All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

why wouldn't they set up camp right on the red zone instead of a impasse though mountainous trail that's unrealistic!I think this show is so phony that the writers weren't even fully awake when they were writing this.It boggles my mind why they wouldn't put the camp right on red zone not 5.12 miles over mountains. Stupid is what stupid does i guess!.And Americo i was really proud of you when you found your first gold don't let anyone tell you people with downs syndrome can't do something.you can do anything your heart and soul really wants to do !Right on brother you show them hey little buddy.Because you have down syndrome you can do anything any of those other guys can do working with you ! Congratulations again. manufactured drama and nonsense there's at least 4 that wear cowboy hats?But they're all like you say anyways hey?

I'm sorry but how gullible does this show think we are, they pan for gold and use an eye piece to scan to try and find something from the POWDER!! and then low and behold they show us a pan full of decent sized Nuggets straight out of Gold Rush, not a lot of credibility here is there, plus you get tired of the continually stated dangers of the place, and our lot here are so so tired of Americo ranting on about all of this for his family, and how it is going to set them all up, quite frankly he is like an over excited pre school child. On the plus side the scenery is fantastic, realistically how many of us would ever get to go there, and as with all Discovery Shows it is very well crafted and put together, a shame about a couple of the Actors. This is a scripted fiction show backed up by the Rubies comment above, and when you pan crushed dust you cannot pull out decent sized Gold Nuggets!! Still worth watching as are all of the Discovery Shows, my favorite Channel. Cheers. Alan NZ.

I first want to point out that this show is average, whether this is due to incompetent miners or the editors making them look that way is unclear. However this detracts from the show and spoiled what was a promising start in season 1.That being said, many of the reviewers for this show have a lack of understanding about how mining is done/how dysfunctional small businesses often are. Having been in several small businesses and being a rock hound. (amateur miner)For example I can say that many of the dangers faced on the show were very real, the problem is that it is hard to show the viewers the danger.As for Haddix's review claim about the red zone loss being faked... It sad to see that people don't do basic research before making claims. A quick Google search turns up the law mentioned in the show. Greenland's "Mineral Resource Act" which was amended in 2014, in particular section 32 which covers the need for natives to have priority in mining."http://www.govmin.gl/" For Haddix I recommend you keep in mind that the bureau of minerals job is to lure in foreign business and these government agencies are known to say whatever it takes to get you to set up shop. Assuming you even called them.

Are these guys actors? They're playing real life a little too much. Reality programming with actors playing at being real. I swear I've seen some of these guys on TV somewhere before. *WARNING SPOILER ALERT* The scenes are set up way too much to be reality. They feel rehearsed. SPOILER: And when the guy tells the story of why mining is important to him I didn't believe him. His delivery was orchestrated and felt false (although the facts he was telling could well be true)./SPOILER The scenery is gorgeous and dramatic; and its rubbing off on the actors (they are, right?) playing roles of tough guys who are daring mother nature in the coldest part of the world (Dramatic music crescendo) Throw in 'building a successful business' concerns with regular spats of tension, disagreement, and f*ck-ups and there's always drama going on —oh yeah, there's the "strike it rich" drama too. Appealing to the gold rush 49'r in all of us there are exciting moments to live our fantasies through, though small and fleeting. Could be a lot better, but I guess when you invest that much money into production you want a sure thing from the real people miners —who are anything but predictable in temperament or ability to 'move' people while on screen. Oh well.