After a shooting, Jo's family vacations turns into turmoil.After a shooting, Jo's family vacations turns into turmoil.After a shooting, Jo's family vacations turns into turmoil.
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Reviewers say 'Crossfire' presents a gripping premise with themes of survival and moral dilemmas, praised for its strong cast, especially Keeley Hawes, and tension-filled atmosphere. However, it faces criticism for implausible plot points, inconsistent character decisions, and lack of depth. Many find the characters' reactions unrealistic, detracting from believability. Some feel the show fails to capitalize on its potential, leading to a mixed reception.
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Repetitive and ridiculous in equal,measure. No discernible plot. Muddled direction and devoid of direction. Unconvincing characterisation. Even inTenerife, the armed police would have been there in minutes. I could write more but this nonsense doesn't warrant the effort. Oh dear, I have to write more to meet the minimum review criteria. I'm off to make a cup of tea now. Then I will switch over and watch a documentary about fish. This review may seem meaningless but believe me, it is far more compelling than this over hyped nonsense. Rubbish. Absolute trash. There aren't even pretty landscapes of the island.
A trio of families head for a holiday in Spain, but the relaxation is cut short when gunmen open fire on the unsuspecting holiday makers.
Well, you couldn't escape the adverts for this one, The BBC definitely plugged this one, it was everywhere.
Now I may be in the minority here, but I really enjoyed the first episode, and despite one or two quibbles, it grabbed my attention, and had me on the edge of my seat.....
Episodes two and three however, oh Dear, it fell apart quite quickly, the events were just impossible to believe, and the relationships that we were told about, they just didn't seem realistic or even possible.
The idea was a truly great one, a chilling concept, and as many people are aware, similar atrocities did actually happen.
Jason, truly the most ridiculous character on the box this year, he turns out exactly as I predicted, very lazily written.
The acting was very good, Keeley Hawes was excellent, I also enjoyed Josette Simon and Daniel Ryan, they were very good, just badly served for the most part.
5/10.
Well, you couldn't escape the adverts for this one, The BBC definitely plugged this one, it was everywhere.
Now I may be in the minority here, but I really enjoyed the first episode, and despite one or two quibbles, it grabbed my attention, and had me on the edge of my seat.....
Episodes two and three however, oh Dear, it fell apart quite quickly, the events were just impossible to believe, and the relationships that we were told about, they just didn't seem realistic or even possible.
The idea was a truly great one, a chilling concept, and as many people are aware, similar atrocities did actually happen.
Jason, truly the most ridiculous character on the box this year, he turns out exactly as I predicted, very lazily written.
The acting was very good, Keeley Hawes was excellent, I also enjoyed Josette Simon and Daniel Ryan, they were very good, just badly served for the most part.
5/10.
I've never seen anything like this in my life.
I'm guessing it was loosely based on real life events in Tunisia a few years ago, but they could have introduced some sort of story line, or how about even just making it an hour long so as not to put us through such misery.
Hours of complete nonsense, no real story, the odd flash back and and more gratuitous, pointless violence than you can shake a stick at!
We were introduced to the characters so briefly as for it to be impossible to remember who was who.
Usually like Keely Hawes stuff but this is pathetic. Don't waste your time, life's too short!
I'm guessing it was loosely based on real life events in Tunisia a few years ago, but they could have introduced some sort of story line, or how about even just making it an hour long so as not to put us through such misery.
Hours of complete nonsense, no real story, the odd flash back and and more gratuitous, pointless violence than you can shake a stick at!
We were introduced to the characters so briefly as for it to be impossible to remember who was who.
Usually like Keely Hawes stuff but this is pathetic. Don't waste your time, life's too short!
Keeled Hawes having great difficulty acting to the lines of this one. The script and dialogue are extremely poor and the resort makes you think you're watching Benidorm with guns. Only one episode in but I'll be surprised if this gets any better. So a bunch of people are stuck on an island and someone shooting at them I'm certainly not giving away any spoilers with that. How long can you act scared for and make phone calls back home when you're on holiday Shane you're being attacked for no rhyme or reason. You'll be happy to know as well there's plenty of overacting in this new drama. I'll give it the second episode but I can't see it improving.
So in this large hotel only these guests ended up running round bumping into each other. Not sure who's kids were whose. Good job keeley managed to get hold of a shotgun from the back office or I don't know what they'd have done. And those poor kids must all be burnt to a crisp in that heat and no sun cream
To say there only appeared to be 2 gunmen then everyone could have been saved quite easily.
This island is so remote it's either Alcatraz or the Island from Lost, cos local police didn't turn up till about a week later Complete drivel and what not to do if ever you are trapped in a massive hotel with no security and all doors and gates locked.
This island is so remote it's either Alcatraz or the Island from Lost, cos local police didn't turn up till about a week later Complete drivel and what not to do if ever you are trapped in a massive hotel with no security and all doors and gates locked.
Did you know
- TriviaThe resort footage was shot at the Sandos San Blas resort in southern Tenerife.
- GoofsWhen the helicopter is first seen arriving at the hotel, you can see several cars passing on the road outside. It's made out that they're in a very remote area but civilisation is just outside the gate.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Jeremy Vine: Episode #5.190 (2022)
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- Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain(location)
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