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Flashpoint is a high stakes police drama about a team of elite cops.
A SWAT team highly trained in psychology, specialising in the use of state of the art weaponry, sniper rifles, snake cameras and robotics along with expert negotiating tactics. Their task - to talk down or take down terrorists, hostage takers, and bomb-makers, delving deeply into the minds of the human beings at the centre of explosive situations.
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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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This is based on the TV show - not on the DVD release, as it is not available at the time the review is written.
One of my best shows - why?
a) every situation is shown from multiple point of views - and we know what led to the hostage situation (usually this is just another somebody's tragedy). It does make it very difficult to judge or want the sniper to pull the trigger
b) the role of the negotiator (and also the price he pays for his role) is excellent and very rarely (if ever) shown as it is here
c) the sniper - when he pulls the trigger and kills - he has then his own hell to go through (not only the investigation but all the emotions inside him). This is not just a happy trigger like in most of these action movies.
d) all the above contributes to a very high emotional load in each episode - each of them leaves a trace in you - wondering what I would do if was in this situation...tough.
Highly recommended - to all.
One of my best shows - why?
a) every situation is shown from multiple point of views - and we know what led to the hostage situation (usually this is just another somebody's tragedy). It does make it very difficult to judge or want the sniper to pull the trigger
b) the role of the negotiator (and also the price he pays for his role) is excellent and very rarely (if ever) shown as it is here
c) the sniper - when he pulls the trigger and kills - he has then his own hell to go through (not only the investigation but all the emotions inside him). This is not just a happy trigger like in most of these action movies.
d) all the above contributes to a very high emotional load in each episode - each of them leaves a trace in you - wondering what I would do if was in this situation...tough.
Highly recommended - to all.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Very well-done. Has the quality of a US show but with more intelligence and far less gungho cliches. I was impressed that every single episode is as entertaining as all the others. I really hope they develop the characters more next season - especially the heart-of-gold negotiator played by Enrico Colantoni, and the very funny 'Roman' tech expert - 'My people don't like woods.'
Flashpoint sets a new standard for a more emotionally complex but still action-packed cop show.
Flashpoint sets a new standard for a more emotionally complex but still action-packed cop show.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the best shows I have seen in a long long time.
It could have slipped into one of two holes. It could have been an action packed shoot 'em up which rarely works well on the small screen and probably wouldn't have been very believable. Alternatively, it could have turned into an overly detailed and consequently tedious procedural show. It manages to steer a path between the two. The show is based on a real life Toronto police unit similar to SWAT but with their own integral negotiators. This is a brilliant set up because every episode can go either way with a brutal violent conclusion or the culprit talked down peacefully. The issues are dealt with in a mature and considered fashion which rather excellently means that the person with the gun is not always the baddy.
The team is rather more imaginatively put together than in most similar shows. The team leader (Enrico Colantoni) is the cuddly negotiator whilst two bullet headed middle-aged men (Hugh Dillon and Michael Cram) are his subordinates. They have similar but different home lives and chat through raising teenagers on the way to work. A black junior policeman (Mark Taylor) and an Italian junior policeman (Sergio di Zio) have minor roles but occasionally get their moment in the limelight and both rise to the challenge when they do. David Paetkau plays the ex-special forces sniper who has transfered in. His difficulties integrating and changing his focus from killing to resolving the situation are well handled and his dark back story is mercifully not as overblown as it easily could be. The last team member is Amy Jo Johnson (the only american on the cast) who is the beautiful woman who has to struggle to maintain her position on the team.
Each show starts with a quick introduction to a perilous situation and then winds back a few hours to see how the problem started. We then build up to the point where police must start making life and death decisions. There is one running storyline which revolves around the actions of one of the cops in the first episode but generally these are self contained stories.
Okay there is the odd cliche. There are a few moments when the team storm in demand police leave their control rooms without bothering to get a briefing, the inevitable will they won't they is a little cheesy but forgiveable. I don't know enough about policing to say with any authority how accurate this is but Colantoni's brother is a Toronto cop which may have made a difference. There's regular use of police venacular (some of it pretty hamfisted but usually well done) and lots of gadgets.
Overall, I love this show. It's entertaining intelligent and I liked that I didn't know which way things were going to go in a lot of the episodes. Highly recommended and I can't wait for the next two series.
It could have slipped into one of two holes. It could have been an action packed shoot 'em up which rarely works well on the small screen and probably wouldn't have been very believable. Alternatively, it could have turned into an overly detailed and consequently tedious procedural show. It manages to steer a path between the two. The show is based on a real life Toronto police unit similar to SWAT but with their own integral negotiators. This is a brilliant set up because every episode can go either way with a brutal violent conclusion or the culprit talked down peacefully. The issues are dealt with in a mature and considered fashion which rather excellently means that the person with the gun is not always the baddy.
The team is rather more imaginatively put together than in most similar shows. The team leader (Enrico Colantoni) is the cuddly negotiator whilst two bullet headed middle-aged men (Hugh Dillon and Michael Cram) are his subordinates. They have similar but different home lives and chat through raising teenagers on the way to work. A black junior policeman (Mark Taylor) and an Italian junior policeman (Sergio di Zio) have minor roles but occasionally get their moment in the limelight and both rise to the challenge when they do. David Paetkau plays the ex-special forces sniper who has transfered in. His difficulties integrating and changing his focus from killing to resolving the situation are well handled and his dark back story is mercifully not as overblown as it easily could be. The last team member is Amy Jo Johnson (the only american on the cast) who is the beautiful woman who has to struggle to maintain her position on the team.
Each show starts with a quick introduction to a perilous situation and then winds back a few hours to see how the problem started. We then build up to the point where police must start making life and death decisions. There is one running storyline which revolves around the actions of one of the cops in the first episode but generally these are self contained stories.
Okay there is the odd cliche. There are a few moments when the team storm in demand police leave their control rooms without bothering to get a briefing, the inevitable will they won't they is a little cheesy but forgiveable. I don't know enough about policing to say with any authority how accurate this is but Colantoni's brother is a Toronto cop which may have made a difference. There's regular use of police venacular (some of it pretty hamfisted but usually well done) and lots of gadgets.
Overall, I love this show. It's entertaining intelligent and I liked that I didn't know which way things were going to go in a lot of the episodes. Highly recommended and I can't wait for the next two series.
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the one with the pink power ranger in it.
Watched a few episodes. Its not bad. But its not the wire or 24. I couldn't just watch it all back to back.
P.s but I will watch it just for the pink power ranger. Read more
P.s but I will watch it just for the pink power ranger. Read more
Published 22 days ago by G. Leslie
The other side of heroism
Great, gripping police procedural. It really gets into the minds of the characters, and looks at the costs of heroism. Read more
Published 22 days ago by An inspired Reader
Very good series!
Flashpoint is one of the best TV series out there. It's about a police squad which is the Canadian equivalent of a SWAT team. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr Bruce Gaydon
Excellent TV series
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this Canadian TV series. Set in Toronto it follows the Strategic Response Unit (SRU) which as basically the Canadian version of SWAT. Read more
Published 8 months ago by georgieandjess
What a load of garbage !
This has got to be the biggest load of rubbish I've ever had the misfortune to watch. The show insults its viewers with plots that you can drive a double decker bus through. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Gs Venter
Flashpoint season 1
A thoroughly enjoyable series, a cop show with a difference. I wish the other 2 series were available in the UK.
Published 11 months ago by F. Smith
great series
It's a shame that Amazon has only the first season on region 2 as it is a brilliant series. Loved it from the first episode and can't wait for more. Great stories and great acting. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Eagle Eyes
Pathetic Show
Just watched the first 3 episodes, what a let down, i just looked at the other reviews, what were they watching! Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. John Atkinson
Awesome!
Arrived ridiculously quickly....can't fault the seller 1 bit. The series itself was compelling (I watched it all within one sitting) Can't wait to see the second and third series... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Nigelblacks
Flashpoint first season
Great drama, shame I missed it on ITV 2 or 3. How ever with your own dvd you can watch it when you like. Read more
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