Red Riding 1980 (2009)
Oct 9th, 2009 by cm2
The second film in the Red-Riding trilogy is another haunting almost hallucinatory tale of revenge and justice. Paddy Considine is excellent as the slightly cerebral and introspective officer assigned to review the failing investigation into the Yorkshire ripper, and the whole cast give performances of a very high class. The shocking corruption of the Yorkshire police revealed in the first film now intertwines into the real life history of the ripper’s crimes and the bumbling investigation which was still fixated on the (hoax) tapes and letters in a fascinating but terrifying way.
It feels like a lot of material is woven into the film which expects you to pay attention and work stuff out. Having said this I found the film easy to watch, it didn’t drag at all but like many great films it requires you to think a little. I really will need to see it a second time to try and piece together all of the threads, this is dense and exciting storytelling – perhaps not for everybody but hopefully this will find the audience it deserves.
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