Leonieruth's reviews

Hoped with the cast it would be good but even Samuel L Jackson, Kate Dickie and John Sessions couldn't rescue this poor excuse of a very derivative thriller. All good actors but not in this. We have a predictably flawed detective with a reason to keep going off half cocked and wading into bad situations without "waiting for backup" or moping around feeling sorry for himself and an equally flawed American detective blustering his way into the investigation and drink driving through Edinburgh with no repercussions. The plot was weak and the solution was obvious from about halfway through. Hopefully the ending is not setting us up for a sequel, I barely made it through the 98 minute running time.

I endured all episodes of this dire offering from the BBC. One and a half episodes in and I really didn't care what happened to any of the two dimensional characters, by episode three I was skip watching just to get to the end. The flimsy storyline revolves around the lengths to which the female protagonist will go to get revenge on the man who killed her brother many years previously; the whys and wherefores of which are never fully explained. She is a teacher, so supposedly intelligent; but her actions become increasingly ridiculous as she twitters, cries copious amounts of tears into copious amounts of wine and lurches from one unbelievable situation to the next whilst dragging her equally stupid friend along for the ride. By a strange coincidence her husband; also a teacher; teaches the son the man and there seems to be some kind of never goes anywhere subplot involving the two of them. And then we are treated to an ending that is so bad it is laughable. The whole thing is made worse by the poor acting, the dire dialogue and the lack of any resolution or explanation of the subplots. This series falls well short of taut thriller status. If you want a good "revenge stalking" thriller try Red Road instead.

Just binge watched this and WOW, just WOW! What a roller coaster of a ride! I usually get bored and resort to skip watching series with six or more episodes but this kept me on the edge of my seat from the first episode to the last. The premise was good, what if someone could hack into the railway systems, take control of the rail network and "hackjack" a train, and who would do such a thing? The plot was well thought out with plenty of twists, turns, shocks and red herrings along the way. The acting may not be Oscar worthy but it is solid and It was nice to see the cast create some reasonably well developed characters for a change; each one with their own reasons for being on the train or in the cyber security building; which made me want to see what happened to them in the end. Some scenes were predictable but not enough to spoil the series and true, there are some plot holes and diversions from reality but to all the negative reviewers out there; all films and shows of this ilk are the same so enjoy it for what it is, a work of fiction, a piece of escapism, not the evening news report or a documentary.

Yet another long drawn out non-thriller. As 90 minute TV movie it might have worked but I was bored by the end of the first episode. The plot was predictable with no surprises along the way and the ending was nothing but a series of pure cinematic cliches. We know what is going on, the protagonist knows it as well, but we have to endure four hours of mediocre acting and dialogue drowned out by the over loud incidental music.

Jason Watkins' talent is wasted as the protagonist whom no one believes, Aneurin Barnard is too lightweight for the role and the two main female characters were little more than set dressing. And as for the granny; is dementia the new stick to beat us with as it seems to be popping up everywhere lately.

Managed one and a bit episodes. Found myself skipping through first episode, are they really only half an hour long, which didn't bode well for episode 2. I stopped watching that after the first ten minutes, if that.

The acting is wooden, and I felt that both characters were one dimensional and lacked any personality that made me want to follow their story. Supporting characters were even less appealing. The dialogue was dire and delivered like a third rate amateur dramatics production. The plot seemed a little contrived and it was obvious within minutes where it was going.

It was like waiting for cold, thick treacle to drip from a spoon.

Failed to connect with any of the characters and really couldn't be bothered to keep watching this slow and predictable affair (pun intended). Yet another offering jumping on the "me too" bandwagon. I watch programmes for entertainment, not to have subliminal biases stuffed down my throat. If I want reality I will watch an informative documentary. As a woman I am fed up to the back teeth with this anti male agenda which crept in to what should have been a good courtroom drama.

Not the greatest episode. Got fed up after about the first ten minutes since it was obvious where this episode was going. Full of stereotypes and political cliches. Very predictable for the year it was made.