Ultimate Force
Ultimate Force
Explosive military drama about a crack SAS team. There's a life-or-death mission, reputations at stake, and stamina sorely tested at a combat survival weekend.
匚卂尺ㄥ reviewedFebruary 19, 2025
The SAS cannot fail to make a great subject for TV or film. Ultimate Force does not, in my opinion, glamorise or desensitise us to the inevitable violence in each episode.
Series 3 and 4 had a significantly different cast and many of the plotlines from the first two series are left hanging. I agree with other reviewers here, Series 1 and 2 were more character driven. However, as the character development wasn't always handled too well (a lot of shots of Jamie Draven staring into space isn't really character development), Series 3 and 4 with their more direct approach are not bad at all, and sometimes better for it.
The series 2 closer, Death Is Forever, contains one of those rare TV moments: a scene that will shock you to the core and make you disbelieve what you have just witnessed. Ross Kemp's Henno becomes forever ambiguous after this.