Having just finished the original six-part UK mini-series, I watched the Hollywood movie version. That required overcoming my antipathy for Mel Gibson, but at least Gibson didn't slobber on his dead daughter's dildo like Bob Peck did in the original. Gibson's limited acting skills were sufficient for the wooden-faced Craven, but as in the original, Jedburgh - a delightfully understated portrayal by Ray Winstone - steals the show.
Turning a 6-hour miniseries into a 2-hour movie clearly necessitates taking liberties with the original plot & overall it was very well done. True enough to the original storyline minus the tediousness & the creepy music. Hollywood being Hollywood, sporadic violence did break out more frequently than strictly necessary - tho none of it entirely gratuitous.
Rare as it is for me to prefer a Hollywood remake to a UK original, I can't deny I enjoyed the film version considerably more.
Turning a 6-hour miniseries into a 2-hour movie clearly necessitates taking liberties with the original plot & overall it was very well done. True enough to the original storyline minus the tediousness & the creepy music. Hollywood being Hollywood, sporadic violence did break out more frequently than strictly necessary - tho none of it entirely gratuitous.
Rare as it is for me to prefer a Hollywood remake to a UK original, I can't deny I enjoyed the film version considerably more.