Cobra rebellion review

By Christopher Stevens.

Victoria Hamilton and Robert Carlyle shine in this predictable but compelling disaster drama about a geothermal storm. Look, Cobra is kind of a silly drama. At one point I was going to give it two stars. It's so predictable, I thought! I have a ton of objections! And yet, for days afterwards, I was itching to watch more. Then after episode two, I wanted to watch episode three.

Cobra rebellion review

Hear that? That's the sound of the couch calling. It's cold and wet, it's dark when we get up, it's dark when we leave work, in other words, hibernation season has officially begun. Wading through the slush of shows on offer at this of year to find those much-watch gems is a whole other matter however and inevitably eats into our hard-earned downtime. Sky's political thriller has quickly amassed a strong fan base since premiering in and it's back with a bang this month on Sky Max screens with a third season for your viewing pleasure. For those new to the series, it hangs on the highly charged comings and goings of Downing Street's head honchos as they navigate major national catastrophes, political back-biting and personal scandal, after personal scandal. Pretty nifty right? The show cherry picks several genres from political intrigue, thriller and more. The real buy-in though, is that race-against-time action that we haven't really come across since Line of Duty. The most interesting addition to the team, however, has to be Jane Horrocks. For better or worse the actress has been immortalised as the hilariously ridiculous Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous but COBRA: Rebellion sees her tackle the role of hard-nosed Defence Secretary Victoria Dalton and that's worth tuning in for alone. COBRA: Rebellion packs more of a real-world punch than the other series to date and that's saying something as it's proven to be eerily prophetic in past seasons! This time around the story centres on a grave threat to the government from environmental lobbyists and it's impossible to ignore the parallels with the protests taking place across the UK.

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What starts as knockabout action, with shades of every impending natural cataclysm movie ever, morphs quickly into a moreish exploration of low politics and high ambition, with subtle and timely nods to that squalid belt where extreme left and right meet. This transition might have come about through necessity, the overall budget surely taking a pummelling by the first episode having an aircraft explode while crash landing on the A1. Robert Carlyle is a gentle, decent, modern Conservative prime minister. Enough of your sneery kneejerk cavilling! Aided by brightest button chief of staff Victoria Hamilton and a couple of heroic cops and civil emergency officers in the handsome shapes of Richard Dormer and Steven Cree, he must briefly save the country from sudden raging solar flares, which take out most power and bring down planes; but this is, if anything, a mere survivable subplot. What it mainly does is leave the country open to chaos, chiefly focused on the north-east, the only, increasingly angry area not to get its power back. Cue strikes, infiltration by far-right activists, riots in a deportation centre, press-inspired lynchings and, chiefly, a wolfish grin around the chops of arch-bigot and home secretary David Haig, chewing up the scenery and loving it.

If political thrillers are your thing then COBRA is a series you need to add to your must-watch list. The series follows senior politicians and leading experts as they have to respond to a national crisis — much like the real-life COBRA Committee who convene to deal with issues of national emergency. The first series of COBRA hit screens in January and followed Prime Minister Robert Sutherland as he — and his government — fight for control following a massive solar flare which leaves most of the UK without power. To the joy of fans, Robert Carlyle returned in his role as Prime Minister Robert Sutherland with the government having to deal with a new national emergency — a series of cyberattacks. The official synopsis for the third series, as released by Sky reads:. When an unforeseen environmental disaster causes enormous destruction and loss of life, the consequences are far reaching for the Prime Minister. The subsequent investigation leads Sutherland and his team to realise that all may not be as it appears. Embarking on a quest to discover the truth, they find something disturbing and disruptive underneath. The crisis spirals to encompass not only the urgent threat of environmental destruction, but also the malignant corruption of the arms industry and the rise of shadowy corporate security firms.

Cobra rebellion review

The third season of the tense political drama , which airs on Sky Max and Sky Showcase in the UK, finds Sutherland, played by Robert Carlyle, facing turmoil due to personal issues, challenges from environmental activists and internal cabinet threats. After dealing with the fallout from a solar flare and a cyberattack in previous seasons, the new run sees Conservative Prime Minister Sutherland and his colleagues in COBRA the Cabinet Office briefing rooms where emergency situations are discussed tackle environmental campaigners Planet Resistance, who are protesting against the construction of a new railway line. But the opening up of a sinkhole during a protest brings tragedy.

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For better or worse the actress has been immortalised as the hilariously ridiculous Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous but COBRA: Rebellion sees her tackle the role of hard-nosed Defence Secretary Victoria Dalton and that's worth tuning in for alone. Aimee Connolly finds this aspect of married life 'bizarre'. The show cherry picks several genres from political intrigue, thriller and more. I have a lot of questions. Also, one final quibble: everyone's smartphones keep working fine, which just seems wildly unlikely. Duke of Edinburgh poses with Labrador puppy Teasel in new photographs shared to mark Also, back for series three is writer Toby Finlay who has contributed to some of the most lauded shows of the past decade from Line of Duty to Peaky Blinders and The Serpent. The whole series has got a real The Day After Tomorrow vibe to it as everyday life is suddenly disrupted and society begins to fray at the edges. This time around the story centres on a grave threat to the government from environmental lobbyists and it's impossible to ignore the parallels with the protests taking place across the UK. Irish Oscar hopefuls make it a family affair and plan for a busy night of parties. Looking for small boats Home Secretary?