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The current IMDB rating of 4.4 is fairly accurate, but it should be lower. Terrible movie. Awful script, shocking acting, predictable scenarios and more plot holes than you can poke a stick at. I feel that this movie was written for a high school project and giving the funding it needed by a students rich dad. The work experience kid must have had a hand in directing it too.

There are so many movies with Nicolas Cage that are brilliant, this is definitely not one of them. I looked at the IMDb rating and was honestly hoping that it was wrong, I should have gone with my gut feeling. Make sure you check out the reviews by masoudhaghi and SindarS, they really hit the nail on the head (and they are funny)

Two stars. I was going to give it one, but I managed to make it to the end so it got another star that I awarded to myself for being so brave ;)

The current rating of 6.4 is probably a little bit generous.

I was already, "Wait, what?" within the first 33 seconds of episode one when the police was going "lights and sirens' to the job. The police car was being overtaken on the freeway by a civilian car!! I rewound it thinking that I was seeing things - I wasn't. I commented to my missus about it and she was like, "It's a TV show, get over it".

Sadly, as an emergency services worker, it's kinda hard to get over something like that, seeing as it's wildly inaccurate, and tends to set a tone for the rest of the show. When we go 'lights and sirens' to a job, we do it at speed, that's the whole point of lights and sirens. If you are going to do the speed limit and get over-taken by members of the public, perhaps turn the bloody things off and drive there like Granny May!

Once they got to the job, the show did get interesting and it started to look better. The end of episode one made it look like it was going to go well. It took a bit of a nosedive from there.

Can't say I was a fan of Vicky McClure, nor of her character, Lana. She came across as super annoying and maintained that persona for the entire show.

The review by markfranh on 22 March 2022 does sum it up best, even if his score of 1/10 may have been a bit harsh.

Overall, it wasn't the worst show I have seen, but it could have been better, hence the 4 stars - I did finish it after all. I would probably watch a second season, but I wouldn't have high hopes. Hopefully they find a better lead actor/actress to steer the ship in S2, and also take note of some of some of the comments in the reviews to make the show a bit more realistic.