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Another edge-of-your-seat thriller.
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The second season of “Sleeper Cell” burrows even deeper into the mind-set of Muslim extremists than the first and is all the better and more troubling for it.
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Powerful.
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As exciting as the original.
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If you can make the time in a season where most programmers think we're all too busy shopping to be watching anything heavier than "Miracle on 34th Street" (the Natalie Wood version, of course), then "Sleeper Cell" delivers.
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"Sleeper Cell" is a compelling, kinetic ride that matches "24" in its power and is far more realistic and topical.
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The action is intense in "Sleeper Cell," and each episode includes at least one stunning moment of violence or betrayal. But character depth isn't sacrificed to keep the pace moving, and there are valuable calms between the storms.
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Ealy and Fehr give fierce performances that will keep fans hooked.
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The quickened pulse is a plus: The violence registers as sharp, stinging slaps. [11 Dec 2006, p.41]
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The acting, writing and directing are subtle and graceful.
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Reminiscent of 24 but about a dozen times more realistic (though dramatically more uneven).
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The series would fall apart if Al-Farik were a cardboard cutout villain. Who’d want to watch eight hours of this man’s journey if he were just a shallow action-movie bad guy? But thanks to Fehr’s brave, layered performance, it’s impossible to ignore Al-Farik or the ideas that motivate him.
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The new edition delivers many of the same thrills and intelligent debate that made the original so exceptional. But the mere act of bringing it back creates problems the original never had to deal with.
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"Sleeper Cell" is nicely acted, produced, written, directed, but is still so deeply rooted in the conventions of the medium, that no matter how hard it tries, or how hard it wants to be something else, this still ends up Just TV.
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While not perfect, [it] manages to be both exciting and--if not exactly realistic--then at least reality-grounded.
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The show isn't brilliant, but it is audaciously alive.
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Violent and sometimes sexually tawdry, as only pay cable can be, Sleeper Cell is not for the faint of heart, but it provides well-constructed thrills with its tour of the morally ambiguous land of counter-terrorism.
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A significant improvement in the sequel is its keener sense of urgency and alarm, achieved by down-scaling the exposition and character development that bogged down the first hours of the original.
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It hardly enlightens, and it never feels urgent. It feels like a decent cop drama pretending to be something more important.
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A dreary thing it is, and depressing, too.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 19
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Mixed: 1 out of 19
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Negative: 7 out of 19
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CharlesGJan 10, 2007
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WareCJan 7, 2007Absolutely terrible! And I loved last years mini-series.
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AdamMDec 23, 2006Great show, makes me sad and want revenge myself! Badass fight in the streets of Yemen as well...