Green Beret Reacts to Strike Back | Viewer Discretion Advised (Seriously) 

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Strike Back is a great show! Well...the first 3 or 4 seasons are. The last couple of seasons are pozzed out. But, the first few seasons are awesome.

The later episodes with Scott and Stonebridge is awesome!!! Give the show a chance guys!!!

"There was a woman in the stack..." had me dead

Glad they finally got round to doing this show. I hope they watch more of it especially with the bigger gunfights that come later on. Also from what i understand from interviews i have watched (including with US guys who worked with the SAS and SBS) they used to run lights instead of night vision especially in the 90s and early 2000s, given that the advisors are ex UKSF guys that might be why they did that in the show.

It’s been awhile since I watched it but Scott was recruited for two very specific reasons. John Porter (guy in the video) and Scott had worked extensively, developing the code Porter used with only three people having working knowledge of it. The other is the villain worked with them back in the day but only they had any idea of what he looked like, so, he’d wound but being key to it. I know you probably know this, but I watched this show way too many times to not share. Also, John Porter has his own season, which was effectively the very first season of the whole strike back series. It had Andrew Lincoln as the CO and was pretty good. I recommend it purely for a single scene in the first episode where Porter has to get creative with weapon concealment, which always makes me chuckle.

My favourite series of all time! Loved the Brit original with Armitage and Lincoln, and really loved the four seasons with Stapleton and Winchester!

Great show. The first episode or two is the typical awkward development of characters. As it goes along the two leads do pair well as characters, supporting characters are overall great. Tactics and weapons handling are good for the time it was filmed, mid to late 2000s.

Buck said "that's the front of her back"!! That one choked me! 😂

Lol the soft corn scenes are always awkward. End up just looking at ur phone or something haha

Oh, you guys took my request about Strike back!!!!!! Much love to you guys!!!

Well this show was co-produced by Cinemax which explains a lot. It gets a lot better in season 2 when they reboot the whole thing with a new cast. And the CAG guy is played by an Australian actor which was surprising but he does a good job

"Boy banging..Alley fighting..." 😅😂😂

While I love the Seal Team watch videos... and I'd love to see you just do every single episode... I also know that would get boring. However, I would like to see you guys do like an episode or 2 from each season as the show progresses and tackles new problems with PTSD/PTSS, TBI, CTE, and the struggles we dealt with in terms of our bodies, our families, relationships, etc.

The prequel series to this show is normally listed as Strike Back Origins. It is a pre-Cinemax Sky only production featuring Richard Armitage (the guy being executed in the beginning.) He was the main character in the first season, and before a second season was discussed, he was already working on the Hobbit films. He only appears in the first episode for continuity to the Sky-only series.

This proves what I already learned by growing up with my daddy, a vet: that being tactically unrealistic doesn’t necessarily ruin the show. Unless you watch it with a vet. 😂

The Strike back show from season 1 to 5 was dope with Scott and Stonebridge 🔥🔥🔥

I have been waiting forever. This is my favorite tv show of ALL TIME. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Now, time to watch!!

It is an awesome show. Thank you for reviewing it.

You guys kill me! I'm dying here! 😂 I loved this show...But I have zero experience with anything military and yet would say to myself at times..."Oh hell no...they don't it like that!" But it absolutely was a fun show to watch! Love what you guys do!

Hey, I know it's been months and months, and there's a bunch of comments, but... (just an fyi) this is the beginning of the 2nd season. The first season, consisting of 6 episodes, was quite different. It starred Richard Armitage (who was the prisoner killed in the video), he had to leave after the 1st season do to his commitment to The Hobbit trilogy (he starred as Thorin). They made many changes on and off screen between s01 and s02, but continued the premise of a British Intelligence (MI6) unit called Section 20, recruiting an UKSF soldier to be the boots on the ground guy, only now, instead of a lone former SAS guy, they now have an active SBS guy, partnered with a former Delta guy to help draw in American audiences (though the American is actually played quite convincingly by an Australian actor). Also, a pair of females were added, a UKSF NCO and a DEA agent, along with various officers/COs, who join in quite a bit. It ran for 4 seasons with these guys, tentatively ending after s05. Then two years later it was revived with a new cast, two main guys, an SAS operator and a Delta operator, but also a female operator from Australia's SASR and they're led by a UKSF Recon Regt. captain, another female, leading the team of four, until the next season when they added another guy, a UKSF colonel, who was then in charge. It ran three more seasons for a total of 8, before finally wrapping up. There is sometimes talk of it coming back again, either with more seasons or a feature film, but nothing official yet. Annnd that's about it...

Keep watching guys, there are some great gun battles in later episodes, and less games of hide the sausage.

There was a series around the same time as stike back called ultimate force which was basically an SAS drama think a couple of episodes are on youtube

I loved this show, I know it was the best realism as a whole but it was well written and fun to watch up until the last couple seasons. Plus the intro song was awesome. I can't wait to hear Sean tear this show to shreds.

In it's defence, the show does get progressively better over time

Then theres a woman in the stack got me sorry 👍🤣🤣🤣🤣

Abel explaining that scene sounded like my Dad explaining something like that when I was 11 😅

The Beast (2020, Italy) is a "war veteran has daughter kidnapped movie", and is pretty solid. And on the crime movies one where the criminals use some military tactics, there's The Crew (2015, France), which has as basically a tv series sequel (same lead guy, same premise) Ganglands (2021-, France). But, you know, turn the subtitles on guys.

This was a Friday night Skin-A-Max action show which is the reason for at least 1 sex scene per episode. Funny it's that the American actor posed as a Brit & the Australian actor posed as an American. Great show though.

I loved Abel’s face during the first rigorous scene, his face lit up 🤣🤣🤣

Finally someone reviewing this show. I’m so happy

you guys should watch more of Strike Back, the relationship between Damian and Michael is an interesting dynamic given the differences between them

love this show but expecting sean to give it a complete roasting at every level of plausibility

I recommended this show. Not for anything else but the banter.

I would of liked to see your opinion on the first season, when John Porter was introduced. And after the scene where he's decoding the message, he explains that it's a code him and Porter made together when they worked together.

I'm quite glad they start on "Season 2" as the show basically has eras. Season 2-5 was a reboot of season 1 and shares almost no resemblance to it beyond a few references to Porter throughout and a very short scene at the start. Then season 6 reboots it again with a new team. Most people regard Scott and Stonebridge as proper Strike Back. It was always quite silly but it was a weird blend of being 50/50 silly and probably the most accurate SF portrayal on tv at the time but it was inconsistent and would slide between the two... It would be utter realism then quackery, then back to realism, then gooftastical.

I think Strike Season 2 and later was a Showtime production. Season 1 was with Richard Armitage, the guy who was killed.

Sean, I appreciate you causing me to spit coffee on my monitor with the "railing lady boy" comments. Thank's brother.......

Bruh! Thank you for reviewing this show. This is one of my favorite British shows. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

If my Reptilian Brain recalls correctly, the Delta Force vet had been railroaded out of the Army and hence he was in Thailand trying to survive. The SBS guy was ordered to find him because he and John Porter had been involved in a mission with British Special Operations forces-something like that-and since Porter had been KIA, the American had some pieces of intel that the British needed. The Commander sent the SBS guy to find him and bring him in.

"I JUST WROTE A BOOK.." 🤣 Love the transition...

Thank y’all for taking my recommendation!

Great show. Did you ever watch Who Dares Wins, from 1980 i think, a british film about the iranian embassy hostage rescue by the sas?

Season 1 of Strike Back could be better. When it gets to seasons two up to four, it is pretty good for action and just a good action show with many tactics in it. These two guys made this series really good; it is a shame that they moved on and added more people, making it ridiculous afterwards.

This was awesome, former Army Ranger, US Border Patrol Agent and retired as a Federal Air Marshal..Love this review I really like Strike Back and agree the porn(y) stuff is out of place and takes away from a good action show...Keep up the good work..RLTW Sua Sponte

Strike back was a great show scot and stonebridge were a great on screen duo. The first season was based of a book but not sure if it took from real life events.(spoiler!) Also scot was kicked out of delta for being framed I think

When Buck said. Ya, this is the good sence 👀. That killed lol. 🤣😂🤣😂

lol you should do a whole episode of you guys muted and that music in the background 9:09 🤣

Love the videos😂 Happy Sunday!

I still want to see you guys do some older movies, namely The Wild Geese, Dogs of War, and The Final Option. The show was on Showtime, so that explains the sex scenes, as a lot of their shows had a lot of nudity and sex. IIRC it was primarily filmed in South Africa. As a side note the actor playing the Brit is an American, and the Ex CAG guy is an Aussie actor.

Lol keep doing strike back episodes because its a good show and abel loves it! 😂

Buck! Keep up the good work! You guys should review La Femme Nikita from 1997. I'm a civilian but I see some stuff that's very not correct lol. But one character uses a Mark 23 which is cool

What made this show good was the comradery and banter between the 2 lead actors.

Uncommon Valor is also dope, but from the 80's, so probably not remotely accurate.

Great show, never finished it, got half way through season 3 and got busy.

Oh sh!t better broken is finally out?! Lets goooooo!!!

I always considered only the first two seasons ( those with Porter) to be the best. Those were pretty sober and believable. After his murder it kind of slid into being too "cool" with Scott and Stonebridge. But S3 and S4 were still very good.

Curious what you think about the movie “6 Days”, the one about the Iranian Embassy Siege!

This is damn great brilliant show you are going to love the shit out of it trust me, this show represents soldier's beautifully, enjoy my friend's!

Oh my god I rewound when I saw his face after saying “and there a woman in the stack” lol

This is season 2. The first season is with the guy captured at the beginning, the same one swearing in the video...😁😁😁

The ones saying the later seasons with a new cast was not good are missing out. After the first season with the new cast (which was just okay admittedly) the show gets substantially better chemistry wise and movement/tactics wise and there are some awesome one shot no cuts action scenes that are the best ive ever seen in film or tv. The missions were also absurdly fun and somewhat interesting concepts in my opinion too. Just a fun show thats shot beautifully and just realistic enough but doesnt take itself to serious.

Ronin (1998)

Crispy socks here, crispy socks there, crispy socks with some mystery hair! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I’d recommend you to continue watching because it does get more realistic later in the show, so yeah

My wife and I were addicted to Strike Back (back when there about 5 shows on TV) and she liked to call it "Fucking and Fighting". I need to catch up because I know there's some seasons I haven't seen yet. I remember when Stonebridge took a 7.62 round to the kneecap and was back in the next episode. In any other universe, that would be a career-ender. It's not the most realistic but still enjoyable.

It was originally on Cinemax during the SKINimax era. I think there was another season before in the UK, but most streaming services count the first season from Cinemax as Season 1.

Ex CAG guy was discharged from Delta Force because he stumbled into some conspiracy crap while he was in Iraq, asked too many questions. You know, the whole WMD thing. Watch the show and pay attention to the story to not ask stupid questions. Also, there are many scenes in season one when bad guys just running around corners getting dropped and you can see a pile of corpse forming in one spot lmao, if you want to cringe and roll your eyes until it rolls back in to your skulls, watch the real first season, with Richard Armitage and Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln)

You guys should do a Beers and Breakdown for The Thin Red Line, also Windtalkers! Love these videos!

check out 6 Days. its the story of the SAS Iranian Embassasy rescue.

I would like to see you guys do Heartbreak ridge with Clint Eastwood. I’d love to see you guys breakdown gunny highway.

Never got down to watching this series. I will now haha I think some of the later series was filmed near my house. One of my neighbors did the pyro work for an episode or 2.

Next do 6 days (2017) love the show. Cheers 🍻 👍.

You should watch "the Brave", good show!

Can you do a breakdown of Enemy at the Gates next?

Apparently, There have only ever been 2 women to ever get into the SAS and it was only in 2018 they allowed them to join

SAS: Rouge worriors was a very fun show. Really cool WWII show, crazy story of the SAS formation

My favourite moment of the series (don't remember wich season) was when they showed how life in the baracks is: The squaddies (soldiers) wearing fake DPM-Uniforms (you could see from far away that they had some cinese low cost crap. I guess the surplus stuff was to expensive) and the female model-chick-squaddies doing PT .

Strike Back is just stupid fun. It doesn’t take itself seriously or even try to be realistic.

So glad you guys got to this!

Finally y’all do this show after a long time

Behind Enemy Lines, Hacksaw Ridge, and '71

It's a fictitious intelligence unit called Section 20. Its members come mostly from British Military. It's later stated that Stonebridge comes from SBS.

I watched this years ago. Finished it. Man they survive some wild shit lol. But I remember there being some plot twist for why they chose him like halfway thru the series.

STRIKE BACK is the greatest action based show ever created. sure it’s “unrealistic” but damn is it entertaining! my buddy who passed away loved this show. we watched it together hundreds of times. RIP Noah, love and miss you brother ❤

Not sure if y’all would consider it’s kind of a sci fi movie with military “Spectral” thought it was pretty good.

Also i liked when but said "SAS is another CAG" i think he meant to say CAG is another SAS

Watch Danger Close about the Australians in Vietnam great movie!

Finally they watched and reviewed my show

Have you guys done that Echo 3 show about those delta guys that rescue their sister?

For your next reaction topic: The u.s. special forces encounter with the humanoid creature Kandahar Giant.

I think I requested this like a year and a half ago😂

19:24 whats the right way to hold them in that situation though? Like real 2am thoughts here, whats the best way to fight through that?

How about Ultimate Force. It was written an advised by the same SAS Man who created Strike Back

There’s a move called “mine” might be more of a documentary tho don’t know if you’ll find anything wrong in it

Fun fact: Strike Back is a Cinemax show 😂

"That was wrong wrong wrong" "What was wrong?" "Would be easier to tell you what was RIGHT"

The show is available in Romania on HBO max

I learn so much from these breakdowns. But why are you suprised the SF guy chasing howrs and drinking is using a kid as a human shield while clearing rooms?

Please review The Shield! It's one of the best cop shows out there and based on a true story.