Maike hat geschrieben:
Selbst einige reviews sagen, die ersten zehn Minuten seien unerträglich macho, aber man solle dabeibleiben.
In der Radio Times Online-Version steht dann auch Folgendes:
Zitat:
Squeamish viewers may want to keep a cushion handy as this action saga gets off to a ferocious start. Boasting a battalion of top-notch actors, this six-parter is ambitious, with the double episodes as beefy as the star. Richard Armitage plays John Porter, a Special Forces soldier forced to resign after compassion gets the better of him in the opening battle, which is set on the eve of the invasion of Iraq. Also on the ill-starred mission is a military intelligence officer (Andrew Lincoln, valiantly refraining from the impudent grin he put to good use in Teachers and Love Actually). Seven years later, comely Middle East correspondent Katie Dartmouth (Orla Brady) is kidnapped outside Basra and our hero - by now a down-and-out security guard - recognises the culprit. So he strong-arms his way into MI6 and the excitement really begins. Even the hardiest armchair warrior may baulk at the macho clichés of the first ten minutes. Stay with it. With all the bloody twists you'd expect from ex-SAS author Chris Ryan, it'll soon have you hooked.