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Rebus: The Falls (2006)
Disappointing
I love the Rebus books. and felt the John Hannah films, while OK, were miscast and disjointed plot wise. I was looking forward, therefore to the new attempt. The cast looked good, Ken Stott was a good choice. Why, then, am I so disappointed? I cannot understand why you would take a book like The Falls (11th of a series of about 16 so far), take the names of a few characters and ram them into a hackneyed plot about upper class incest in Edinburgh. The Falls bears no relation to the book, bar character names and the appearance of small wooden coffins. This could have been any detective show on British TV. I realise that the sheer scale of the plots in Ian Rankin's originals mean that they would have to be condensed, with some jettisoning of side stories. Ditching the whole plot seems to me to be a bit of an insult to the author. Does the writer really think he knows what these characters should do better than their creator? On the plus side, the acting was of a high standard and Edinburgh (and Glasgow I think!) looked great. Shame they were let down by the dubious plot. Hope next weeks "Fleshmarket Close" is better. Or at least has a semblance of the original plot.