Murphy's Law : Complete BBC Series 1-5 Box Set [DVD]
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Run of the mill police drama
Review date: 2010-06-24 Rating: 6 out of 10
This is quite a watchable production, but it's rather like meat and two veg, not particularly special. It's lightweight and lacks the attention to detail that would raise it above the average production. Sort of a 'production line' series.
James Nesbit does his best with his role, as a wise cracking character and raises frequent chuckles. But is not that believable, particularly when he remains flippant in the face of imminent demise! Humour is great, but it needs to remain in context and not undermine the credibility of the drama.
Claudia Harrison is the female lead, predicably cast as his boss and very easy on the eye, if rather ornamental. Oh for the gritty realism of Helen Mirren's Jane Tennison, or Caroline Quentin's down to earth Janine Lewis. Claudia goes through all the action without a smudge to her finely applied make up.
More attention to detail would help. For example, it's so irritating when a character gets beaten up, only for them to appear shortly afterwards with no more than a superficial scratch?
Not particularly strong plots, but on conclusion, very passable for a wet Sunday afternoon viewing.
Reviews
TerribleReview date: 2010-04-20 Rating: 2 out of 10This series is a total flaw. The plots lack any contact with reality and the main character is outright awful. Sorry.becareful that your DVD player will play the european DVD's!...Review date: 2010-02-11 Rating: 10 out of 10We ended up using the laptop to play the DVD's our player would not read the DVDs from Europe. We tried everthing using codes to break our DVD player. So... we now use the lap top and connect it to the TV...it is fussy but well worth it!!!! Love Murphy!Murphy's LawReview date: 2010-01-24 Rating: 10 out of 10I rented series one of this show from Netflix, but subsquent episodes were not available in the United States. I have PAL system dvd player so I ordered the rest of the series from Amazon UK. The dvds were promptly shipped and were throughly enjoyed. I will be ordering more from Amazon UK in the future.MurphyReview date: 2009-11-29 Rating: 10 out of 10Came in excellent condition and in good time.
Still watching it and really enjoying this classic British series of hard hitting undercover cop action.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
James Nesbitt
Claudia Harrison
Christian Burgess
Kevin Doyle
Creators:
James Nesbitt (Primary Contributor)
Claudia Harrison (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
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Recording label: ITV Studios Home Entertainment Manufacturer: ITV Studios Home EntertainmentEAN: 5037115242839Binding: DVDNumber of items: 9Format: Box set, PAL, Release date: 2007-10-15Aspect ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and overRegion code: 2Language: English (Original Language)