Cold Blood (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Stuart Orme

Writer:

Tom Needham (written by)

Release Date:

19 October 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Crime

Cast

Jemma Redgrave	...	Eve Granger
John Hannah	...	Jake Osbourne
Matthew Kelly	...	Brian Wicklow
Patrick Drury	...	Tom Welburn
Ace Bhatti	...	Ajay Roychowdury
David Calder	...	Prof Robert Kerr
Kerry Fox	...	Jan
Elizabeth Bennett	...	Annie Granger
Jane Lowe	...	Mary Osbourne
Jack Brady	...	Ray Jackman
Paul Oldham	...	Kevin Honeycutt
Ann Beach	...	Lynn
Loreto Murray	...	Doctor
Andrew McHugh	...	Journalist
Paul Gabriel	...	PC Neal Royle

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Granada Television

Movie Connections:

Followed by Cold Blood 2 (2007) (TV)

Tonight Matthew I Shall Be Ripping Off Famous Thrillers

This was well publicised due to the fact it featured STARS IN THEIR EYES presenter Matthew Kelly in a straight acting role as a convicted serial killer . No don't laugh , Mr Kelly has appeared in several sitcoms and spends Christmas time acting in family pantomimes and I hear he's very good at playing Captain Hook in PETER PAN down by the seaside . You think he's a camp TV presenter ? Oh no he isn't

It's Kelly's role that's the most talked about aspect to this TV drama and one can't thinking it's talked about for the wrong reasons . Clean shaven and bespectacled Kelly plays Brian Wicklow a serial killer sentenced to the rest of his life in prison . Alas Wicklow resembles Timothy Lumbsden from BBC sitcom SORRY rather than a cold blooded killer and this makes the story unintentionally laughable . The other convicts aren't exactly terrified by him either and they break wind in his general direction . I was expecting the insult of " Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberry " to be hurled at Wicklow . Oh and Wicklow takes hissy fits at the other prisoners . I defy you to watch this without tears running down your legs

No doubt the producers were hoping COLD BLOOD was going to be a disturbing and haunting adult thriller but instead of coming up with ideas of their own they ripped off other superior thrillers , I mean the plot line involves things we've already seen before in MESSIAH ( he's not the messiah he's a very naughty boy ) ,CRACKER and most obvious of all SILENCE OF THE LAMBS where the cops delve into the mind of Wicklow to find out how a serial killer acts ( Hopefully better than anyone else in this production - That shouldn't be too difficult ) which leads me to ask if we'll ever see Sir Anthony Hopkins presenting a TV talent show where the contestants dress up as their favourite pop star and belt out their hits ? I should hope not