Science Resources RSS Feeds
|
 |
 |
 |
| View Larger Image | Mobile | DVDStarring: Keith Allen, Julie Graham, Michael Kitchen, Samantha Bond, Jamie Draven
Directed By: Stuart Orme
| List Price: | $21.99 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 206 minutes | | Format: | Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Acorn Media | | Number of Discs: | 2 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.66:1 | | Release Date: | October 07, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 29,635th |
|
EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Description
Conspiracy, betrayal, and revenge in the global telecom industry Someone is blowing up mobile-phone towers across England. Messages scrawled in blood-red paint at the scenes proclaim that mobile phones are the instruments of the devil. What’s more, a gunman -- or gunmen -- is shooting cell phone users in mid-conversation. Baffled police investigators scramble to avert public panic. In four interlocking parts, this tense drama peels back the layers of a terrorist conspiracy, gradually revealing the evil at its core. We follow three characters -- a disgraced telecom executive (Michael Kitchen, Foyle’s War), a bitter ex-soldier (Jamie Draven, Billy Elliot), and a disgruntled engineer (Neil Fitzmaurice, Going Off Big Time) -- all united by circumstance or collusion. In a style reminiscent of Crash, the narrative moves backward and forward in time, unraveling the three men’s complex motives and their connections to a ruthless self-made millionaire (Keith Allen, Robin Hood). The result is an ultra-modern thriller packed with surprising twists and astonishing emotional depth. |
Amazon.com
Though riffing on the rage one feels towards obnoxious cell phone users may sound like a one-liner, this four-part miniseries is semi-addictive and in fact, it is hard to watch one 50-minute episode without leaping to the next. Mobile’s suspense is built upon an extremely mandarin plot involving the assassination of people on phones and exploding cell phone towers, in which both criminals and police succumb to corruption and terrorism. Unlike Blue Murder, another Manchester-set detective series in which a detective sleuths a different crime in each episode, director Stuart Orme has laced each segment with differing crimes committed by various people, so that the main crime ring and its mastermind is only exposed in the end. In Episode One, "The Engineer," we meet the first criminal, Eddie Doig (Neil Fitzmaurice), disgruntled by a brain tumor he has from cell phone usage, making it logical that he will be the terrorist throughout. A wonderful performance by Julie Graham, as Eddie’s wife Donna, allows the viewer some sympathy for Eddie, though in subsequent episodes we leap back in time to trace Eddie’s involvement in an elusive team of more dangerous men out for revenge. In Episodes Two and Three, we meet hypnotist Ray Bould (John Thomson), telecom executive David West (Michael Kitchen), ex-Army man Maurice Stoan (Jamie Draven), as well as the head detective on the case, Lorraine Conil (Sunetra Sarker). Each character plays their part to ensure crimes remain unsolved, or at least lead to the wrong men. Mobile’s plot is so complex that one marvels at its potential realism. It reminds the viewer of how difficult terrorism is to pinpoint, expose, and cease, making Mobile’s cell-phone fixation more a metaphor for current political realities in which cell phones possibly play a major part. --Trinie Dalton |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 9 reviews)
|
Mobile by Nancy Wischnowski  5 Stars
September 27, 2009
I've enjoyed Michael Kitchen's work as an easy-going gent as in Out of Africa, Enchanted April, and the terrific series Foyle's War. So, it was a surprise to see him venture into a role that was so
different from his other works...a vengeful(not that he didn't have good reason)man.
| |
Not Your Theme-Park Britain by Richard B. Schwartz (Columbia, Missouri USA)  4 Stars
June 11, 2009
This glossy, engaging miniseries is a succession of interconnected revenge stories within the mobile phone industry. The pacing is swift, the look is smart and current and the production values are high. Most important, the show features the wonderful Michael Kitchen, who appears in (and dominates) the final two episodes. Each of the four episodes is approximately 50 minutes in length--perfect for home viewing--but be warned, once you start you won't want to stop. The story is told from multiple perspectives, as if it were a jigsaw puzzle with the pieces being fitted in different ways. Each time that parts of the story are retold we learn more about the actual events and the motivations behind them. This is very nice work, with superb performances, a slick script and a nice blend of background music, noise, titles, quick cuts between scenes--the whole magilla. This is not the Britain that you see depicted in the posters on the travel agents' walls. This is high stakes industrial Britain, where the champagne flows, major-league scores are settled and blood is spilled in serious quantities. Go for it.
| |
Sinister and great entertainment by J. Stridiron 4 Stars
April 03, 2009
There are 4 episodes which, at first, do not seem to be tied together. However, the plot goes back and forth and motives of the characters get more sinister with each scene. The final episode does tie all together. Michael Kitchen does not play a very nice person and if you have seen him in Foyle's War it is difficult to imagine him taking this role and playing it so well.
| |
Not Bad by John Bashaw (Canada)  3 Stars
March 30, 2009
Mobile was OK. There were enough twists in the plot to keep us watching to the end. It's definitely better than most US-made films of this type. We'll watch this again.
| |
mystery often means violence by Michael P. Dobey (colorado springs) 5 Stars
February 19, 2009
This UK telemovie in four parts was in fact their version of a miniseries
that U.S. stations often play in two hour blocks over two nights. In this case we get a fantastic story of revenge and a monstrous criminal plot that involves cell phones or mobiles as they are called in the UK.
It does have some nudity which UK television is more advanced than the US in showing. Europeon television producers are just not as prudish as American ones and that's our loss I think. However violence and death are part of most mystery movies. And that great subgenre from italy the giallo does that the best. And this does feature lots of violence and you should expect this even in a sherlock holmes mystery as murder is murder! This show features a intertwining story with a twist ending that I didn't see coming and I watch endless mysteries and giallos! The acting is first class from everyone involved. This show isn't for small kids but then murder mysteries are by nature more adult. If you want a solid story of evil revenge and greed then this one will be hard to stop watching!
| |
SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Trial and Retribution: Set 1
Starring: David Hayman, Dorian Lough, Victoria Smurfit, Kate Buffery, Richard Durden
Also With: Lynda La Plante (Writer)
"Powerful, inventive" -- The Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
"Terrific" -- The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Crime-to-court suspense from Lynda La Plante No one explores the human cost of crime and punishment with more depth and resonance than Lynda La Plante, creator of the critically lauded Prime Suspect. In this Law & Order-like British series, La Plante follows cases from the commission of the crime to the trial of the accused. She examines grueling, pressure-packed police...
| 
| The Commander Set 1
Starring: Amanda Burton, Matthew Marsh, Poppy Miller, Commander
Also With: Lynda La Plante (Writer)
A complicated female cop from the creator of Prime Suspect After 20 years with London’s Metropolitan Police, Clare Blake has reached the pinnacle of her profession. She’s New Scotland Yard’s highest-ranking woman officer, the Serious Crime Group Commander, and head of the Murder Review Team. The pressure is intense and so is the scrutiny. Ambitious but reckless, Blake lets her personal life bleed into her career. She defies convention, risks her reputation, and always gets too...
| 
| George Gently: Series 1
Starring: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Richard Armitage, Philip Davis, Shaun Evans
Directed By: Euros Lyn
Also With: Andrew Lowe (Producer), Charles Pattinson (Producer), George Faber (Producer), Jake Lushington (Producer), Noëlette Buckley (Producer), Alan Hunter (Writer), Peter Flannery (Writer)
In 1960s Britain, an upstanding detective takes on a dangerous world Award-winning actor Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed, The Professionals) stars as Commander George Gently--an incorruptible, uncompromising cop transplanted from London’s Scotland Yard to England’s North Country in the mid-1960s. Gently’s reputation for honesty and relentlessness makes him almost as feared among his colleagues as he is among criminals. But he finds an odd ally in John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby, Nicholas...
| 
| First Among Equals
Starring: Tom Wilkinson, John Breslin, Jonathan Bridge, David Robb, Anita Carey
Directed By: Sarah Harding, John Gorrie, Brian Mills
"The ring of authenticity is genuine" -- The New York Times Sex, money, and power in the halls of Parliament No one knows political intrigue better than Jeffrey Archer, the internationally bestselling author and erstwhile British politician who has seen his share of scandal firsthand. This 10-part adaptation of Archer’s blockbuster novel exposes the sex, money, and power within the hallowed halls of government. Beginning in 1964, the tense drama follows the careers of four members...
| 
| Trial and Retribution: Set 2
Starring: David Hayman, Dorian Lough, Victoria Smurfit, Kate Buffery, Richard Durden
Also With: Lynda La Plante (Writer)
Crime-to-court suspense from Lynda La Plante Lynda La Plante -- creator of the award-winning Prime Suspect, widely regarded as the ultimate intelligent crime drama -- scores again with Trial & Retribution. From the scene of the crime to the tactics in the courtroom, these British thrillers explore the bitter internal rivalries among police investigators, the political pressures of high-profile cases, and the legal maneuverings of defense attorneys and prosecutors. As always, La Plante...
|
|
|
|
