Brian Selby

This was a love/hate for me... the fact that it was based on true events made it very intriguing ...(especially as I was travelling that route with backpack just a few years prior to these events)... I could see how this type of thing could happen... it was believable ... but I found it very hard to relate to the protagonist ... he was most annoying in his behaviour... also I felt very 'manipulated as the viewer ...eg it was annoying to watch the characters in many cases stoically refrain from speaking up ...just to milk out more drama... and that last scene when the fax got through in ...just the nick of time... doubtful that is in fact what happened and seemed kind of 'old school' way of ending the story... oh yes ...those 'time jumps' drove me nuts!... way too many and some quite repetitive....if I think about that too long I could be down to a '2'! ..however. ...a solid 3 of 5 only because the villains were so ...bad.