Reviewing Movies

The title appears to reference Little Red Riding-hood and the red ‘anorak’ worn by the first victim. Dates from Andrew Garfield’s days with the BBC before he hit the gym, went to Hollywood and donned spandex to play Spiderman. Shot in sinister cloudy almost greyscale light Garfield’s blonde hair is not discernible but his oversized mutton chops are quite prominent at odds with the boyish look of the rest of him. The Yorkshire accent and turns of expression take some getting used to. A murder mystery involving young school girls Garfield chain smokes, spends a lot of time in pubs, sheds his clothes and hops into bed with various women. And he uses profanity, a choir boy he ain’t. Police corruption and brutality figure conspicuously. The edition I watched forced me to watch a lengthy series of previews without jumping to the title screen and when the feature finally starts expect a minute of silence while the various producers’ logos spool across the screen. These caveats aside it’s a decent mini-series. One that kills off its principal    characters with disturbing regularity. The portrayal of police corruption is most disturbing.