The Red Riding Trilogy details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
|---|---|
| Starring: | Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey, Eddie Marson, Stewa, Michelle Dockery, Brendan McCoy, Sean Bean, Paddy Considine, Kelly Freemantle, Anthony Flanagan, Stewart Ross, Rebecca Hall |
| Directors: | James Marsh, Anand Tucker, Julian Jarrold |
| Genre: | Drama - Television |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
The Red Riding Trilogy - 1974 |
18 Disc 1 | |
The Red Riding Trilogy - 1980 |
18 Disc 2 | |
The Red Riding Trilogy - 1983 |
18 Disc 3 |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 5 hours |
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| Rental release: | 13 Apr 2009 |
| Main languages: | English |
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It's Grim Up North
By a customer from Salisbury , 13 Apr 2009[Highly rated reviewer]
This is one of the rare occasions where the product actually lives up to the hype. Having read the four novels shortly before the series aired I had high expectations for the series - and I was not disappointed. The only concern I would have be for first time viewers who had not read the books who may find it a little hard to keep track of the many threads running through the series - the books were after all a quartet with the second book '1977' left out, although referenced at times. I am sure though that a repeat viewing would resolve that problem.
The series placed great faith in mainly established actors and they were to a man and women superb throughout. I particularly enjoyed seeing Paddy Constantine slightly out of character in his role as a hated police trouble-shooter and Warren Clarke as a scenery-chewing, thunderous, malevolent black cloud of a corrupt evil copper. Sean Bean was also immense as John Dawson, something which can not always be said - 'When Saturday Comes' springs to mind amongst other roles.
I would personally watch the stunning Rebecca Hall playing the spoons on a wet Thursday afternoon, and in this Seventies femme-fatale role she is particularly alluring.
The books were crime novels written in a very poetic, literary manner casting a dark, cloying, atmosphere throughout and the films, although filmed by three different directors capture that in slightly different ways.
I do not wish to give any plot details other than to mention the main themes of the North, police corruption, casual Seventies violence, child abduction and the evil that men can do.
If you are looking for a heavy stylised, cartoon version of the seventies a la 'Life On Mars' then this is not for you. This is a relentlessly bleak, harrowing Seventies based around true events such as the Yorkshire Ripper killings and the subsequent, calamitous police investigation. In this world if you get hit, you go down and may not get up again. No one can hear you scream in a locked cell. No one cares. You may die.
It certainly is grim up North.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(44)Not terrible but NOT what it's made out to be
By a customer , 07 Nov 2012I'm not sure why people are marking reviews as 'unhelpful' just because they don't agree with them?
Anyway - I've only watched 1974 and I was very disappointed by it. I almost felt that someone had stolen my evening. The film itself was actually well made with good acting and atmosphere throughout. However, the story was ridiculous, almost comedic in places - full of comic book villains and one-dimensional characters in a plot that was very far fetched.
My main reservation is that the premise for the trilogy was that they revolved around the Yorkshire Ripper saga. However, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING of substance in the film to reflect this.
So the film is pretty good and I'm sure if you've read the books and/or are willing to watch all three films then it may make sense but personally, I felt cheated. It's a shame because I was expecting a gritty and 'realistic' film based on true events and not the farcical and irrelevant film that it is. Oh well..- Was this review helpful to you?
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What a Load of C__p
By a customer , 15 Feb 2012By far the worst film I've watched in many a long year, absoloutely dire. Do not bother to rent or buy it- Was this review helpful to you?
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i strongly recommend this
By tonymanc (10 reviews) , 22 Jun 2011excellant! watch it watch it watch it. can't find enough good things to say about this. brilliant from start to finish.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Lots of style - virtually no substance
By HovePaul (21 reviews) from Hove , 09 Jun 2011I am embarrassed to admit to having watched part 1 to the end. Lots of unpleasant and irrelevant violence and a plot that didn't hold up at all. I have given up telly - this brought back all the feelings of disappointment.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Just gets better
By colinl (9 reviews) from Wokingham , 01 Apr 2011I thought that part 1 was exceptional, but each part just got better. I couldn't believe how quickly the 100 minutes of part 3 passed by, I was totally engrossed.
If they'd made 6 or 7 series this would outshine even the Wire or the Sopranos as the best TV ever made- Was this review helpful to you?
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