Home > Strike Back > Project Dawn « TV Series Page Strike Back: Project Dawn (2011) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Want to see Episode List Project Dawn Strike Back Critics Consensus Strike Back doesn't have much depth, but still offers a solid fix for viewers seeking an explosive espionage thriller. 75% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 20 90% Audience Score User Ratings: 126 See score details Submit review Want to see Submit review Super Reviewer Super Reviewer Tap to review this movie Review this tv season Edit Review Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 Project Dawn: Part 1 Air date: Aug 12, 2011 Ex-Delta Force operative Damien Scott teams with a British antiterrorist unit to track down an international criminal. In the first episode, British sergeant Michael Stonebridge recruits help from Scott when an agent is kidnapped by a Pakistani terrorist. The two then uncover clues to a possible terrorist attack at a New Delhi hotel and race to foil it. More 2 Project Dawn: Part 2 Air date: Sep 19, 2011 An Indian general decides to hold off on the assault on a New Delhi hotel that has been under siege when he learns that Stonebridge and Scott, who have ID'd Mahmood, are embedded in the place. More 3 Part 3 Air date: Aug 26, 2011 The section tracks Latif to South Africa; an IRA mercenary targets a weapons-system designer; Scott and a computer hacker switch roles. More 4 Part 4 Air date: Sep 9, 2011 Stonebridge and Scott try to put a stop to Connolly's plan to deliver a weapon of mass destruction to Latif. More 5 Part 5 Air date: Sep 16, 2011 A global arms dealer with a link to Latif is recruited to help Scott and Stonebridge recover a kidnapped English doctor in Darfur. More 6 Part 6 Air date: Sep 23, 2011 Despite being stalked by the Janjaweed, Crawford and Stonebridge continue to search for Clare; Scott discovers that all is not well at a hospital. More 7 Part 7 Air date: Sep 30, 2011 When a heroin overlord kidnaps four people, Section 20 pulls Scott and Stonebridge off the streets of Vienna and relocates them to the forests of Kosovo. More 8 Part 8 Air date: Oct 7, 2011 In Kosovo, Stonebridge, Scott and four hostages find themselves in dire straits after being double-crossed by KFOR soldiers and the drug lord Hasani. More 9 Part 9 Air date: Oct 14, 2011 Scott and Stonebridge head to Chechnya to track down Latif and a stockpile of chemical weapons. More 10 Part 10 Air date: Oct 21, 2011 In the season finale, Stonebridge and Scott are in a race against time to find a pair of suicide bombers targeting Budapest. More Strike Back: Project Dawn Videos 1:58 Kingdom: Season 1 Trailer View All Videos (1) Strike Back: Project Dawn Photos View All Photos (9) Tv Season Info A high-octane, globe-spanning thriller with storylines ripped from today's headlines, Strike Back is a one-hour drama series that focuses on two members of a top-secret anti-terrorist organization known as Section 20: Michael Stonebridge, a British sergeant in the ultra secret Section 20 anti-terrorist team, and Damien Scott, a Delta Forces operative who was disgraced and discharged on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The 10-episode season follows Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) and Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) as they criss-cross the globe on the trail of a deadly international terrorist named Latif, who is planning a major attack involving a cache of WMD that could have global repercussions. Within the season-long arc involving the search for Latif (code-named "Project Dawn"), five separate adventures will be presented, each played out over two episodes. Sexy, suspenseful and action-packed, the series is set in exotic locations and has an abundance of twists and turns, as the two protagonists venture into New Delhi, Cape Town, Darfur and beyond to thwart the bad intentions of terrorists intent on bringing anarchy and destruction to our planet. Genre: Action & Adventure Network: Cinemax Premiere Date: Aug 12, 2011 Exec. Producers: Andy Harries, Elaine Pyke, Sharon Hughff, Jack Lothian, Michael J. Bassett Cast Sullivan Stapleton as Damien Scott Daniel MacPherson as Samuel Wyatt Richard Armitage as John Porter Philip Winchester as Michael Stonebridge Amanda Mealing as Col. Eleanor Grant Andrew Lincoln as Hugh Collinson Warren Brown as Thomas "Mac" McAllister Eva Birthistle as Capt. Kate Marshall Roxanne McKee as Natalie Reynolds Orla Brady as Katie Dartmouth Shelley Conn as Danni Prendiville Alin Sumarwata as Gracie Novin Nina Sosanya as Adeena Donovan Colin Salmon as James Middleton Jodhi May as Leyla Thompson Jamie Bamber as Alexander Coltrane Phil Dunster as Will Jensen Yasemin Kay Allen as Katrina Zarkova Don Hany as Omair Idrisi Rhona Mitra as Rachel Dalton Dougray Scott as James Leatherby Rhashan Stone as Maj. Oliver Sinclair Katherine Kelly as Jane Lowry Michelle Lukes as Sgt. Julia Richmond Milauna Jackson as Kim Martinez Trevor Eve as Morgan Ives Zubin Varla as Leo Kamali Kelly Gough as Rosa Varga Ewen Bremner as Gerald Baxter Toby Stephens as Frank Arlington Alexander Siddig as Zahar Sharq Jimi Mistry as Maj. Ashkani David Harewood as Col. Tshuma Shaun Parkes as Felix Masuku Michael Bisping as Aaron Dustin Clare as Faber Will Yun Lee as Kwon Christian Antidormi as Finn Michelle Yeoh as Mei Foster/ Li-Na Robson Green as Lt. Col. Philip Locke Show More Cast News & Interviews for Strike Back: Project Dawn Fantastic Four Is Fatally Flawed View All Strike Back: Project Dawn News Episodes 1 Project Dawn: Part 1 Air date: Aug 12, 2011 Ex-Delta Force operative Damien Scott teams with a British antiterrorist unit to track down an international criminal. In the first episode, British sergeant Michael Stonebridge recruits help from Scott when an agent is kidnapped by a Pakistani terrorist. The two then uncover clues to a possible terrorist attack at a New Delhi hotel and race to foil it. More 2 Project Dawn: Part 2 Air date: Sep 19, 2011 An Indian general decides to hold off on the assault on a New Delhi hotel that has been under siege when he learns that Stonebridge and Scott, who have ID'd Mahmood, are embedded in the place. More 3 Part 3 Air date: Aug 26, 2011 The section tracks Latif to South Africa; an IRA mercenary targets a weapons-system designer; Scott and a computer hacker switch roles. More 4 Part 4 Air date: Sep 9, 2011 Stonebridge and Scott try to put a stop to Connolly's plan to deliver a weapon of mass destruction to Latif. More 5 Part 5 Air date: Sep 16, 2011 A global arms dealer with a link to Latif is recruited to help Scott and Stonebridge recover a kidnapped English doctor in Darfur. More 6 Part 6 Air date: Sep 23, 2011 Despite being stalked by the Janjaweed, Crawford and Stonebridge continue to search for Clare; Scott discovers that all is not well at a hospital. More 7 Part 7 Air date: Sep 30, 2011 When a heroin overlord kidnaps four people, Section 20 pulls Scott and Stonebridge off the streets of Vienna and relocates them to the forests of Kosovo. More 8 Part 8 Air date: Oct 7, 2011 In Kosovo, Stonebridge, Scott and four hostages find themselves in dire straits after being double-crossed by KFOR soldiers and the drug lord Hasani. More 9 Part 9 Air date: Oct 14, 2011 Scott and Stonebridge head to Chechnya to track down Latif and a stockpile of chemical weapons. More 10 Part 10 Air date: Oct 21, 2011 In the season finale, Stonebridge and Scott are in a race against time to find a pair of suicide bombers targeting Budapest. More Critic Reviews for Strike Back Project Dawn All Critics (20) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (5) So fast-paced it makes 24 look sluggish, and with a brighter, livelier tone that embraces both multi-cultural inclusiveness and macho backslapping, the Sky/Cinemax, UK/US co-production Strike Back is first rate pulp TV. Dec 4, 2018 | Full Review… David Chute indieWire Top Critic Strip away the counterterrorism lingo and this is really just a mismatched buddy copshow. Aug 12, 2011 | Full Review… Brian Lowry Variety Top Critic In a TV landscape dominated by procedurals set in sterile rooms with banks of super-computers, it's good to see a show that heads out into the field, where people get their hands bloody. Mar 1, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review… Noel Murray AV Club Top Critic What I want to know is who kidnapped Jed Mercurio and where are the ruthless bastards keeping him? Mar 1, 2019 | Full Review… Tom Sutcliffe Independent (UK) Top Critic In almost every respect, a terrible piece of television drama. By turns predictable and far-fetched, it has the emotional nuance of a shoot 'em up computer game... And yet, I'm ashamed to say, an unknowable part of my brain sort of enjoyed it. Mar 1, 2019 | Full Review… Rhiannon Harries Independent (UK) Top Critic If something has been missing from your TV screen since 24 went off the air, like an unapologetic, fist-pumping, nonstop action thriller, Strike Back needs to be your appointment television for the next 10 weeks. Aug 12, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic It doesn't have the intelligence or complexity of an ambitious HBO drama, but it's clever enough and delivers plenty of well-executed action sequences with a gritty style. Dec 4, 2018 | Full Review… Sean Axmaker Seanax.com Gratuitous elements aside, Strike Back is a decent enough cops 'n' terrorists drama. Aug 12, 2011 | Full Review… Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It's still hard to forget that when we meet him, he's a crooked underground fighter in Kuala Lumpur. Which almost sounds like a parody of an old action movie when you say it out loud. The rest of this show is fine. Mar 1, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review… Matt Fowler IGN Movies Strike Back struck me as gung-ho nonsense. Mar 1, 2019 | Full Review… Keith Watson Metro (UK) The action is breathless, fast and glossy, with more than a nod to Die Hard. Amanda Mealing is the buttoned-up Section 20 boss, with Eva Birthistle the tech expert. Who'll succumb to Scott's rugged charms first? Mar 1, 2019 | Full Review… Gill Crawford Radio Times The show is well-plotted, tightly paced and crisply edited. Aug 30, 2013 | Full Review… Maureen Ryan Huffington Post View All Critic Reviews (20) Audience Reviews for Strike Back: Project Dawn Aug 19, 2019 I like Philip Winchester and Sulvan alot Stormm P Mar 04, 2018 Special Forces?? More like Special Farces. Roll your eyes as you roll along to every dark corner of the planet with the most incompetent group of operators ever put together by the British military. When they're not getting themselves kidnapped (once by a beautiful nyphomaniac no less), lost, or losing their weapons in a fist fight, they're all earning money at a modeling agency where I'm sure they moonlight. Cliches abound along with gratuitous sex and and violence, which is so common in American productions that I had a hard time believing this was the brain child of Sky One productions. I suppose there must be some appeal to this ridiculous series otherwise it couldn't have lasted six seasons...but then again, the masses are asses. Jason A Jul 16, 2017 Buckle Up!!! Not Much gets the blood pumping Like BBC spy/espionage/crime/shoot 'em up/hot chemistry/good guys win series!!! Tess F Aug 05, 2016 Excellent show. Reminiscent of the Professionals from the 80s. Shaun W Jul 31, 2015 'Strike' Back' is an Action Adventure Political thrill ride similar to the pace of Michael Bay's 'Bad Boys' movies. The original British 'Strike Back, Origins" with Richard Armitage was very watchable but the show had a storyline that gave you a reason to like John Porter, giving him a character arc that gives meaning to the actions he takes...but in this new season everything changes including the fact Richard Armitage dies in the first episode (due to landing the role in the Hobbit franchise), the agency is completely different with none of the familiar faces of the Origin story, and Section 20 puts a British Agent (who was born in the states) & an American Agent (who is actually an Austrailian actor) as a team that goes after terrorists on highly dangerous secretive missions with more action than story. It is clear this show is about the high powered action instead of story. I think this season is still trying to find it's identity after the Origins series...next season may improve when it does. Since I watch shows like 'Homeland', 'The Blacklist', & other action paced political dramas, I was a lot tougher on reviewing this show. I think it is a good show but if you are looking for more depth, you should consider watching 'Homeland'. Akiko A Jul 03, 2015 I watched in a binge session. I continued watching because I like the two guys and their relationship with each other. Thought there was too much female nudity and senseless killings but in spite of that found this show to be very good, better then average. Linda J See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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