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      Red Riding: 1980

      2009, Crime/Drama, 1h 33m

      14 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      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.

      • Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & thriller

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: James Marsh

      • Producer: Wendy Brazington, Andrew Eaton

      • Writer: Tony Grisoni

      • Release Date (Theaters):  limited

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      • Distributor: IFC Films

      • Production Co: Channel Four Films, Revolution Films, Lipsync Productions

      Cast & Crew

      Warren Clarke
      Paddy Considine
      James Fox
      David Calder
      Nicholas Woodeson
      Ron Cook
      Maxine Peake
      Tony Pitts
      Jim Carter
      David Morrissey
      Eddie Marsan
      Sean Harris
      Tony Mooney
      Shaun Dooley
      Tony Grisoni
      Peter Hampden
      Hugo Heppell
      Dickon Hinchliffe
      Igor Martinovic
      Jinx Godfrey
      Tom Burton
      Sami Khan

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      • Aug 15, 2013

        The second film in the Red Riding trilogy follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, making for a slow but engaging crime drama with a haunting finale. Six years after the events of the first movie, detective Peter Hunter (Paddy Considine) is investigating a series of murders attributed to a serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper. However, just like in the previous movie, it turns out that the Yorkshire police may be corrupt rather than incompetent. It's less thrilling than the first movie, but it's well-made to be sure, and the plots of the both movies connect near the very end. Red Riding: 1980 isn't quite as impressive as Red Riding: 1974, but it's still a fairly good crime drama with enough of a payoff at the end to make it worth seeing for fans of 1974.

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      • Sep 17, 2012

        For the first half of the film, it feels like a mediocre movie that has not much to do with it's predecessor, but just there to continue the story and find the killer. We are thrown into an entirely new story with new characters and plot lines, but it is far less interesting than the first. The mentioning of past characters is really the only thing that kept me going until the second half when things start intertwining. The whole film makes you wonder what is going on, until the very last moments of the film where it all comes together and you see why it is a sequel/continuation. Andrew Garfield only makes a cameo in this film, but it has the most meaning out of anything else seen in the film. I thought the first film was great, so I found it very hard to put this film on the same level, but once the end of the film comes full circle, you see why you watched it, and it's worth it!

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      • Jun 13, 2012

        "Red Riding: 1980" is more focused than its predecessor, largely in part due to superior direction and outstanding cinematography. Paddy Considine turns in a solid performance, which is masterful in its own way. Overall, the film isn't has haunting as the one that came before it, but it's much more riveting.

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      • May 08, 2011

        The second in the Red Riding Trilogy, And this movie is as intense as the first one. Police Corruption has run wild and as a detective is getting closer his life becomes mre in danger. 5 Stars

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