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Strike Back: Season 1
  • Network: Cinemax
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 12, 2011
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: Cinemax's first foray into a serial television show (coproduced with British Sky Broadcasting) is an action series about an ex-US Special Forces officer (Damien Scott) who joins up with the British military to stop a terrorist group. [In the United Kingdom, this is the second series.]
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Aug 12, 2011
    80
    If something has been missing from your TV screen since "24" went off the air, like an unapologetic, fist-pumping, nonstop action thriller with compelling good guys and loathsome bad guys, Cinemax's new Strike Back needs to be your appointment television for the next 10 weeks.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Aug 12, 2011
    80
    A surprisingly stylish and addictive new counterterrorism series.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Aug 11, 2011
    60
    Strike Back won't make anyone forget "24" or "MI-5" or even "The Unit," but it has its pleasures for the aficionado of guns and flesh in exotic locales.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. TVMovieFan
    10
    Hip haray Hip hip haray for there will be another season, I Love this stuff great acting good plots and great entertainment Person of Interest was my favorite until Strike Back moved in and I hope there will be a 3rd season Go America and UK .… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. mariodefe
    9
    This is what "the Unit" was supposed to be, but never was. Action, guns, terrorists, no "family crap story" (Ok, just a 4% of that) and it is credible, people die. Good guys aren't a 100% good and bad guys neither. So, it is extrictly recommended for those that do not like CW kinda shows. YES, it won't make us to forget 24, but who cares? move on. :-)… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. codfather96
    5
    Sex, guns, explosions, spy's and more sex. This might not be the best thing on TV or even be better than the real first season of strike back but it is entertaining in a Hollywood hijack kind of way, but be warned if you loved the first series and dont want anything to change then your in for quite a shock.… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes

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