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- Apple TV+
- Nov 23, 2022
- Apple TV+
- Nov 23, 2022
Summary After scientist Amber Chesborough (Jessica Ann Collins) disappears near the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother (Luke Evans) and her husband (Michiel Huisman) set out to find her in this series based on Omri Givon's Israeli series "When Heroes Fly" and inspired by Amir Gutfreund novel of the same name.
Created By: Mark Boal
- Apple TV+
- Nov 23, 2022
- Apple TV+
- Nov 23, 2022
Summary After scientist Amber Chesborough (Jessica Ann Collins) disappears near the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother (Luke Evans) and her husband (Michiel Huisman) set out to find her in this series based on Omri Givon's Israeli series "When Heroes Fly" and inspired by Amir Gutfreund novel of the same name.
Created By: Mark Boal
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Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
67
45% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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It’s a rare show that manages to balance riveting action with an almost poetic rhythm, but the contrasts exist in concert here, and broadly, this is yet another show that proves how far Apple TV+ has gone beyond its competitors in greenlighting great television.
Tough, tense and thoughtful, this is a deeply grown-up thriller — and more compelling journalistic filmmaking from co-showrunner Mark Boal.
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Based on 14 User Ratings
5.9
43% Positive
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29% Mixed
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 User Ratings
5.9
43% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
29% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
29% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Engaging and insightful - not your usual action thriller because this takes its time to explore the politics surrounding a tense situation.
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SEASON 1
This show is nowhere near as bad or good as other reviewers have written. It is simply a middling show that just doesn't try very hard to be good. The writing is average, the story is meh and the acting is not good enough to have it rise above average. Huisman and Evans are not bad nor good here, but I especially have not taken to the lead actress, Jessica Ann Collins. Every scene has me questioning the casting choice here, but then again, it might be less her fault than the writers. My recommendation would to be to take a flyer on this one.
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SEASON 1
It gets a lot of mileage out of that crossroads of violence and need—how far people are willing to go to better their situation is something that should never be underestimated. And it reminds one of a theme that Boal has often explored in his projects before: In combat, everyone is a hero, and no one is a hero at the same time.
What this action series, from The Hurt Locker Oscar winner Mark Boal, may lack in originality it compensates for with its grim intensity. [5 - 18 Dec 2022, p.5]
Some members of the Colombian military and the rebel crew have personalities or hints of backstory, but not real characters. And at the same time, the various missions to rescue Amber are individually suspenseful without any overall momentum or cumulative tension-building. I’ll be curious to see if it all comes together as something truly good or just settles for well-meaning aspiration.
There simply isn’t enough characterization in the preceding episodes to justify a particularly deep investment in these people, one might feel largely ambivalent about Amber’s fate until halfway through the season—at which point the show, much like Amber, might be beyond saving
This is a hugely uneven first batch of episodes, with too many story threads, characters lacking in substance, and a surprising deficit of energy, only reminding you of what could have been every time Collins's character is truly given the spotlight.
If it were just another algo-generated run-of-the-mill army/political thriller! It's far worse! It's littered with the most laughable and tired tropes, the most ridiculous character motivations and plot lines you can think of, it's just nauseating to feel like a dumb "consumer" of this mass-produced soup. Stopped 40 minutes in.
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