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Flashpoint: Season 1
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51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics What's this?

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Canadian series about a specialized unit used to dealing with urgent situations is based on the Emergency Task Force in Toronto.
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Misha Davenport
    63
    Though the characters on this show, premiering Friday on CBS, are relatable and watchable, the slow pace might prove to be too much of a cultural divide for an American audience used to the quick cuts and immediate resolve seen on American cop shows.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    60
    It has an appealing modesty that survives its bouts of aesthetic overexcitement--the occasionally lurching camera, hammering soundtrack, the sentimental pop song laid over the last couple of minutes as the principals silently end a long, hard day.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    It's more nuanced than the average cop drama, and for that reason, more intriguing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 25
  3. Negative: 3 out of 25
  1. cyrust.
    10
    Very good, a very well done point of view of police.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. snowcat
    10
    I love this show -- it is exciting, compelling, emotional, funny, and the acting is excellent. I hope it makes the next season, however i find not too many people have heard of it.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. Moh'dN.
    0
    Before you read: This review contains spoilers for the pilot only. While the idea for this TV show sounds exciting enough, the introduction of one of it's lead actors shakes faith in the mentality behind the show. The lead sniper - who's supposedly prepping the backup sniper - finds himself in a situation where he should be holding himself together much easier than scripted. For a sniper who looks OVER-confident at the beginning of the pilot and with face dents of someone who's been to hell & back, he cracks with overreaction under a situation only a newbie to the sniping job would break under. "Flashpoint is a different kind of cop show, since it portrays human emotions and how their actions would make the audience empathize with them" as per BC TV Review. Like I said: the idea of this show is good, but empathizing with cops requires from the audience to empathize with their characteristics first, then the situation in which to empathize needs to be well-scripted. Final thought: You cannot empathize with newbie-cop emotional reactions coming from someone as professional & as experienced as the sniper looked.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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