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Today's film is one of a three part miniseries about corruption and crime in North Yorkshire during the 70s.

The stories are separate with the locale and situation more or less about the lawlessness in the region.

Red Riding refers to a "riding", another name for an entity like a county. The "red" part is a tongue in cheek reference to the area as the site of the fairy tale. Wolves and little girls.

The first two episodes are very well done and worth visiting again. Hence:

Red Riding Trilogy: Part 1: 1974

with Andrew Garfield splendidly portraying a slightly sleazy reporter who investigates a series of child molestations and finds, instead of the serial killer, a web of corruption that goes from top to bottom and side to side of the North Yorkshire establishment.

He gets fuck all for his efforts and, in this film, he more or less takes the law into his own hands. Not a spoiler really to say so.

The film is exciting, sexy and has a wildly intense ending.

This is Garfield's breakout performance which no one knew at the time but you can see it all over the place. Charisma to burn and the ability to handle an extremely complex part. A tough guy with a baby face and a very hard sex drive. There is sinew under the mod clothing and those fluffy sideburns.

He is also able to handle himself amidst a gang of actors who are toughs in their own right and well known second bananas.

You will forget this entirely as the plot unfolds and you forget what I sort of told you about the outcome.

I had stayed away from the film just long enough to remember that it was a great movie but not how it unfolds or turns out.

This is a 5 out of Netflix5. On to part 2 tomorrow. I will skip Part 3 as I gave it a 2 way back and then and will not bother with it.

Labels: films