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Critic Reviews
iNov 15, 2022
Season 1 Review:
This is a taut and airless show that knows exactly how to build tension effectively (and stressfully). More importantly, its capable ensemble cast do well to establish distinct characters each experiencing their own individual nightmares – and inevitably prompt viewers to ponder how they might respond to this one.
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Radio TimesNov 15, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Crossfire isn’t your typical ‘stripped across the weeknight’ drama. It can be harrowing and heart-wrenching and it asks you to consider all kinds of impossible questions about instinct, vengeance and self-sacrifice. But its intensity, anchored by Hawes’ brilliantly resilient performance, never fails to transfix.
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The TelegraphNov 15, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It is awful to watch, for two main reasons. Reason one: this is horrible, stressful television. ... On top of this, the plot requires some of the characters to do very silly things. ... Which brings us to reason two for Crossfire being a misfire: the characters, who are trapped in a drippy soap opera.
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The GuardianNov 15, 2022
The IndependentNov 15, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The mere presence of Hawes orientates viewers. In an unreliable world, she is a reliable constant. But her need for better scripts is now reaching crisis point, because even in a project in which dozens of tourists are being murdered, the waste of her talent is the biggest tragedy.
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