Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Micransix Crappy film

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

ThePhantomofStarkid This show is described as being about cold cases, yet within the first 20 minutes, they are dealing with a current crime. The acting is good, however, the script is atrocious. More than once I found myself screaming at the screen at the sheer incompetence and disregard for both common sense and basic police policy. If I could have given it zero stars I would have. As it is I was only able to get through the Pilot (Episodes 1 and 2) and Half of Episode 3. Utterly atrocious. If you are looking for a British show about cold cases I would recommend New Tricks as it boasts a great cast as well as amazing dialogue and interesting cases.

Pradip Shah I came across some DVDs of earlier seasons. After watching a few episodes It got me thinking about the writers/directors of the series and the way they developed their characters. What were they thinking? What I fail to understand is how did an insensitive, perpetually angry Boyd ever get promoted to be a detective superintendent. At no instance has it been shown that he possesses any special deductive skills nor any radical ideas which led to solving a case. In an organization like law enforcement agency working as a team is very critical. Not jumping to conclusions and especially loosing your cool at the slightest provocation I would consider as prerequisites. Boyd fails on both these accounts.I am not much familiar with the actual British practice of law enforcement. May be Boyd IS a typical police officer one would encounter in real life. Thank god I don't live in that country.Although the whole concept and selection of story line has been good for the serial the character of Boyd is contra indicated.The people who may be concerned with the character development would do well to not mix up - assign - Hindu names to Parsi characters -specifically Sharma and Chaudhary in one episode. They better get hire 1st generation immigrant from India - one who is still maintaining contacts with the old country - as a consultant. The British may not realize this but the ex-pats will.

bill-piety A highly regarded series from our friends at BBC. Good reviews, good numbers. And it tries very, very hard. A better written 'Cold Case' (CBS, USA, 2003 - present), each plot is developed over two hour-long episodes. And though it falls into the police procedure genre, the characters don't spout passages from text books, ala CSI (in its various incarnations) and Criminal Minds.On the plus side, the more leisurely pace allows for greater character complexity and nuanced plots. On the down side, this doesn't actually happen. I find myself wishing that things would simply move along. And further on the down side, I either dislike, as with Trevor Eve's Superintendent Peter Boyd, am ambivalent, as with Sue Johnston's Dr. Grace Foley, or simply uninterested in the regular cast.It's one of those shows that I feel I should like. And feel a bit guilty that I don't. Intelligence abounds, or at least seems to. Edgy, quick to anger CID Boyd should fill a gap in our television pantheon of detectives. I find myself merely grateful that I will probably never face such a man in an unscripted life. Dr. Foley plays the voice of reason. She brings a calm, analytical mind to the proceedings but is too evidently there as a foil to Boyd.I cast, then, a dissenting vote. 5 out of 10.

artixan Waking the Dead "Every Breath You Take" The body of a police woman who has been missing for a year is found floating in the Thames... This is well acted except the script has got more holes than an episode of the Simpsons... starting with the forensics arguing about needing mouth masks on to prevent contamination, whilst none have hair nets on...and ending with the hi-tech surveillance team with no foot backup to actually arrest the suspect, not once, but twice. This is well acted except the script has got more holes than an episode of the Simpsons... starting with the forensics arguing about needing mouth masks on to prevent contamination, whilst none have hair nets on...and ending with the hi-tech surveillance team with no foot backup to actually arrest the suspect, not once, but twice.