Der Nagelbomber von London

Just boring, not important scenes. No USA forced drama but the harsh facts just don't seem interesting.

Could have been a lot better.

Refreshing with a true crime documentary on Netflix that isn't 8-10 episodes long. This documentary was a tight 70 minutes, it's actually one of those rare instances where I wouldn't have minded if it spent a little more time on the political climate.

Britain, Germany, Norway, Sweden. The list goes on. All of them countries where the police and other authorities downplay or ignore the threat posed by far right terrorists, with death and destruction in their wake.

A well put together documentary that tells the story of Dave Copeland and what he did. If anything I wish this was slightly longer but that's just a personal preference.

Netflix can been quite hit or miss with It's documentaries and the stylistic presentation can quite often make or break a netflix documentary. As can how long it runs for. Be it 1 episode or 4 episodes.

The Nailbomber did a very good job at telling the story of a lone wolf bomber who let off multiple bombs in attacks that were racially motivated in London in a single solid episode.

My number one desire from a documentary is to get across as much interesting and relavent information as possible and The Nail Bomber certainly did that. I was only 9 or 10 at the time of the attacks and although I'm from the UK, I don't really recall the attacks. Also being from Northern Ireland, terrorism based around The Northern Irish troubles was far more prevalent in my mind and still is when I think back to the 90s. So it was very interesting (and saddening) to learn about other problems occurring in the same decade. The show had interesting interviews with victims and played insightful tape recordings of the perpetrator being interviewed. Unlike other Netflix documentaries (Son of sam). It doesn't mix and match the style of voice over vs interviews. Nor is the the documentary stretched out over many episodes. Someone could have tried that if they had the motivation or had been given the go ahead. Due to it being a multi bomb and court case story. Luckily they stayed with an hour and a bit single episode and it worked.

It's definitely a crime documentary to watch if this genre is your thing and it's better than other recent attempts by Netflix. A good solid 7/10. So give it a go.

BOOM!

A documentary about a series of bombings in London in 1999, aiming at minority groups.

This was a boring one. There honestly wasn't really much to the story in the first play. Most parts in the documentary were seen before. There was a person who was a spy within an far-right group. He was potentially interesting, but then there wasn't much revealed from his aspect.

The biggest problems here are that the themes felt underwhelming and I didn't learn much about the event. Except for the spy guy, the other interviewees were all not interesting. Many times in this documentary I was bored and looked at phone instead. For only an hour and 12 minutes, it still felt long.

Overall, it's better to just watch some YouTube videos or go to Wiki to learn about the event. 4/10.