Ignore the haters. This was a good show. Is it some work of art with never before seen story telling technique...No. Is it an interesting show depicting life in DRC while showing conflict mining with good actors that provide entertainment....Yes.

If you only read/watch modern fiction you could be forgiven for thinking there are just 2 types of men, villains and cowards (who, if they do become redeemed or heroic for any small patch of time, only do so at the prompting of a woman), and just one type of woman, the strong independent warrior poet doctor scientist engineer hero princess (who usually starts off as a victim). It's getting boring.

Initially I liked the series and the premise. It seemed so interesting. Then however it just became some regular story like any, where you see the "plot twist" coming miles and miles away. And then quite soon it became some feminist crap where of course the white guy is always the bad guy. Or some useless weak liar who you better just sent away as soon as you meet him. All the drama side stories got so annoying that I started fast-forwarding parts of the story, which seemed to be meant as character building stories. Just not interesting. It's too bad really. Had they made this into a 4-episode mini-series where they would focus only on Georgia it would have likely been much stronger. I gave it 5 out of 10, but in all honesty it maybe should have been even a 4. The only good thing is how Kate carries the story and the whole show.

This show is clearly a stretch. However, I must say it was an entertaining stretched. LOL

Kate Beckinsale, having shed the vampire fangs, now, proving once again that she really is a multi-faceted daywalker to be reckoned with, leads an all-star cast, including the 11th Doctors wife, (before he simultaneously re- generated and transitioned), and his badness, Sardo Numpsa himself, apparently having never obtained the knife, but very possibly the fountain of youth, as well as a multi- cultural cast of redshirts and assorted ne'er-do-wells, while this time rescuing slightly darker Golden Child who is a she playing a she, rather than a she playing a he....... but I'm just being silly... Actually this was REALLY good, in spite of suffering from a touch of savior complex as the morally upright anglos swoop in to save the natives from the morally bankrupt anglos, who are pillaging the country with the help of some other morally ambiguous natives, and expatriates who, at one time may have been righteous, but were corrupted by their greed and lack of vision. That's the ONLY reason it wasn't "Totally Ninja" It is told in a present / flash back / flash forward style that can be a bit disconcerting, but actually is used to set up the plot twists, after you've already seen the plot twists, which then explains the consequences of the plot twists, and then there are the force ghosts, or, perhaps rather, "conscience" ghosts, which, you wont realize at times ARE ghosts, until after the fact. The tension and drama while smoldering and building, is still palpable at times, and, did I mention the WTF plot twists???? Room is left at the conclusion, which while it tied up many of the loose ends, still left a smidgen of room for a Season 2, which I would love to see a continuation of the main characters stories ad well as some back fill to round things out. Worth a binge watch if you get the chance. Jeff Bezos doing big things with this billions once again.