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      The Last Enemy

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      Leigh C This really stands the test of time be it the contagious virus, the government and AI surveillance, the immigration issue it's all there with great acting 14 years ago. Entertaining and thought provoking Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/23/23 Full Review Audience Member The technology part & the suspense of the story are very appealing. But the love relationship between Steven & Yasim is so thin, not grounded and unrealistic as it's so forcefully made (in order to be Steven's motivation to drive him get involved deeper & deeper). But the overall social scenario painted by this story could be our future and very scary. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Explores a dystopian future where privacy is on the verge of disheartening. Good cast and acting, but writing and directing left much to be desired. Lack of production value was obvious. While a derivative story, told better elsewhere, it was still entertaining. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Serge L Excellent story, well done, logical, and very realistic in the english world. There was a time when the english claimed territories for their own and used a disease that could discriminately kill the enemy and not them. Smallpox, and to lesser degree, tuberculosis and other childhood diseases. Transpose this mentality to a near future and we understand the english roots of the Last enemy. It is a very well rendered tale of an onmipotent and ominous government that although wanting to be good, allow evil and does evil to contain it. We really feel the greyness of the of good and bad with the english. From my point of view, the lesser evil is still evil and we end up questionning ourselves about the possibility of uprooting all evils in the human world. My take is: don't put the english in charge of this! Which explains the state of the world now and the difficulty with so many evils to contain. And I don't mean only muslims extremists, but all greedy evils. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/28/15 Full Review Audience Member Excellent story, well done, logical, and very realistic in the english world. There was a time when the english claimed territories for their own and used a disease that could discriminately kill the enemy and not them. Smallpox, and to lesser degree, tuberculosis and other childhood diseases. Transpose this mentality to a near future and we understand the english roots of the Last enemy. It is a very well rendered tale of an onmipotent and ominous government that although wanting to be good, allow evil and does evil to contain it. We really feel the greyness of the of good and bad with the english. From my point of view, the lesser evil is still evil and we end up questionning ourselves about the possibility of uprooting all evils in the human world. My take is: don't put the english in charge of this! Which explains the state of the world now and the difficulty with so many evils to contain. And I don't mean only muslims extremists, but all greedy evils. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member it took a while for me to get into this, because it's not really my genre, and the romance developed in the earlier episodes felt very contrived. as the conspiracy picked up momentum though, i was sucked into the world of the series and what it had to say about the dystopian implications of our inevitable future. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews The British really know how to do political thrillers right. The superb acting, the good pacing and the sharp writing make this five episode mini-series fly by. Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 12, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Iain MacDonald