Hunted

Fourteen ordinary people on an almost monthly escape across Great Britain versus a professional team of people hunters with surveillance equipment composed of former police officers and specialists (hunters of war criminals, members of anti-terrorist forces, IT specialists, etc.). It is made in the form of a reality show that can perfectly draw you into the action through What would you do and proceed in their place?. In terms of a reality show, this is concept is very simple but brilliant and at the same time so stimulating that it outshines even the obvious fact that "the script is made only to impress" and that sometimes (or all the time?) seems the television production was authorized to watch relatives' calls, CCTV footage, etc.). But it doesn't matter, it's not a competition. It is about getting acquainted with the background of what the state and security forces monitor, what authorization they have, how the mind of a fugitive works under pressure, how (un) conscious habits (do not) help us, what we are willing to put on the Internet about ourselves and so on rather than about a true reality show. This show is both educational and entertaining and has a sociological overlap. And if nothing else, the best moments work really great as an "escape thriller" that can easily keep up with classic movie of this genre, because the participants very quickly succumb to an atmosphere of utter paranoia, where no one and nothing can be trusted. As amusing and exciting as it is (and if you ever plan to be on the run, you will learn what to avoid), the concept could have been used even a slightly better. In any case, if there is a second season and if the creators manage to learn from the mistakes of the first one (it could have been a bit more dynamic and less settled), then it will be a real television masterpiece. (15.12.2015)