 Paul Dean of Faded Glamour believed that Strike Back " remains pretty good at what it does — providing Sky viewers with their weekly Die Hard fix , " adding " series two won 't win any new converts , but it looks very much like it will continue to serve up the same pacey , unpretentious and unambiguous action as its predecessor . " Jack Foley of IndieLondon rated it 2 @.@ 5 out of five . Foley felt the death of Porter in the first episode was " striking " since Armitage was the " main reason for watching . " The reviewer also believed that while the first series " offered a keen mix of Spooks and 24 that expertly blended top @-@ drawer action with some emotional complexity and intrigue , " the second series " already feels inferior to both by virtue of the fact that its brains appear to lie in its pants , or blown from Porter 's head . " Keith Watson of Metro stated that Project Dawn was merely " gung @-@ ho nonsense . " 
