Tied for the best movie I have ever seen
Better Late Then Never
Best movie ever!
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
View MoreSuspects is a different interpretation of a police drama where it is all improvisation and no defined script. Well acted by all the cast with excellent cinematography.Fay Ripley is excellent as DI Bellamy as is Damien Malony as DS Weston and Clare-Hope Ashitey as DC Steele. All the filming is done on location in London. Although some of the stories are similar such as paedophilia gang stories but they are all well acted and no two scenes in similar episodes the same and none of the dialogue is similar.Even though some of the stories are similar I highly recommend watching this series.
View MoreMakes a nice change from the formulaic US-style crime dramas with their monologues and maverick cops, pieces to camera and complete absence of false starts, hesitations and incompletions. The performances (I wanted to say 'scripts', but that doesn't really apply here in the usual sense) are well-judged to contain just enough of the jargon and officialese that marks the dialogue out as belonging to the context of police work and makes it feel believable, but not so laden with it that the actors fall into that pat delivery where emotion has to be overplayed to break through the sheen. Having a degree of improvisation seems to free the performers up to be both emotive and small-scale; understated and authentic. (Full disclosure: I do fancy Damien Molony)
View MoreThe show being shot in and out of focus is intentional, designed to give it that gritty documentary feeling.In fact I was about halfway through the first episode before I realized it was fiction. When the police started interviewing a minor child on camera I knew this was a drama and was pleasantly surprised! It is a fresh and different take of the ubiquitous Police Drama, I found the characters engaging and the tempo swift and enjoyable.It is very difficult to bring a new look to Police Dramas with the endless variants of Law and Order, endless shoot'em ups, patience exhausting fist fights, car chases and drool self righteous, crusading dialogue...I found this a refreshing and realistic police drama. Not for everyone, but worth a look!
View MoreThe show is a British drama about some local detectives solving various crimes, 1 crime per episode. The focus of the show is on interviewing suspects and solving the crime. It has been portrayed in a documentary style type drama. The first episode was disappointing. The camera was shaky and suspect interviews at the police station was difficult to see due to strong reflective lighting. The plot is predictable and it lacks suspense. All this with substandard acting and story line, let the show down. The second episode was no improvement on the first, same poor lighting and loaded up with profanity as the story line progressed. This is not a show I can foresee being around long in it's current state.
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