Steineded How sad is this?

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

sanjin_9632 What with all the 1-star-reviews? A lot of haters here. This is not a bad series. Definitely not. And what's with criticizing the casting of an Indian woman? Black or Indian, it doesn't matter if it fits. As a matter of fact, the consultants on this show (who were very much involved in *the cause* back in the day suggest that there used to be an Indian woman (and Indian men too) very much involved in the matter. I like the fact that Ms. Pinto's in this. Criticism about the casting of an Indian woman instead of a black woman could be considered racism or oppression, the very thing the characters in the story were fighting.Blatant racism, inequality (gender, race or nationality) are parts of our everyday lives, anywhere. Sometimes less, sometimes more, depends on where you live. A fact no one can argue. I get that there's a flood of programs, series and reports on the subject right now, which is sometimes very annoying to say the least (mostly low quality stuff and propaganda are annoying of course). I'm not a fan or follower of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Being an immigrant myself, I support basic human decency and equality among all people. Not just one group.And what's with all the 9 and 10-star reviews? There's a whole scale here people. This is not an 8, 9, 10 out of 10. It's an interesting series undoubtedly, but nothing new. Watch the Baader Meinhof Komplex. Also Rory Kinnear is a good actor and a good villain. One of the things I don't like here is that his character is involved with a black woman, who's his informant. A little bit too much and unnecessary. All in all, not too great, but better than most. I'll definitely keep watching since there will only be 6 episodes. I expect the characters to die or go to prison, with maybe one of them leading a life in exile somewhere. 6.5/10

Hamilton Whilst race relations in the U.K were not ideal in the 70s you can take it as read the Police force was not made up of Rhodesians and South Africans bent on imposing apartheid nor did they murder protesters in cold blood in front of the general public (there would, anyway, be easier ways of dispensing with enemies). Nor was there a bomb planting, machine gun toting hybrid of the Black Panthers and Red Brigade. Given that race relations are pretty good and young people are extremely gullible this is dangerously divisive rubbish. Idris Elba has benefited from England's cosmopolitan society more than most and should know better. Every single English white person in the entire series is portrayed as a thug at best, psycho at worst. The Baader Meinhof financiers however seem delightful

up-57005 The erasure of a BW is more than enough for 1 stars. So disappointed that they didn't think it was important to use a black women as the main character and the director thought it was no big deal because he is married to an Indian. So glad that this film series is not succeeding the way it should be and I really hope that it stays that way. Will not be supporting this utter trash.

misslou-94126 Guerrilla is following in the trend of casting a nonblack woman opposite a black male lead. In this instance, 12 years a slave producer Riley overlooked the much more realistic casting of Lupita, who played a raped slave, to cast a virtually unknown and moderately talented East Indian actress Pinto in the leading female role. It is clear that his choice isn't based on historical events even though the setting is within a historical context, the black power movement in the UK; rather it was purely cosmetic reasons as if a black woman is not marketable. Although there is some evidence of East Indian male leaders' involvement in the black power movement, there exists none that demonstrates Indian women at the forefront of the Movement. In contrast, there clearly were a significant number of black women who helped build, lead, and maintain the Movement, and their involvement isdocumented. Ridley claims that his choice of an East Indian woman was based upon his personal relationship with his Asian lover, who he claims is a fighter. This trend of casting nonblack women in leading roles does a disservice to black actresses. In fact, this appears to be a trend that is exclusively occurring among black male actors, e.g. Will Smith, Idris Elba, Mike Colter, Denzel Wasington, Omari Hardwick, etc. In this instance it is a misrepresentation of history. It would have been fantastic to see Lupita make the transition from a beaten, raped, slave to that of a guerrilla in the armed struggle for liberation of her people, but apparently she didn't meet the cosmetic criteria. I understand and support black women for boycotting it.