Let's be realistic.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Stumbled across this series...The quality of the writing and acting is superb.A cast of the creme de la creme of the Irish acting fraternity, including Aidan Gillen of Game Of Thrones ('Littlefinger') fame and the fragile sensitivity, punctuated with bursts of extreme violence, of Robert Sheehan, to name but two of the stars of this show. But the whole cast are delivering stellar performances. In the same league as The Wire. Or The Bridge and The Killing (the Nordic versions)...Also favourably reminiscent of Trainspotting and The Acid House. With a great soundtrack to match!The accents aren't so broad that the non-Irish English speaking ear can't follow the dialogue without subtitles...This series beats any of the Brit crime thrillers that I've seen in the last 10 years, and that is saying something!It really pays to follow links down the rabbit hole. Sometimes you strike gold!This series is definitely gold.

Over the last few years the quality of television drama has been immense. I loved The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad and True Detective, I had assumed that it was just the US that were making great shows...I was wrong. Love/Hate is right up there along with the greats. I was introduced to the show by my father who had seen it when he went to Ireland on holiday, at first I was apprehensive about watching it, but after one episode I was hooked. The production, acting, plots are simply outstanding. Being from the UK I recognised a handful of the actors but Tom Vaughan-Lawlor was new to me, and puts in excellent performances. The shows brilliance is that unlike certain US dramas it hasn't exploited its popularity at the expense of its creativity, it flows from episode to episode...simply brilliant. Hopefully it will get worldwide recognition because it deserves it.

I rarely write reviews but I felt this show deserved one. I've watched many shows over the years from a range of different countries and it's intriguing to see how gangland wars and drugs are portrayed in each one.When Love/Hate was aired first here in Ireland being quite I honest I fobbed it off mainly due to the fact that Ireland does not produce top quality TV and one of the main reasons would be budget. I put this show off for a couple of years until this year and I wanted to binge- watch the show like I do with some shows I find hoping to find a hidden gem. Being from Ireland its not hidden how and ever it IS a total gem. I'm proud to say Ireland has produced one of the greatest crime dramas ever. The show is based upon Dublin's criminal underworld whereby it depicts drug addiction, squalor and violence of organised crime that has grown post Celtic tiger era in Ireland. Darren Treacy (Robert Sheehan) returns to Dublin from Spain, spending time there while trying to avoid the Garda in Ireland for gun possession. Darren's brother Robbie is released from Cloverhill prison. While waiting to be collected, Robbie is shot outside a newsagents in a drive by shooting. Catastrophic events ignite tension among the drug gang, and family, friends and the community must live with the consequences.The above is a synopsis of the first episode and immediately portrays how raw the show is. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (nidge) is amazing throughout. He is one of the most slimiest characters ever. Watch it. I promise you, you won't be disappointed.

This has to be one of the best crime drama serious to come out of rte in a long time, the acting is superb the drama is edge of the seat and story line never leaves the watcher in any confusion about what is going on its a bit like being part of the story you get so engrossed and the action never leaves you wanting, I would love to see a full length film from the writer Stuart Carolan and i will be looking out for any thing else he may have done this is a total recommendation with no res aversions about the quality of this crime/drama i gave it 9 out of 10 only because i had to sit and watch the ads on telly as well not really the shows fault lol