MI6

I have only just realised that I didn’t report on the latest Nicktor night viewing. I shall rectify that tonight.

Last Tuesday night, having watched the first five minutes of England v Montenegro at the Six Bells (the best bit was Nicktor telling this guy that the population of Montenegro is in the millions – we later found out it’s actually the same as Glasgow, just over 620,000), we wandered back to the house for more beer, whisky and parts two and three of Chris Ryan’s Strike Back. We had watched part one a few weeks ago.

It’s all very Spooks and, with Richard Armitage in the main role, you can see where he received his basic training. He ends up working for MI6, you see and in Spooks, he’s with MI5. Anyway, enough of that silliness.

Strike Back wasn’t too bad if you ignored the few major holes in the plot(s). The three parts stand alone but can also be seen as a three part mini-series. I’m not sure it would be very satisfying just watching one episode…possibly unless it was episode two, which we both thought was the best of the bunch. Very Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He had a buddy and a few jokes and they jumped off a cliff into a raging river and kept running from this incredible bushman tracker who could somehow see where people had left a road and entered the bush while he was still in the back seat of the car. Incredible these bushman trackers.

Still, if you ignore things like that and the fact that the women are all pretty stupid and only there for window dressing (this particularly annoyed me but Nicktor probably didn’t notice), they were a bit of fun and a hell of a lot better than that other stupid movie we watched last time! Actually, that’s not entirely true. I watched it; Nicktor slept through it – lucky sod.

Speaking of which, he slept through quite a bit of episode three as well. I think he works too hard. He’s clearly not saving his wakefulness for the important things in life. Like Nicktor Nights!

Anyway, I guess I don’t really recommend Strike Back, although it has some exciting bits and, of course, Richard Armitage. I think Chris Ryan should really stick to doing what he does best; being in the SAS and keeping the free world…free.