creativeartistlb Great portrayal of the heinous nature of ISIS. And how regular British Muslims can get sucked in by the internet propaganda. And then are shocked when they actually arrive and see the true nature of these people supposedly called Muslims. When they are just extremists like every Religion has. It really put into perspective for me that Christians & Muslims are not that different. And both have radical extremists that use religion as an excuse for violent and offensive behavior. I don't know how anyone saw this as propaganda for ISIS. Who would want to live that way? It wasn't glorified at all. It showed the harsh reality of everyday life. And it didn't look fun to me.

emuir-1 Those who low rated this TV series and called it preposterous, alleging that intelligent people who have heard about ISIS crimes via the media would not naively go to Syria to join the Jihad, completely missed the point, which is that people believe what they want to believe and shut out anything which does not fit their belief. If this was not so, there would be no major religions and no one would smoke cigarettes or drive drunk.Who in their right mind would believe in a heaven somewhere up in the clouds with pearly gates guarded by golden haired angels, or that a destructive evil named Satan ruled over an everlasting fiery pit. There are those in the Southern US who firmly believe that the Bible was written in English by Jesus Christ, and that Jesus was a blue eyed Anglo Saxon. If people can believe that the world was created in six days 6,000 years ago, that a savior was born to a virgin and after his death he rose again for 40 days, despite all the evidence to the contrary, they will believe anything.Many otherwise intelligent people firmly believe in the lost continent of Atlantis, others that all the ancient ruins such as the pyramids and the temples of Central America were built by aliens as if ancient humans were not able to work things out for themselves. It is the same with those who run off to join the Jihad. Some are impressionable youths, but as in the case of Shakira, others might actually believe they are going to do good. They have closed their minds to whatever challenges their belief or brainwashing. Just as we had fanatical religious martyrs in the past dying for their faith, we now have martyrs dying for the Islamic faith. The fanatical Christians were created saints and venerated for their beliefs, so were hermits, monks and nuns who lived in severe hardship and discomfort and spent their days praying. I did find some of the characters acted stupidly, but had they not been a little on the naive side they would never have gone to Syria in the first place. I certainly did not find the series a recruitment tool for ISIS as some viewers and reviewers seemed to. More like Reefer Madness being a considered a deterrent for marijuana use.

dncorp Having been involved with "Islamic Nations" since the U.S. Army Special Forces Teams to U.S. Ally Iraq during the Iran Iraq Wars, and CIA Operation Cyclone Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is a lot missing from this reasonably detailed "Dramatization".Cause "What Caused" the Rise of Today's Islamic State.Primary Cause(s) A Failure on the part of the U.S. and Western European Nations.2011 President Obama got the U.S. KICKED OUT OF IRAQ, the Muslim Nation of Iran got the Centuries of Iraqis Oil. Then the Shia of Iraq "Democratically Elected" Government KICKED OUT THE ACTUAL IRAQIS FROM THE IRAQIS GOVERNMENT AND IRAQIS MILITARY.After the President Obama Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Mubarak of Egypt, the "Islamic Democracy Movement" changed their name to Islamic State Egypt and Islamic State Sinai. After the President Obama Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Gaddaffi of Libya the Islamic Democracy Movement renamed themselves Islamic State Libya, Islamic State Libya as Al Quada's Ansar Al Shariah then attacked U.S. Ally Tunisia, the President Obama Suported Islamic Democracy Movement Tunisia new name Islamic State Tunisia.At U.S. Ally Syria, Millions of Kurdistanis turned Traitor and started to murder Syrian Military, Syrian Civilians, Russian Federation Civilians, Russian Federation Military that were Co Located at Syrian Military Bases, their Goal to Seize U.S. Ally Syrian Land to form their Muslim Nation of Kurdistan modeled after their Ally the Muslim Nation of Iran. Millions of Kurdistanis from Iraq's Muslim Kurdistanis Autonomous Region go to U.S. Ally Syria to Overthrow U.S. Ally President Assad of Syria, they are joined by the Holy Warriors of Islam.Because President Obama's U.S. Military Operation Odyssey Dawn Violated U.S. Senate Law, War Powers Resolution of 1973, and U.S. House of Representatives Law, War Powers Act of 1973, President Obama was Required or get Impeached to Request Permission to use U.S. Airstrikes and U.S. Cruise Missile Attacks against U.S. Ally Syria, U.S. Congress Refused, as by Bombing U.S. Ally Syria the large amounts of Syrian Chemical Weapons would have contaminated U.S. Ally Turkey, U.S. Ally Syria, U.S. Ally Iraq, U.S. Ally Israel.Symptoms (Effects) the Fall and Overthrows of U.S. Allies "Established Governments". U.S. was KICKED OUT OF IRAQ by the Ally of the Muslim Nation of Iran the Millions of Iranians living at Iraq the Shia of Iraq as the "Democratically Elected Government of Iraq, U.S. Ally President Mubarak a U.S. Ally since 1973, U.S. Ally President Gaddaffi of Libya a U.S. Ally since 2006 Overthrown. U.S. Ally President Saleh of Yemen Forced to Resigned, Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia. Attempted Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, attempted Overthrow of U.S. and Russian Federation Ally President Assad of Syria a U.S. Ally since 1990.

sea_goat Felt compelled to write a review (when I usually don't) because I couldn't believe how many other reviewers had missed the point of this series. Four Brits travel to IS full of excitement and anticipation, each is there for a different reason, and one by one they all have to face disillusionment and regret. The whole point of the series is that they each deal with that regret in a completely different way. It is a work of genius to portray brainwashed characters successfully because their actions do not make sense to viewers who have not been brainwashed themselves. But here they are so well written and acted that you sympathise and empathise with young, idealistic people who have been told not to believe what they've seen on TV or read in newspapers. They have trusted the people who told them that and it's how they act when they realise that trust was misplaced that is the interesting bit.That these are sympathetic characters is not the issue here. This series is in no way an advert for IS nor does it apologise for anything the caliphate or its followers do. Simply brilliant stuff.