Guerrilla - Season 1
A pair of activists in 1970s London set out to free a political prisoner and wage a resistance movement.
31 March 1978, Epping, Essex, England, UK
16 November 1971, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
April 16, 2017
Despite some promising performances and incredible writing, Guerrilla is ultimately dragged down by its own tone-deaf casting.
April 07, 2017
Ridley's keenly observant script clearly draws on the multiplying accounts of life underground by 1970s survivors who've come in from the cold.
April 12, 2017
Ridley leaves an indelible directorial stamp on the opening third of this series with some of his standby sensory touches.
April 19, 2017
This dramatic series offers both a glorified and painful look at the Black Power Movement in the United Kingdom during the politically volatile 1970s.
April 20, 2017
I go along with the stuff about ambition, and the cast is completely wonderful. But I have great misgivings about the show in other respects. What a missed opportunity... Two episodes in and, alas, I'm already out.
April 13, 2017
Despite some odd choices, the strong performances and an authoritative voice behind the camera make this a recommendable yet uncomfortable watch.
April 12, 2017
It's a tragedy, an old tragedy told anew, with vigor and insight, sadness and resonance.
April 14, 2017
While it should not be taken as historical text (nor does it claim to ever be 'Based on True Events') Guerrilla is a relatively engaging mini-series about the people who fuel, and are affected by, a revolution.
April 25, 2017
One gets the feeling that a tough US movie has been slapped on to a period London setting, but it won't wash... As a thriller it has its moments, however.
April 13, 2017
Guerrilla works hard to feel viscerally real, rather than a dramatised lecture about a dialectical struggle. But it has its flaws.