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Cracker - Series 2

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783123936
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0783123930
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Running Time: 468 minutes
Sales Rank: 4677
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 07, 1998

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Second in a series of three DVD releases of the popular PBS Mystery series; including 9 hours of programming. Robbie Coltrane's outstanding creation of 'Fitz' in the PBS series Cracker 1 continues his journey as a criminal psychologist in three more episodes: To be a Somebody The Big Crunch and Men Should Weep. 'Fitz' combats personal crises and professional challenges when racism religion and murder get in his way.Running Time: 468 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 026359907722

Amazon.com:
Cracker: Series 1 was fine--a terrific premiere and two interesting sequels introduced freelance police psychologist Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald (Robbie Coltrane) and his family and colleagues—but series 2 is unexpectedly and vastly superior. The three miniseries included on these discs are exemplary thrillers (even better than the first trio), but the real leap forward is in the stories' deepening complexity and fascinating intertwining of Fitz's strained relationships and work.

'To Be a Somebody' begins where series 1 left off. Fitz and his wife, Judith (Barbara Flynn), and two kids are living together again, but the rotund profiler--still juggling multiple addictions to booze, gambling, nicotine, and overall self-destructiveness--is on a new, downward spiral. His name is also mud with Detective Chief Inspector Bilborough (Christopher Eccleston) and would-be lover and police detective Jane 'Panhandle' Penhaligon (Geraldine Somerville). But a series of class-anger killings by a psychotic welder-turned-skinhead pulls Fitz into a case so disastrous that every major and minor character is profoundly affected. Portraying the murderer, Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting) is brilliant, as terrifying and sympathetic as Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle.

The emotional and dramatic fallout of 'To Be Somebody' carries over to 'The Big Crunch,' in which Fitz's relationship with Jane intensifies while he pursues a religious cult that may be responsible for a girl's abduction. The final story, 'Men Should Weep,' concerns an investigation into an unnerving string of rapes by a masked, mutilated cab driver. More startling is a link between these crimes and eruptive events in the lives of Fitz, Judith, Jane, and thickheaded, thorn-in-the-side copper Jimmy Beck (Lorcan Cranitch). A breathtaking climax and shocking, cliffhanger ending make 'Men Should Weep' a must-see for thriller fans. --Tom Keogh




Rating: - Genius
Cracker is an amazing series. Although sometimes a little slow to get you into the story, there is ... Read More

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Rating: - Gi us a light boy?
Loved it, gritty stuff, nothing pretty about it and its just gripping!
Must wind up the PC brigade ... Read More

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Rating: - Gripping
Brilliant and gripping drama. Robbie Coltrane is perfectly cast as the brilliant criminal psychologist with ... Read More

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Rating: - Terrific Series
From BBC,another terrific series. As good as Prime Suspect, it's about the on-going core characters - all with ... Read More

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Rating: - Cracker - Series 2
Great series, great acting from everyone in the episodes. Robbie Coltrane is the best!

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