"Rebus" The Hanging Garden (2000)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Maurice Phillips

Writers:

Ian Rankin (novel)
Ben Brown (screenplay) ...

TV Series:

"Rebus" (2000)

Original Air Date:

15 July 2000 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Crime

Plot:

A pharmaceutical factory appears to be the major supply source of cocaine over which a gun battle is...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

John Hannah	...	DI John Rebus
Ewan Stewart	...	DI Jack Morton
Sara Stewart	...	DCI Gill Templar
Lewis Howden	...	DI Ormond
Stuart Hepburn	...	Det. Supt. McCaskill
Gayanne Potter	...	DS Siobhan Clarke
Tom Watson	...	Dr. Emir Slaven
Sheyla Shehovich	...	Candice / Katarina
James Cosmo	...	Morris Cafferty
Eilidh MacDonald	...	Sammy Rebus
Phillippa Wilson	...	DI Miriam Kenworthy
Deka Walmsley	...	Jake Tarawicz
Tommy Flanagan	...	Thomas Telford
Scott Cleverdon	...	Pretty Boy Summers
Corinne Harris	...	Rhona

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company:

Clerkenwell Films

Trivia:

The children's book "The Park in the Dark" by Martin Waddell is quoted several times during this Rebus mystery. At one point John Rebus reads the story to his twenty-something daughter who is in the hospital.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Rebus: The Falls (#2.1)" (2006)

An excellent plot with many twists and turns.

Once again, Inspector Rebus (John Hannah) is embroiled in a thrilling plot with more who done it twists and turns than an Agatha Christie thriller. Set in Edinburgh, this series would hardly be used by the Edinburgh tourist board to promote the city as a sunny gateway to "Shining Scotland". It portrays the underside of Edinburgh in stereo-typical Scottish gritty, dankness. A strong supporting cast provide solid and convincing portrayals of characters on both sides of the law whom you would find anywhere either side of the Atlantic. Or for that matter, on the streets of Melbourne. The main strength of the Rebus series is in it's portrayal of the fact that the fine line that separates the law enforcers from the criminals is extremely grey indeed. Whilst not corrupt at heart, Rebus with his offsider, DI Jack Morton (Ewan Stewart) enforce their own code of justice on the criminals to keep the streets of Edinburgh at least respectable on the surface.