Red Riding: 1980

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Red Riding: 1980

Released Feb 5, 2010

1h 33m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Six years after his first visit to Yorkshire, England, detective Peter Hunter (Paddy Considine) returns to look into the town's high murder rate. Though the deaths have been occurring with alarming regularity over the years, the police have done little to find the killer, who's now known as the Yorkshire Ripper. As Hunter discovers mysterious irregularities in the case, he realizes corrupt police officers (David Morrissey, Warren Clarke) are doing everything they can to stop his investigation.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

1980 isn't a placeholder by any means, but it suffers by its middle placement, lacking the newness of the first film or the cumulative satisfactions of the last.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 26, 2010

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Stands as a wrenching tale of power abused and lives discarded. It is powerful stuff.

Rated: B

Mar 19, 2010

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Sam Adams

Philadelphia City Paper

Each film is enriched by collective detail, but it would have been richer had they played off each other rather than extending the argument.

Rated: B+

Mar 11, 2010

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Made with considerable skill by Marsh, Red Riding: 1980 is the most simplistic in the trilogy narratively speaking, yet it still demands our attention throughout because of a lingering investment from the first film.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 22, 2023

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Taylor Baker

Drink in the Movies

Episode 30: Capernaum / The Red Riding Trilogy / High Flying Bird

Rated: 86/100

Sep 9, 2021

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

Has an interesting and compelling atmosphere, and a stronger sense of human relationships than its counterparts, but it's also much more cold and impenetrable.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 5, 2019

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Whilst the initial installment of Red Riding could be viewed as a standalone piece as well as a foundation for all that comes after, 1980 definitely feels like the continuation it is. The social commentary and claustrophobia were spot on, colliding with the wide, sweeping Yorkshire panoramics. The pacing of the story seemed off kilter at times, but that drives home the point - time waits for no-one.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/07/25

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Glafira Regina O

An incredibly dull film. The story itself is interesting, based on real events from the 1980s when Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, was terrorizing Yorkshire. However, the director failed to deliver, and the script ended up being painfully slow and unengaging—90 minutes felt like three hours. It lacks the spirit of a true crime thriller and doesn’t have enough action to keep things exciting.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Go 4 I

I watched this because of the high Rotten ratings. Pretty simple story to tell about the good guy going up against police corruption and cover-ups. But this movie was full of disjointed story lines. I was waiting for these to be tied up to a greater degree. Even the end of the story was amateurish. A gun is fired by a third party and the murder weapon is placed in the hand of the guy being framed. What about gun shot residue on the hand of the supposed shooter? I expected better from a British film. BTW my first ever review.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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nilufer e

This one was the most disconnected one I think. It was all about the new detective and his affair and duty etc. I felt I didn't even had to watch this one.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A well written sequel with a somewhat satisfying conclusion that unfortunately got a bit slow around midway, causing me to lose focus at times. In all fairness I'd like to give this another try, in a different mood, as I was told this was the best of the trilogy, yet definitely thought 1974 the better myself.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

Love it. Doesn't get any better

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Synopsis

Six years after his first visit to Yorkshire, England, detective Peter Hunter (Paddy Considine) returns to look into the town's high murder rate. Though the deaths have been occurring with alarming regularity over the years, the police have done little to find the killer, who's now known as the Yorkshire Ripper. As Hunter discovers mysterious irregularities in the case, he realizes corrupt police officers (David Morrissey, Warren Clarke) are doing everything they can to stop his investigation.

Director: James Marsh
Producer: Wendy Brazington, Andrew Eaton
Screenwriter: Tony Grisoni
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Revolution Films, Lipsync Productions, Channel Four Films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 5, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2016
Runtime: 1h 33m

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