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Just loved this gritty start adapting Michael Connolly's crime series with Harry Bosch as the central character. Acting is great and can't wait to see his characters and stories transferred to the silver screen. Titus Welliver, who plays an LAPD homicide detective, is just the right choice of actor that one imagines when reading Connelly's books, he could have stepped right off the page! The scene settings around LA make me want to go back and visit all the places i missed on my holiday there! My only criticism of this pilot is that stories from 3 books were used to weave into one story about a serial killer. One book can stand on its own but I understand the logic of immediately trying to capture the audience in this pilot. I really recommend this series to viewers who enjoy a good who "dunnit!"

Both my wife and I were wrecked from nervous tension, the movie held you from beginning to end and can't say enough for di Caprio's acting, it is certainly his best yet as he moves into heavy weight roles and shows that he can handle them. The whole cast were really excellent and of course the director Martin Scorcesse scored an absolute triumph...can he ever top this one! The realism was gripping and you forgot that there was a camera crew filming because you were drawn into the action. No question a great movie and well deserves any awards going. One can really imagine the great stress of being an under-cover policeman and di Caprio drew us into his great torment by his psychiatrist sessions and pill taking. Ray Winstone was another classy piece of acting. I left Jack Nicolson until last because his acting is just head and shoulders above just about everybody in the business. This was a portrayal of a gangster supreme and did he love blood, he was so scary and someone you just don't want to meet because you never know which way he will turn!

I was so surprised by the excellence of this movie which is the third I have seen and now look forward to seeing the complete series. Even my wife who is not particularly interested in naval history was entranced by it. Having read Patrick O'Brian's naval history Aubrey & Maturin series I have become fascinated by this period of history. Master and Commander was a movie made from a combination of two of O'Brians's book and also was a realistic portrayal but somehow Hornblower has given another dimension to life and living in these wooden ships. The Hornblower filmed series adds a memorable visual quality to this history and I can heartily recommend them.