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Oct. 7 Series ‘Red Alert' Is a Harrowing Recreation of the Hamas Terror Attacks, but Can't Escape Its Politically Fraught Context: TV Review

But "Red Alert" arrives in the messy, disputed aftermath of Oct. 7 - a present tense viewers will inevitably return to, however vivid the show's staging of the recent past. Each protagonist of "Red ...
Forbes

‘Red Alert,’ Series About Oct. 7 Attack On Israel, New On Streaming This Week

Red Alert, a four-part scripted series based on Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, is new on streaming this week. The official summary for the series notes that it “reveals the real stories of ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Paramount’s ‘Red Alert’ Trailer Depicts Oct. 7 Massacre in Israel for First Time

The Paramount+ series is now one of two projects premiering next month about that deadly attack, with HBO airing the other. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large ...
The New York Times

Two Oct. 7 Series Show the Power, and Limits, of Memory

After two years of war and acrimony, “Red Alert” and “One Day in October” focus on the horrors of a single day. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The New York ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Red Alert’ Review: Paramount+ Israeli Drama Offers a Taut, Effectively Manipulative Depiction of the October 7 Terror Attacks

Lior Chefetz created and directed the series, which focuses on a handful of stories of tragedy and heroism in the midst of Hamas' attack on Israel. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic When it ...
Deadline.com

‘Red Alert’ EP Lawrence Bender On Poignancy Of Oct. 7 Miniseries, David Ellison & Cindy Holland’s Support, Quentin Tarantino, & “A New Chapter In My Life”

Shay-Lee Keren Sharvit as Tamari, Rotem Sela as Batsheva Yahalomi and Libi Atia as Yael in 'Red Alert' Green Productions, Bender Brown Productions, Keshet 12, the IEF, & Paramount+ “To me, honestly, ...
Variety

Oct. 7 Series ‘Red Alert’ Is a Harrowing Recreation of the Hamas Terror Attacks, but Can’t Escape Its Politically Fraught Context: TV Review

That same boycott indicates the other kind of context that viewers will bring to “Red Alert,” which is timed to the second anniversary of the nightmarish events it depicts. The intervening two years ...