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Bill Molloy
Peter Hunter
Philip Evans
Sir John Marsden
Michael Warren
Clement Smith
Critic Reviews for Red Riding: 1980
All Critics (12) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (1)
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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.
March 26, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
Stands as a wrenching tale of power abused and lives discarded. It is powerful stuff.
March 19, 2010 | Rating: B | Full Review… -
Each film is enriched by collective detail, but it would have been richer had they played off each other rather than extending the argument.
March 11, 2010 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… -
It's a good film on its own and it's made great by its place between two others.
March 11, 2010 | Full Review… -
Has an interesting and compelling atmosphere, and a stronger sense of human relationships than its counterparts, but it's also much more cold and impenetrable.
August 5, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
An amazing conceit.
March 10, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Red Riding: 1980
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Aug 15, 2013The 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
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Sep 17, 2012For 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
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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
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May 08, 2011The 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 StarsBruce B Super Reviewer
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