The Red Riding Trilogy: 1980

Original title: Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

TV Movie
2009
Tous publics
1h 33m

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7.1/10

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The police and the public are still baffled that the "Ripper" remains at large and may have inspired a copycat killer. A veteran police officer, Peter Hunter (Paddy Considine), is called in from Manchester to take over the investigation, but his new theories about the case only incite growing opposition to his involvement.

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The Home Office bring in senior Manchester detective Peter Hunter to conduct a secret review of the Ripper investigation to date.The Home Office bring in senior Manchester detective Peter Hunter to conduct a secret review of the Ripper investigation to date.The Home Office bring in senior Manchester detective Peter Hunter to conduct a secret review of the Ripper investigation to date.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

10K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Red Riding: 1980

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Trivia
The television trailers for all three Red Riding episodes bore the tagline "Based on True Events." Nevertheless, none of the characters, nor the murder victims, bear the names of real people and only a few have obvious real-life models.

Goofs
When Hunter goes to visit Laws, the door and windows are clearly made of UPVC which was not available in 1980.

Quotes
Peter Hunter: You don't like the police much, do you?
Martin Laws: No love lost, no.
Peter Hunter: So when someone kicks down your front door, kills the dog and rapes the wife, who you gonna call?
Martin Laws: Well it certainly wouldn't be the West Yorkshire Police - they'd already *be* in there, wouldn't they!

Connections
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User reviews31

Featured review

7/10

Another kind

I'm assuming you have watched "Red Riding 1974" before you watch this movie or read this review. I'm saying this, because I will talk about the first part of the trilogy as if you've seen it. So while Garfields character is "gone", we get a new main character played by Paddy Considine. And while many might know him playing comedies, he definitely is up to the task at hand here.

This one feels quite a bit different tonally then the first one. While the characters remain appalling (new ones and the known ones from part one), it still has a dark appeal to those who get involved in it. But through all that, I still felt that it wasn't as good as the first one. I thought the first one was more to the point, whereas this one tries to connect and tell a new story. Still very good and if you have seen the first one, you surely have to see this one too. And as another reviewer said, if you like movies like Zodiac (Finchers one), than you will love this one.