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- Channel 4
The Undeclared War
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 30, 2022
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Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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13% Negative
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This isn't an actor's series, really—aside from Mr. Pegg, the cast is a delivery system for the plotline. But Mr. Rylance brings a bit of the blood to a smartly clinical, cynical, and all-too-believable story.
This series exceeds expectations, guiding viewers by the hand through the complex world of cybersecurity - and then refusing to relinquish its grip until the final episode.
Timely if sluggish and ultimately unfocused, The Undeclared War amounts to a dramatized stress-test of GCHQ in the face of triple-tier malware, CC TV hacking, and deep-fake media.
It’s interesting stuff. But first you need to swallow the ludicrous idea that the only person capable of staving off World War Three has been in the job for two hours.
When The Undeclared War ratchets up the tension of that possibility, it’s relatively gripping. It’s too bad, then, that the rest of it is content to shuffle along at a snail’s pace, taking us down detours and refusing to engage more deeply with its political concerns.
It moves at a glacial pace and the GCHQ staff have the air of reluctant office workers on data entry shifts, boredly tapping at their keyboards until it’s time for a statutory tea break – rather than people frantically trying to hold off an enemy assault that could kill thousands and hurl the nation back to the middle ages, or at least the 1990s.
An experience that is both meandering and mundane. For every scene that feels a bit sharper, there are multiple that are painfully dull. For all the many contemporary connections it lays out, its superficial story remains largely detached and directionless.
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Production Company:
- Playground Entertainment
- Stonehenge Films
- Universal International Studios
- Channel 4
Initial Release Date: Jun 30, 2022
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
