Really enjoyed this. Quite risqué for its day. Interesting premise with a host of familiar faces. Last episode, the confrontation with the guy who'd framed him, was unnecessarily violent in my opinion. It also had the continuity announcer saying how he was pardoned and returned to his old job with the Met while the credits were coming up! A bit clumsy even by the standards of the time.... Still a good series though. Shame we didn't see Leigh Lawson more often on British TV; probably too busy driving Twiggy to M&S photo shoots! The excellent- and much missed - Tony Doyle was great as the baddie. If I get the chance to rewatch it I will.
Reviews
5 Reviews
Nuremberg
(2000)
Good but some omissions
12 August 2021
I would have been interested in seeing the famous incident when Herman Goering outmanoeuvred the American prosecutor and the Brit lawyer, Sir David Maxwell-Fyffe, took over. His dogged and unrelenting cross examination of Goering is widely regarded as one of the most skilful ever seen in a court of law.... I don't recall this being depicted.
Collision
(2009)
Generally good, but....
21 August 2020
An excellent premise with a range of interesting interwoven subplots. Well acted. A couple of gaffes though: (1) the secretary is abducted by her boss and his cronies (who murder her) and driven away in front of the Police inspector (Douglas Henshall) who simply stands there with a bewildered look in his face.... Never heard of radio or mobile phones? In real life the police would've stopped that car within minutes.... (2) the duplicitous whistle-blower begs the police inspector to help him as his life is in danger. The inspector (poor old Henshall again) refuses. A serious disciplinary offence. For a police officer to ignore a cry for help from someone known to be in mortal danger would cost him not just his job, but probably his liberty as well....
REC
(2007)
Brilliant, but...
29 March 2009
Thought this was an excellent film. The gore wasn't overdone and the tension was brilliant. The ending was really intriguing with all the implied interactions between science and religion and the implied secret research by the Vatican to explain the condition. Someone asked how the block could become infected by the one girl up in the attic. I'm assuming that the area of her confinement would include water tanks, air duct pipes and so on, so I didn't have a problem with that. One question, once they become infected I would've thought they would attack anything that moved (including each other) whereas in the film they only seem to go after those who remain uninfected/affected. Is this an error, bit of poetic licence or is there an explanation somewhere in the film that I've missed? Am I simply wrong?
The McKenzie Break
(1970)
Interesting and unusual
12 November 2006
An interesting war film that differs from others in a number of ways. Firstly,the plot concerns German prisoners of war held in a POW camp in Scotland planning an escape. While many films have featured Allied POWs, it's quite rare to find one that focuses on Germans held in captivity (Hardy Kruger as "The one that got away" is another example). Secondly, the Germans actually speak in German as opposed to some studio manufactured pidgin English. This adds a welcome note of authenticity so often missing from big name war movies made around the same time. The cut that I've seen on British TV was certainly subtitled. I note that another reviewer had the misfortune to watch a non-subtitled version - he has my sympathy! Another interesting point is that - in a subplot - the film has a gay German POW being persecuted and subsequently murdered by his own compatriots. Whether this actually happened and how much of the film is based on fact I'm not sure. However, the Nazi persecution of homosexuals is well-documented, but not often seen on the screen. It must have been a fairly bold move for a film made in 1970 to address this. There are some loopholes, but it remains well-acted and intriguing.
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