Don't listen to the negative reviews

best movie i've ever seen.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This is a good tale which kept me watching to the end of the series. The acting and the pace of the drama are both well pitched. However, there is a stand out factor in this drama in my view. I could be wrong, but I believe that the Australian film company may have plied Hugh Grant with Pommiegranite causing him to become rejuvenated, accept a role in the series and assume the name of another actor. If you have seen the series you may well have noticed this too. If not, it's worth watching the series for the HG factor alone.

I gave this a 2 because I could not sit thru all the episodes without throwing up so I jumped 3,4 and 5 and went straight to six. Seems like it was a great decision. I know the OUTBACK, been there a lot and I know Australia - 30 years of my life was spent there and it is astonishing to me that the clichés never stop coming from down under. What possesses the government funded film body to continue to support repetitive garbage like this. The only saving graces in this film are the occasional well acted moments which I have to say is all on the actors because the script is a disaster, and the occasional glimpse of a great natural wonderland. Neither of these attributes accounts for the dismal production and the downright pathetic naiveté of the plot. When will Australian film and TV finally mature beyond these mass oriented offerings that allow soap packages to advertise themselves. Integrity seems to be a foreign word down under. One of the really annoying aspects of this plot is the continued dumb mentality that all in government are bad and that the few low life individuals are the bastion of what is moral and correct. That is the 99% madness that gripped the bottom feeders in the US a few years ago. That is not a very imaginative mindset and one that is so far from the truth that it can only be regarded as liberal propaganda and that term 'liberal' is meant in the US sense. Australia should seriously consider renaming its political parties to be in line with the rest of the world. The Australian Liberal Party is NOT "liberal" but Labour certainly is. Conservative versus liberal or democratic - get the message people. OK Back to this waste off celluloid shot on whatever 4k digital and who cares anyway, the technology is not the point the theater is and this theatrical non-entity should never have passed the first reading which asks the BIG question , HOW DID IT? Someone is to blame and I bet they are all hiding in their collective toilets after this release. To Australians who though this was great view, what can I say. Yikes. Come on Australia, please please please GROW THE FRACK UP!

There's a lot to be admired in Shelley Birse The Code, not least the convincing, often quite touched, relationship between journalist Ned Banks and his autistic brother Jesse. And the final scene of one of the 'baddies' leaving Australia with - well, I shan't tell you here - does end it all on an unexpected note and set Ms Birse et al up for a second series. And that's no bad thing because if nothing else The Code is hugely entertaining.But there's also room for niggles, however, not least that the computer hacking abilities is to flawless and results are obtained far, far too quickly to allow us to suspend disbelief. Yes, I know cyber nerds can do a lot you, but this quickly? This efficiently? From a cybercafe in the outback?And to be honest I really wasn't too sure what was going on, not even when the final credits were rolling. I could attempt some kind of explanation here, but it doesn't really add up: so some of the bad guys were actually good guys, though a tad brutal? I am always rather disappointed in some drama productions which don't have the mega-bucks budgets of Hollywood - which is all of them made outside Hollywood, then - that there are so few characters of any consequence. Yes, I know it comes down to nothing more than budget restraints but . . .Overall, though, The Code was refreshingly different and, for this Brit at least, it was good not to suffer from the usual range of 'cutting edge' TV drama clichés which are apt to pepper our homegrown - Brit - product (an obligatory gay character, the alcoholic who can still keep it together, the single-mum cop who juggles motherhood and career with an Avon Lady business - no, I think I've got that wrong, but you get the picture. I can honestly say I shall look forward to the second series if there is to be one.

Like many Australians I have been let down by the calibre of television in this country. Never did I think I would award 10 stars to an Australian show. That was under I started "The Code". I didn't expect much from this show, in fact I thought a "Samson & Delilah" esque plot would evolve from the synopsis. How wrong I was. There are several plot lines running concurrently. One is set in the bush in a remote town where Alex (a VERY unrecognisable Lucy Lawless) has set up shop as a bleeding heart teacher. Two of her students take her car for a joyride. Cut to Canberra where we get a glimpse into the surprisingly thrilling world of Australian politics. My personal favourite is watching the complex relationship between brothers Ned & Jessie unfold, Ned being an internet journalist who uncovers the story of the missing teens & Jessie being a brilliant but troubled computer geek. This is all tied together beautifully with the Australian version of the NSA on the trail of our would be heroes. Gripping stuff. This is every bit as slick & well developed as its Hollywood counterparts, in particular Homeland (before it went weird). Give it a go, you will not be disappointed.