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Based on ex-SAS man Chris Ryan's bestseller Strike Back is a story of deception, redemption and revenge, all played out in the interlinked lives of two former soldiers; Major Hugh Collinson and discharged veteran John Porter. Their paths last crossed seven years ago. Now, amidst a new hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again.
It’s 1993, Basra City and Porter leads a team to rescue a kidnapped British businessman. The decisions taken on that night inexorably unite the fate of both Porter and Collinson. Porter bares the burden of guilt and the repercussions haunt him for years, until an opportunity presents itself for him to return to Iraq and redeem himself.
- BBC
- Daniel Percival
- 15
- Richard Armitage
- 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
- English
- 2
- Strike Back
- 2
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Based on ex-SAS man Chris Ryan's bestseller Strike Back is a story of deception, redemption and revenge, all played out in the interlinked lives of two former soldiers; Major Hugh Collinson and discharged veteran John Porter. Their paths last crossed seven years ago. Now, amidst a new hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again.
It’s 1993, Basra City and Porter leads a team to rescue a kidnapped British businessman. The decisions taken on that night inexorably unite the fate of both Porter and Collinson. Porter bares the burden of guilt and the repercussions haunt him for years, until an opportunity presents itself for him to return to Iraq and redeem himself.
- BBC
- Daniel Percival
- 15
- Richard Armitage
- 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
- English
- 2
- Strike Back
- 2
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if book and film were separate entities it would be a 5 star
The series in my opinion is based far to loosely on the book. the two main catalysts in the book: Porters alcoholism and his homelessness were either not featured at all or merely touched upon lightly. Richard armitage as porter was a masterstroke of sky it was as if the role was tailor made for him, May be a bit too much torso nudity for my liking but I suppose if you spent many months doing extreme training like he did to bulk up his muscles you`d show them off as well. In most cases I read the book then the film/tv series but in this case I would strongly recommend watching Strike Back before reading it because I found myself thinking too much about the bits that were missed out. If you have read the novel I would pretend it is a totally different entity from the series otherwise like me you will be sorely disappointed. I began to enjoy it from episode 3 onwards because they became much more adventurous. gore was not heavily featured which was a bonus too me. So on the whole a v enjoyable series so long as you pretend the book has nothing to do with it
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