is about John Porter, a soldier who quit the SAS after a rescue mission in Iraq went terribly wrong, Two of his soldiers colleagues were killed and that had a big effect on the rest of the story. John Porter is not a hero, he is carrying around a lot of guilt and pain from the start, you can see it in the way he moves and talks, What makes it even worse is that his colleague, Collinson lied about what happened on that mission. Collinson blamed a boy that John Porter had actually saved, So John Porter quit the SAS not because of the loss but because he knew that the truth was not being told, That kind of injustice makes the action in the show feel more real and serious.
Years later John Porter is pulled back into the service, he is sent on a mission to rescue a kidnapped journalist named Katie Dartmouth and that is where the first season of Strike Back really gets started, John Porter did not ask to come to work, he was not just sitting around waiting for a call, He was needed for the job, and he was the only right person for it, there is something about that setup that works, John Porter is not doing this for fame or glory, He is doing it because it is who he is.
The show was filmed on location in South Africa, and you can tell It does not look like a set trying to look like a dangerous place, the locations feel real, the tension feels real, the action scenes do not feel cheap, For a TV show the production is really impressive.
Richard Armitage plays Porter and he carries the whole season on his back He is not flashy about it, he plays Porter like a man who has already been through the worst and is just quietly getting on with it, and then there's Collinson, played by Andrew Lincoln, who you might know from The Walking Dead, Watching him here is interesting because his character is doing the opposite of what you'd expect ,polished on the outside, hiding something dark underneath, the tension between those two, the history they share and the truth that was buried, runs through the whole season.
What I really liked going back to it is how the story doesn't rush, It builds, each episode adds another layer, another complication, and by the time you get to the end of the season you realize how carefully everything was connected from the beginning.
Strike Back is not a show that is trying to be flashy or cool for the sake of it, It is telling a story about loyalty, betrayal and what it costs to do secret jobs that never makes the news, the first season of Strike Back is solid from start, to finish, If you forgot about it like I did it is definitely worth going back to watch again.
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Rating: 79/100
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