Actuakers
One of my all time favorites.
FirstWitch
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Phillipa
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
buckikris
When this series came out in 2009, I was hooked. Trauma was a series that was going to be the next big thing in medical drama. The series involves an elite group of paramedics, E.M.T.'s, and flight medic's. The group works in conjunction with San Francisco Hospital. Going to some of the worst accidents in San Francisco. Cliff Curtis( Rabbit) is a flight medic; who went though his own traumatic experience a year ago. After surviving a helicopter crash he is back; and has a new partner, Marisa( Aimee Garcia). She is ex-military and at first doesn't mix well with Rabbit. They are Angel Rescue, coming to the scene in moments of crisis. Working with Angel Rescue is Capt. Basra's( Steven Jones), team. The team consists of partner's Medic Boone(Derek Luke) and E.M.T. Tyler(Kevin Rankin). The top paramedic of the group is Nancy Carnahan( Anastasia Griffith). She has a medical degree, but for some reason, stays a paramedic. This aggravates Dr. Jo Saviano( Jamey Sheridan), who thinks she is wasting talent by not taking the next step. Which is becoming an M.D. at San Fransisco City Hospital. Nancy is also the wild one of the bunch and has the repetition. She plays the field, including a lot of her co-workers. She is one with a heart, taking Glenn(Taylor Kinny-Chicago Fire) under her wing. He is the new guy, he's nervous, makes mistakes; and no one seems to like. Capt. Basra knows Nancy will teach him well, and not make mince-meat out of him. Eventually the others warm up to him; and he is a good sport about being a probie.This show has excitement from beginning to end. This show is realistic to a point. Some of the resuscitation efforts( C.P.R. looks weak). A few times it looks like they could be doing it right. Like they taught us in school arms locked, not rocking, a straight steady motion.I have to say that the whole cast is great, Tyler and Rabbit will always be my favorites. I was shocked to find out after only one season the show was going to be canceled. Watching this show takes me back to the days when I belonged to my cities fire department. I was a fire explorer, we were first responders, we went on calls; a great learning experience I will never forget. I'm glad I did by the DVD of Trauma so I can also relieve one of the best shows of 2009.THX, Kris L. CocKayne
gremma
Trauma became a no miss in my TV week. So many of the shows on the schedule now start out being different, like Nip/Tuck, it was fascinating to watch the surgical part that I knew nothing about, then it just turned into a soap opera like all the others. It had great possibilities, but it took the the easy way. I loved Six Feet Under, what a great concept, the corpse talking to the guy who had something valuable to add to what was happening in his life; then soap opera or worse made me rather watch cartoons, anything rather than that. Now Trauma comes along, it is new, fresh, and very rewarding. It had so many things I didn't know and had never even thought of. Some people have said it wasn't completely accurate in all ways, but it was so exciting, edge of your sit stuff--who cares! The characters are interesting and likable and the cases were very interesting. How they become so familiar with their city and its "regulars" and what lengths they go to to help injured people. I like this so much more than ER or Grey's Anatomy. After watching a few episodes of this I wanted to go into my local firehouse and thank them for being who they are and doing what they do. I think it is a show with everything it takes to be a hit, it exciting, it's informative, it's engaging, it seems very real to me, and I have come to care about these characters. Now if it can keep it's edge and not fall into soap opera hell, it will be a big hit. Though I know it's a fine line to walk to let us know more about the characters, but not go to far and make it a soap opera. I thought the first season was top-notch. I am looking forward for more, more, more! Love it, keep 'em coming!
firework-1
I love this show; Anastasia Griffith is beautiful and plays smart well, I am a fan of Cliff Curtis, and I have sort of missed Jamey Sheridan since Deakins retired on "L&O: Criminal Intent".But it bugs me that lacks the intensely researched hospital setting of "Scrubs", the procedural accuracy of the police investigations on "Starsky and Hutch" Or the gritty and hardcore legal milieu of "Ally McBeal".As others have pointed out, story and characterization generally should get priority over nailing every little detail of setting.Not every show or movie can go on location or afford to research all relevant social aspects like "Star Wars".
clydsterama
Like everyone else I was looking forward to this quite a bit. I like Cliff Curtis (fantastic in "Training Day." And Anastasia Griffith was okay in "Damages.") Imagine, well, you don't have to, my disappointment when this drek appeared and unfurled in front of us. Appalling.Good luck getting to the hospital if the characters from this misfiring 3-episode-and-out boatload of triteness have anything to say about it -- they're too busy screwing in the back of the ambulance or drinking on the job. What's meant to be hip, daring, and oh, so real is merely lame, familiar and fake. Even down to the way the characters are handled visually this was doomed -- the introduction of Cliff Curtis with this loving hero dolly shot was a harbinger of doom. No way this character lives up to the way he's photographed. And guess what -- he knows his stuff and saves that guy's life -- and then gets knocked out of the sky. What a stunning turnaround. I haven't seen plot twists like that since "Sheep in the Big City," which is supremely better written, acted and thought out. I'm not going to ramble on about this. The positive comments are clearly written by shills, friends of the producers who've been sought out to write pleasant things. Too bad the comments' writers aren't doing the teleplays. They're equally as inventive.
