Shows A Lot Of Promise

It's fanastic to see a new TV drama that puts our current struggle for western freedoms into historic perspective; in X Company the audience get to witness how ordinary people rose to the challenge against such overwhelming military adversity to win victory.
While we can always rely on our soldiers and intelligence officers recently our leaders seem weak and more inclined to appease, reflecting a wllingness to overlook our enemies ruthlessness and utter hatred for our way of life with bizarre, conflated statements often ignoring the huge elephants in the room which in turn worries a great many people.

To the show, I love the cinematography, locations have been chosen with great care, particular attention going into the period costume. The cast completely unknown to me apart from Warren Brown the English detective in 'Luther' (what a show that is!) and Hugh Dillon seems up to the task. However, X Company is let down by the script which at times can come across as pedantic, hopefully, this can be addressed further down the road.

Another element that inspired me to write this mini-review is how the producers have avoided that particularly American pitfall; pumping themselves up at the expense of their allies. You'll notice in British, Australian and Canadian shows covering war they don't get caught in the trap of boosting their own national reputation at the expense of the allies which reflects very well on them indeed.

All in all a quality Canadian historical drama which should appeal to both WW2 buffs and viewers looking for something outside of generic American cop shows and the dreadful reality TV swamping our TV sets at the moment.







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