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Sequel to ''[[Chris Ryans Strike Back (TV)|Chris Ryans Strike Back]]'', this is effectively a second series with an entirely new cast and story, four more episodes (for a total of 10), and coproduced by Cinemax. In the UK where it's a sequel, it was marketed as Strike Back: Project Dawn. The main character of the previous series does show up long enough to have his brains blown out by the new target, a terrorist group led by a Pakistani named Latif that wants to launch an attack with a weapon of mass destruction.
Sequel to ''[[Chris Ryan's Strike Back|Chris Ryans Strike Back]]'', this is effectively a second series with an entirely new cast and story, four more episodes (for a total of 10), and coproduced by Cinemax. In the UK where it's a sequel, it was marketed as Strike Back: Project Dawn. The main character of the previous series does show up long enough to have his brains blown out by the new target, a terrorist group led by a Pakistani named Latif that wants to launch an attack with a weapon of mass destruction.


This time the show follows British member of Section 20 Michael Stonebridge and newly recruited American ex Delta Force Damien Scott, acquaintance of John Porter, the previous main character.
This time the show follows British member of Section 20 Michael Stonebridge and newly recruited American ex Delta Force Damien Scott, acquaintance of John Porter, the previous main character.
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: Scott and Stonebridge have years of special forces experience and tend to trust their instincts when they feel that a situation is not right. During a prisoner transfer they {{spoiler|put the prisoner in the trunk of their car rather than the prison van}} and thus foil an attack on the prison van.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Scott and Stonebridge have years of special forces experience and tend to trust their instincts when they feel that a situation is not right. During a prisoner transfer they {{spoiler|put the prisoner in the trunk of their car rather than the prison van}} and thus foil an attack on the prison van.
* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: The series is coproduced by Cinemax (often referred to as Skinemax) and has a lot more sex and nudity than the British original.
* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: The series is coproduced by Cinemax (often referred to as Skinemax) and has a lot more sex and nudity than the British original.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Latif's fate.}} Bonus points for resembling the petard's effect.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Latif's fate.}} Bonus points for resembling the petard's effect.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Captain Kate Marshall}} gets killed in an explosion.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Captain Kate Marshall}} gets killed in an explosion.
** {{spoiler|Colonel Eleanor Grant}} blows {{spoiler|herself}} up in the season finale to {{spoiler|kill Latif}}.
** {{spoiler|Colonel Eleanor Grant}} blows {{spoiler|herself}} up in the season finale to {{spoiler|kill Latif}}.
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]] / [[Not Even Bothering With the Accent]]: Sullivan Stapleton's "American" accent falls under one of these. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on which.
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]] / [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent]]: Sullivan Stapleton's "American" accent falls under one of these. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on which.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]:
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]:
** The killing of an adolescent hostage greatly affects one of the terrorists. He later aids Scott in getting a little girl out of the line of fire and kills his commander when he tries to blow them all up. However, since he's still a terrorist firing a weapon and they don't know what he's done, the Indian special forces storming the place shoot him.
** The killing of an adolescent hostage greatly affects one of the terrorists. He later aids Scott in getting a little girl out of the line of fire and kills his commander when he tries to blow them all up. However, since he's still a terrorist firing a weapon and they don't know what he's done, the Indian special forces storming the place shoot him.
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