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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It doesn't get any better than this. One of the all-time-great TV dramas. Politics, sex, betrayal, government chicanery, Big Oil shenanigans, more betrayal, more sex, intrepid reporters and the drollest news editor ever to grace the small screen. It all begins with a murder and a suicide. Then the suicide becomes a murder and we're off and running.
Be warned. The pace is break-neck and the dialogue sizzles. Unless you know Brit-speak, use the sub-titles. Repeat viewings are compulsory. Watch this six-part BBC series first, before the Hollywood remake debuts next year and ruins everything.
Be warned. The pace is break-neck and the dialogue sizzles. Unless you know Brit-speak, use the sub-titles. Repeat viewings are compulsory. Watch this six-part BBC series first, before the Hollywood remake debuts next year and ruins everything.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By AJ Tours
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This mini-series was like a book you did not want to put down. You start wondering why it takes 6 hours to tell a story. At the end you are breathless.
It is like a satisfying meal which leaves you full, but wondering when you can return. My wife and I like to discuss what we have seen as we go through each episode to ensure that we did not miss anything, epecially with movies that contain Britspeak (I am English and have no problem with it, my Canadian wife sometime finds it difficult - pause on a DVD player is a great invention.)
There are several sub-plots within the story which periodically come together and then part again. In the end you are left very surprised where the story ends up. Though you were led there gently, not all of sudden presented with a solution where you ask "where did they get that from?"
Make this into just a 2 hour American movie - the resulting feelings should be totally different.
Watch it once to see the movie, then watch it again to get what you missed the first time. All performances were top notch. Like most British movies it tells a very good story without the flash effects which Hollywood has to substitute for quality.
It is like a satisfying meal which leaves you full, but wondering when you can return. My wife and I like to discuss what we have seen as we go through each episode to ensure that we did not miss anything, epecially with movies that contain Britspeak (I am English and have no problem with it, my Canadian wife sometime finds it difficult - pause on a DVD player is a great invention.)
There are several sub-plots within the story which periodically come together and then part again. In the end you are left very surprised where the story ends up. Though you were led there gently, not all of sudden presented with a solution where you ask "where did they get that from?"
Make this into just a 2 hour American movie - the resulting feelings should be totally different.
Watch it once to see the movie, then watch it again to get what you missed the first time. All performances were top notch. Like most British movies it tells a very good story without the flash effects which Hollywood has to substitute for quality.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A good serie : good casting, good plot and good playing. BBC knows how to make rich and intelligent serie, in only 6 episodes. Got some reserve concerning certain interactions between the characters, but it serves the drama well. Only one question left : will there be a second season?
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Great mini series
This is a very good, intensely dramatic series, and very British, they have a way of producing drama that far outpaces anything else I've seen.
Published 2 months ago by Decembergirl
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bloody Wonderful
BBC at its best...fast paced, terrific performances and lots of twists and turns. Light the fireplace, get a bottle of wine and press play. Buy it
Published 3 months ago by Paula Jessop
2.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been great
Certainly this could have been absolutely great and no doubt in the UK where they can understand the accents, it was just that. Read more
Published 21 months ago by travelingpam
2.0 out of 5 stars
State of Play
Not at all impressed with this one.
I am British and could barely understand the female lead's Scottish accent. Read more
I am British and could barely understand the female lead's Scottish accent. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mary
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great British Entertainment!
Video is an other example of "what came first 1) the British Version or 2) the American rip off? Video is far superior to the series made into the American movie starring Russel... Read more
Published on May 13 2011 by Devo77
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing TV!!!!
This was an action packed story that had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Did not excpect that ending, but it was wonderful. Read more
Published on April 11 2011 by Rangereader
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