EPISODE
SEASON
Flashpoint - Season 1
The Canadian series Flashpoint follows the missions and trials of a fictional elite tactical unit, the Strategic Response Unit (SRU), within a Canadian metropolitan police force.
8 May 1981, Timmins, Ontario, Canada
9 June 1979, Montréal, Québec, Canada
6 August 1971, London, Ontario, Canada
8 February 1959, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24 August 1972, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
25 May 1992, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
1958, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
14 February 1990, London, Ontario, Canada
26 October 1965, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
14 February 1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 11, 2008
"Flashpoint" lingers when it ought to speed up.
July 11, 2008
It is nonetheless merely re-creating crime-series moves we've all seen many times before, with only the faintest afterimage of originality.
July 11, 2008
If it had something truly new or provocative to say about such matters, the essential redundancy of Flashpoint could be overlooked--but it doesn't, and so it can't.
July 11, 2008
Too bad the writing isn't as on-target as Lane's high-powered automatic.
July 11, 2008
To be sure, Flashpoint is a perfectly competent police procedural right down to its convincing weaponry and tactics. However, based on the pilot, it isn't particularly fresh or inventive.
July 11, 2008
The "Flashpoint" pilot is competent, but very retro and fairly dull.
July 11, 2008
It's more nuanced than the average cop drama, and for that reason, more intriguing.
July 11, 2008
As viewing experiences go, the series itself possesses so little flash, that it's difficult to see the point.
July 11, 2008
Flashpoint works through the distress and damage it lays out here. Now, if it can just figure a way beyond the scary perp cliches.
July 11, 2008
It's not terrible, not great, just sort of so-so.
