Overview
Set amid the awesome beauty of the Australian Gold Coast, Sea Patrol follows sailors from every walk of life, age and temperament all crammed aboard the Naval Patrol boat Hammersley, a veritable pressure cooker of emotions desires and ambitions. Whether they are hunting down well armed drug smugglers, chasing thieves or pirates, helping fools, or saving reckless illegal immigrants, their adventures serve to bring the crew together to forge deep and longstanding friendships that cross the class and gender divide. Filmed on the Great Barrier Reef and Mission Beach, Far North Queensland and at Warner Roadshow Studios, Gold Coast, QLD.
| Original Air Dates: | — |
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| Country: | Australia |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure, Drama |
| Network: | Nine Network |
| Watched by: | 286 1 007 704 |
| Total running time: | 2 days 44 minutes |
| Episode duration: | |
| Episodes: | 68 |
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A rich plot with landings, chases, shootouts and various risky operations, with smugglers, poachers, pirates and special agents, with failures, exploits and even the death of beloved heroes. And with some amazing level of unprofessionalism of the personnel. There are many actions and events, but they often develop quite predictably.
It's well done, and the installation is good. They didn't skimp on filming - they shot a lot at sea and in the extraordinarily picturesque corners of Queensland, and in the frame there were operating vessels of the Australian navy. Plus authentic interiors, props and costumes. They play normally, the characters are non-static, without much layered depth, but with their own personality. Dialogues don't shine, and they shouldn't.
It turned out to be a cheerful, brave, very cinematic, sleek, noticeably "garish" and, a little less noticeably, an advertising and propaganda thriller with cute and surprisingly incompetent characters, with the hardships of service and the complexities of personal life, with a catchy naval flavor and gorgeous nature shots, real ships, boats and all sorts of naval stuff and gizmos.
Language. They speak simply and quite clearly, especially with subtitles. The vocabulary is uncomplicated, the slang of the Australian Navy turned out to be uncomplicated, and there were almost no terrible accents.
They act like a group of stupid kids in a typical horror movie))