Red Riding: 1980 (2009)
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The Red Riding Trilogy continues in this sequel that picks up six years after the events of the first film. The Yorkshire Ripper is continuing to prey on the young women of a dead-end town, and the local police have proven completely ineffective in solving the crimes. When Manchester detective Peter Hunter (Paddy Considine) arrives in Yorkshire to investigate, he discovers a number of inconsistencies in the official report, and begins to suspect foul play. Unfortunately for both Detective Hunter
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Jim Carter
Harold Angus -
Warren Clarke
Bill Molloy -
Paddy Considine
Peter Hunter -
Shaun Dooley
Dick Alderman -
Julia Ford
Elizabeth Hall -
Andrew Garfield
Eddie Dunford -
Sean Harris
Bob Craven -
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Joseph Mawle
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Tony Mooney
Tommy Douglas -
David Morrissey
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Peter Mullan
Martin Laws -
Maxine Peake
Helen Marshall -
Tony Pitts
John Nolan -
Lesley Sharp
Joan Hunter -
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Chris Walker
Jim Prentice
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Stands as a wrenching tale of power abused and lives discarded. It is powerful stuff.
Top CriticAn amazing conceit.
A huge step up from the unfollowable plot and unfathomable evil of Red Riding: 1974.
Aside from the ongoing criminal mystery and obstruction of powerful men, it's a tale of dreary duty. [Blu-ray]
Unrolling at a frustratingly slow pace, it's the weak link in the series, but it's still an extraordinary -- and extraordinarily well-assembled -- series.
1980 isn't a placeholder by any means, but it suffers by its middle placement, lacking the newness of the first film or the cumulative satisfactions of the last.
It's a good film on its own and it's made great by its place between two others.
This second film, which paints the West Yorkshire police as first degree multiple murderers, has a strong subtext of woman and their children.
1980 benefits from calmer direction and a better class of actors, while gradually drawing out an additional serial killer tale that goes beyond journalistic investigation to pry open the black heart of the local law.
If Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Minds, and Lovely Bones haven't sated your hunger for watching entertainments showcasing the abuse, torture, and murder of children and women, you are in luck.
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