Atentado en Londres: La cacería tras las bombas del 7/7

I didn't know much about 7/7 as I was relatively young when it happened and I didn't care much about the world beyond my neighborhood. Also 9/11 takes most of the attention when it comes to stories about terrorism for obvious reasons, so other terrible events like the London, Boston and Madrid attacks get a distant second spot. So it's good to hear the story of the 7/7 victims and survivors as well as the first responders. I wish the documentary didn't resort to so many production cliches that are so predictable and distracting like interviewing amputees with a closed up shot to later give you a wide shot of his missing legs, the digital clocks counting down and the Minority Report style geo locators with their silly "computer sound". With so much access to material and stories the director could have done something much more interesting and powerful, instead of just copy and paste all the same tricks and artifacts we have seen hundreds of times.

Let me start by saying I watch a lot of crime documentaries, and I mean a lot.

This documentary series begins really well, it's a time line constructed by interviews, news reports and expert testimony that lays it all out really well. It explains it really well for people who are unfamiliar with it or weren't born at the time.

It starts falling apart in the 2nd episode. The narration is still there, but it's clearly trying to be as culturally sensitive as possible. I remember that day, and I remember those years. It did feel at times like they were attempting to minimise the extremism that permeated the world at that point. I appreciate the voices from Muslims who were there at the time, who spoke about how it didn't represent them. But despite the victims testimonies, it failed to capture the absolute fear and paranoia that gripped everyday people. Indicating people were unnecessarily 'bigotted' or people being profiled because people are just 'mean' was not needed. And the pointed repetition of 'homegrown' was so on the nose, by the end it was a little silly.

I understand the need to be a little careful when something still is a real world threat. And this is coming from someone with a Muslim partner. But this series really diluted what is a really big problem still.

The capital city of our fair land has become the scene of a devastating and cowardly series of terrorist attacks.

Personally, I was at the scene of the attack just two days before it happened; it changed the way I viewed life. Something so very ordinary and mundane became something so uncertain and uncomfortable.

Episode one explores the events, the fallout, and the buildup. From the end of episode two onward, it focuses very heavily on blaming the police; for me, the anger was aimed at the wrong people. It's a fair series; I thought the first episode was particularly good, but the rest of it is average at best.

A lot of time is spent on the tragic death of Jean Charles; his death was heartbreaking and wrong, but more vitriol was placed on the police than on the bombers.

I had a feeling The Guardian would give this a five-star review. It savages the police but not the perpetrators; it ignores legitimate fears people had. It's a good documentary, but it's flawed.

6/10.

This was a very interesting documentary about the 7/7 London bombings. The interviews with survivors and people who were there that day were definitely the strongest part.

The interview with the civil rights activist felt out of place and didn't really add anything. Suggesting that the police or investigators were being racist just because they were trying to find suspects based on the info they had isn't fair. Profiling, in the context of a manhunt, is a logical and necessary part of narrowing down suspects, based on the information available at the time, not on prejudice.

It's unfortunate that Netflix appears to include these elements to attract certain viewers or to appeal to activist narratives, rather than to enhance the factual quality of the documentary. Investigators have a duty to act on the best leads available, regardless of race, age, or gender, and suggesting otherwise distracts from the real story and the real victims. Doing otherwise would just mean they'd waste time.

Still, even though it got quite frustrating in the end, the documentary remains a worthwhile watch.

Pros:

It focuses on the title "Hunting the bombers" and just that.

Topic is vastly researched and no bias at all.

Cons:

Can do more. It had a lot of potential and did not cover Samatha Lewthwaite at all except in a 3 second photograph.

Post arrest story is missing. How the govt tackled the terrorism groups and after math of it.

As I started the documentary i was pretty excited in anticipation of how the terror group went down. But as I ended the documentary i left with a feeling of dissapointment since the makers have covered only the bombers not people behind them. I believe the victims would want to know how the evil has been tackled by their government.