This show started off good and entertaining but as it goes on it becomes increasingly less about the cases and detective work and more about the 'relationship' between Strike and Robin. Does anyone really care about her dysfunctional boyfriend or her jealousy at Strike girlfriends, I certainly don't.
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5 Reviews
Brabham
(2019)
Jack deserved better than this meandering mess!
9 August 2020
I was really looking forward to this documentary and settled in to watch it but it soon became clear it was going to be hard and tedious watch. I don't the makers quite knew which direction they wanted to take with it so we end up with a mash of clips and styles that just doesn't work.
We get animated cartoon segments, clips of Paul Newman talking not about Jack but racing in general and quite possibly the saddest part are the pieces featuring the very elderly Ron Tauranac, John Surtess and Stirling Moss (the latter seems completely confused about what is going on and is only there to tell us his name and that he drove all types of cars in all types of races). I don't know if it was the directors intent to show these fine gentlemen in their worst light but they all look moments away from death.
There are clips of Jack and others racing but most of these are shown on a tiny Tv screen in the middle of the screen that makes it practically impossible to tell what is going on.
Then to round it all off are all the nonsense ramblings of whoever Grayson Perry. It is never shown what his connection is with Jack or even with motorsport. I did google the guy and it just says he does weird art and likes to cross dress, is there anybody alive less qualifified to talk about Jack Brabham.
If you don't mind sitting through a rambling mess then give it go but if you want to see how a documentary should be done about a racing giant then watch the McLaren one instead.
Truly awful and depressing watch.
We get animated cartoon segments, clips of Paul Newman talking not about Jack but racing in general and quite possibly the saddest part are the pieces featuring the very elderly Ron Tauranac, John Surtess and Stirling Moss (the latter seems completely confused about what is going on and is only there to tell us his name and that he drove all types of cars in all types of races). I don't know if it was the directors intent to show these fine gentlemen in their worst light but they all look moments away from death.
There are clips of Jack and others racing but most of these are shown on a tiny Tv screen in the middle of the screen that makes it practically impossible to tell what is going on.
Then to round it all off are all the nonsense ramblings of whoever Grayson Perry. It is never shown what his connection is with Jack or even with motorsport. I did google the guy and it just says he does weird art and likes to cross dress, is there anybody alive less qualifified to talk about Jack Brabham.
If you don't mind sitting through a rambling mess then give it go but if you want to see how a documentary should be done about a racing giant then watch the McLaren one instead.
Truly awful and depressing watch.
The War of the Worlds
(2019)
Terrible adaptation.
21 November 2019
This is a truly awful adaptation of the classic story. It feels like it was made on a very small budget. The acting is wooden and why oh why do we have to have love issues and relationships in it? I thought the BBC would do a good job on this but it is a total fail in my book.
Group B
(2015)
Very disappointing, too much emotion and hardly any Group B!!!
4 December 2018
When you have a film title Group B I think it reasonable to expect quite a lot of Group B cars (we get limited shots of 1 and honestly, with the exception of the Citroen, it was probably the least impressive group B car) and some great group B action but what you get instead is an emotional tale of rally driver with some major issues trying to get back into the saddle and very little driving action. I found it depressing which is far from what I hoped for when I bought it. There were so many great stories in the world of Group B so not sure why they had to invent one.
Having got that off my chest I will say the acting was great
Having got that off my chest I will say the acting was great
Mad Dogs
(2011–2013)
Tedious and contrived with completely stupid and annoying characters
27 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This could and should have been so much better than it is. The premise is a good one but it is completely spoiled by the most idiotic main characters. At every turn they make completely stupid decisions just to drive the story forward. What's worse is unbelievable relationship between them all and the writers insistence that they all share their feelings all the time. One minute they are all hugs and slaps on the back the next they are calling each other arseholes and telling everyone to F off. This is OK once or twice but when it happens 3 or 4 times in every episode it gets tedious and boring.
This feels like a Breaking Bad wannabee. Four guys getting further and further out of their depth but unlike Breaking Bad this all feels totally contrived and totally unrealistic.
Thank god for IMDb because now I can find who wrote this trash and never have to subject myself to anything else they write. The ending is truly awful and the whole program is just pointless. I cannot fault the actors they can only work with what they are given and what they were given was truly bad. Avoid.
This feels like a Breaking Bad wannabee. Four guys getting further and further out of their depth but unlike Breaking Bad this all feels totally contrived and totally unrealistic.
Thank god for IMDb because now I can find who wrote this trash and never have to subject myself to anything else they write. The ending is truly awful and the whole program is just pointless. I cannot fault the actors they can only work with what they are given and what they were given was truly bad. Avoid.
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