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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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If you are suffering from a tension pneumothorax yourself and can’t reach the remote control, or if you are a great devotee of the game Who’s Marked Next For Death?, it’s an OK watch. For the rest of us, there’s lots of other stuff to be getting on with, I’ll bet.
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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.