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Cast

Andrew Garfield
as Eddie Dunford

Paddy Considine
as Peter Hunter

Joseph Mawle
as The Ripper

David Morrissey
as Maurice Jobson

Jim Carter
as Harold Angus

Warren Clarke
as Bill Molloy

Shaun Dooley
as Dick Alderman

Julia Ford
as Elizabeth Hall

Sean Harris
as Bob Craven

Eddie Marsan
as Jack Whitehead

Tony Mooney
as Tommy Douglas

Peter Mullan
as Martin Laws

Maxine Peake
as Helen Marshall

Tony Pitts
as John Nolan

Lesley Sharp
as Joan Hunter

Robert Sheehan
as BJ

Chris Walker
as Jim Prentice

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Critic Reviews for Red Riding: 1980

Audience Reviews for Red Riding: 1980

• Aug 15, 2013

  The second film in the Red Riding trilogy follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, making for a slow but engaging crime drama with a haunting finale. Six years after the events of the first movie, detective Peter Hunter (Paddy Considine) is investigating a series of murders attributed to a serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper. However, just like in the previous movie, it turns out that the Yorkshire police may be corrupt rather than incompetent. It's less thrilling than the first movie, but it's well-made to be sure, and the plots of the both movies connect near the very end. Red Riding: 1980 isn't quite as impressive as Red Riding: 1974, but it's still a fairly good crime drama with enough of a payoff at the end to make it worth seeing for fans of 1974.
  

  Joey S Super Reviewer
• Sep 17, 2012

  For the first half of the film, it feels like a mediocre movie that has not much to do with it's predecessor, but just there to continue the story and find the killer. We are thrown into an entirely new story with new characters and plot lines, but it is far less interesting than the first. The mentioning of past characters is really the only thing that kept me going until the second half when things start intertwining. The whole film makes you wonder what is going on, until the very last moments of the film where it all comes together and you see why it is a sequel/continuation. Andrew Garfield only makes a cameo in this film, but it has the most meaning out of anything else seen in the film. I thought the first film was great, so I found it very hard to put this film on the same level, but once the end of the film comes full circle, you see why you watched it, and it's worth it!
  

  KJ P Super Reviewer
• Jun 13, 2012

  "Red Riding: 1980" is more focused than its predecessor, largely in part due to superior direction and outstanding cinematography. Paddy Considine turns in a solid performance, which is masterful in its own way. Overall, the film isn't has haunting as the one that came before it, but it's much more riveting.
  Stephen E Super Reviewer
• May 08, 2011

  The second in the Red Riding Trilogy, And this movie is as intense as the first one. Police Corruption has run wild and as a detective is getting closer his life becomes mre in danger. 5 Stars
  Bruce B Super Reviewer

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