‘Brutally brilliant’ war drama ideal for Band of Brothers fans now on BBC
This series follows Jacob Elordi playing an army surgeon whose illicit affair with his uncle’s wife haunts him throughout his time as a Thai-Burmese prisoner of war
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Jacob Elordi stars in the WWII drama(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC/Curio Pictures/Sony Pictures Television/)
A “brutally brilliant” World War Two mini-series with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score starring Jacob Elordi is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is an Amazon Prime original series which follows Dorrigo Evans [Elordi] an army surgeon whose illicit affair with his uncle’s wife [Odessa Young] haunts him throughout his time as a Thai-Burmese prisoner of war.
One IMDB viewer rated the series 10 stars saying it was “brutally brilliant.” They wrote: “One of the hardest things I watched yet one of the best things I watched.”
The journey of the story follows the Burma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II.
We see the cruelty of war, and an enduring love story, as told through the eyes of the Australian doctor and prisoner of war.
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The story follows a prisoner of war and doctor(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC/Curio Pictures/Sony Pictures Television/Ingvar Kenne)
The reviewer added: “Do yourself a favour and press play. Photography is just alluring, poetic and yet so descriptive that you just can’t look away.
“Storytelling is compelling and keeps you constantly engaged, its tragedy and mourning, and romance, and longing and suffering and friendship and companionship. All together, all at once.
“Despite being a short series, you get to know every character in such a way that it becomes personal, you suffer with them, you laugh with them and you miss them when they are gone. It’s a shot straight to the heart but oh such a lovely one.”
The award-winning series created by Shaun Grant and Justin Kurzel was labelled a “true underrated sleeper that will blow you away,” by another IMDB reviewer.
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The series follows Dorrigo Evans (Elordi) across three periods of his life(Image: Amazon)
They continued: “This miniseries just creeps up on you. The love entanglements and pre war backstory can be a bit confusing; Then episode 4 drops on you, and you are just blown away.
“This should be one of those success stories of a little known, under marketed miniseries that came out of nowhere.
“But the right people take notice and it spreads like the virus it deserves to be.
“It is a story about how humans can treat each other, and how the lead characters traumatic experience haunts him later in life despite his clearly major success.
“While it’s fictional I’m sure the atrocities are based on fact. Episode 4 is truly harrowing.
“If you enjoyed the Pacific or Band of Brothers for its exposure of the inhumanity and futility of war – this will be a real treat.
“It’s haunting and makes you think. It sticks in your mind. My hope is that in 6 months from now people will be raving about this and it will garner the awards and recognition it deserves.”
SOURCE: WALESONLINE