Jeremy ThomasWhile it lacks the seedy quality of the first entry, this is still a very solid neo-noir about police corruption and what it allows to flourish. My ★★★½ review of Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009) on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/3TnKTV #RedRiding #Letterboxd
A ★★★½ review of Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 is a less satisfying film than its 1974-set predecessor, if only by the fewest of degrees. There's still a lot of good here; to be clear. James Marsh's second chapter of the Red Rising trilogy has a bit more overt of a focus thanks to the narrative coalescing around the Yorkshire Ripper investigation, albeit in fictionalized form. It also features very good performances by Paddy Considine as Peter Hunter, the Assistant Chief Constable brought in to oversee the stalled investigation, and Sean Harris as the rather odious Yorkshire copper assigned to assist.