Matcollis
This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Allissa
.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
jares
Adding to what was already said under a similar headline: they had two bodies in the morgue for many days, but didn't bother to check their DNAs?
guyzradio
We've all watched a mystery where you suspect, or just know, they've purposely been throwing you one red herring after another until they spill the beans and you feel "taken." "One of Us," aka "Retribution," skillfully moves from being a show you THOUGHT was about finding the murderer of a newlywed couple, to how the families of the victims deal with the appearance of the killer on their doorsteps. Now dead at the hands of an unrevealed family member, the killer remains an element in the story, although overshadowed by the progressive revelation of complex and not altogether wholesome inter- and intra-family relationships. We see trust erode as various family members suspect one or another of the crime, and everyone seems to have a skeleton or two in the closet. Damaged people, all, and that includes the police. Throughout, the view is never blatantly mislead to conclude who the guilty party is, instead sharing in the confusion of the cops who nonetheless methodically unravel both murders. I have enjoyed John Lynch since seeing him in "The Fall," and I was especially taken by his performance in the last few minutes of Retribution. It's great British drama. Stay with it and pay attention. You will not be disappointed, and you'll think about it a few times afterward.
Brigid O Sullivan (wisewebwoman)
Here be the list:Far too many characters
Uneven Script
Melodramatic in the extreme
Ham-fisted John Lynch clawing the scenery and gulping it down.
Totally unlikeable characters. All of them.There were more plot twists and turns and sidebars to keep track of than was reasonable in a 4 parter.Everyone in the cast, including the investigating police had a problem/secrets/liesAnd I never bought into the angst ridden resolution, puh-leese. Too bad. Most of the cast did their best with some dismal material.But the whole thing needed more flesh on its bones.It was really hard to care.4/10 Brilliant Scottish scenery.
morrison-dylan-fan
After being intrigued by the BBC trailers that made the mini-series look like an Agatha Christie-inspired Noir family Drama,I decided to start uncovering the episodes,one by one.The plot:A man drives to the Scottish highlands and crashes his car.Seeing the car crashed,two families who have known each other for decades,come out on the stormy night to help him out.Never having seen the guy before,the families are taken aback,when one of their addresses is found in his coat pocket.Feeling that he might be dangerous, (and with the police unable to answer calls due to the storm) the families decide to lock him in the barn yard for the night.Coming out the next morning to get info out of the night,the families discover that during the night,one of them killed him.View on the show:Taking place against a beautiful Scottish backdrop,the Williams steam a dour Noir family drama with a brittle Agatha Christie-style Murder Mystery in eps 1 and 4,with stylishly tinted flashbacks from director William McGregor bringing the fractured nature of the relationships out of the loyal families.Whilst the cast (which includes a great John Lynch) give gravitas to the murky revelations,the Williams clip the Noir mystery tension in eps 2 and 3 by focusing on the troubled relationships between the families running dry with forced family unease that tries to cast harsh Film Noir isolation on the families,but fails to match the burning Noir anxiety cut deep into the first and final episodes.
