Takeaway the amazing cast, and what you get is just another Sunday night detective potboiler that ITV would show, and a few people would talk about it the next day, and then it would be repeated and then forgot about.
Basically, a girl is found dead, they arrest the bloke from Pramface who has a past and has now turned to god. But the thing is, he was in contact with the girl beforehand.
The two leading detectives get a little merry one night, kidnap the suspect because they think he might break into confessing. Things get a little out of hand, and they inadvertently kill him.
Now they have to inspect the crime that they committed.
It's all about family, and how a massive incident can affect the balance of them and those around them. It's just done in such a bland way, that even the brilliant performances from all concerned, cannot stop from boredom looming on the horizon.
Cox pops up every now and again as a boozy, dementia affected father, making the film more watchable, but then someone mentions a bacon sandwich and he wanders off.
All in all, its a wonderful first act, very gritty and real, but then it goes all formulaic.
A waste of a brilliant cast really.
Basically, a girl is found dead, they arrest the bloke from Pramface who has a past and has now turned to god. But the thing is, he was in contact with the girl beforehand.
The two leading detectives get a little merry one night, kidnap the suspect because they think he might break into confessing. Things get a little out of hand, and they inadvertently kill him.
Now they have to inspect the crime that they committed.
It's all about family, and how a massive incident can affect the balance of them and those around them. It's just done in such a bland way, that even the brilliant performances from all concerned, cannot stop from boredom looming on the horizon.
Cox pops up every now and again as a boozy, dementia affected father, making the film more watchable, but then someone mentions a bacon sandwich and he wanders off.
All in all, its a wonderful first act, very gritty and real, but then it goes all formulaic.
A waste of a brilliant cast really.