Review Becky Lea 4 Sep 2013 - 22:00
Whitechapel takes a leaf from Dennis Wheatley's book in this week's occult-related mystery. Here's Becky's review of the series 4 opener...
Never for the faint of heart, Whitechapel kickstarted the new series in suitably grisly fashion as a homeless man was slowly crushed to death by an anonymous assailant. Meanwhile, Di Joe Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones) and DS Ray Miles (Phil Davis) are celebrating the book launch of their colleague Edward Buchan (Steve Pemberton) before being called away to investigate the latest mysterious murder.
The opening scenes were deftly handled, flitting between the Whitechapel team at Buchan’s book launch to the slow, torturous death of this episode’s mysterious corpse, swiftly re-establishing the show’s unflinching attention to murderous detail. Despite being filmed mostly in shadow, the killing of Alexander Zukanov (David Gant) was possibly one of the series’ most memorable for just how affecting it was.
Whitechapel takes a leaf from Dennis Wheatley's book in this week's occult-related mystery. Here's Becky's review of the series 4 opener...
Never for the faint of heart, Whitechapel kickstarted the new series in suitably grisly fashion as a homeless man was slowly crushed to death by an anonymous assailant. Meanwhile, Di Joe Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones) and DS Ray Miles (Phil Davis) are celebrating the book launch of their colleague Edward Buchan (Steve Pemberton) before being called away to investigate the latest mysterious murder.
The opening scenes were deftly handled, flitting between the Whitechapel team at Buchan’s book launch to the slow, torturous death of this episode’s mysterious corpse, swiftly re-establishing the show’s unflinching attention to murderous detail. Despite being filmed mostly in shadow, the killing of Alexander Zukanov (David Gant) was possibly one of the series’ most memorable for just how affecting it was.
- 9/4/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Jack the Ripper haunts our imaginations as one of the most famous unsolved serial murderers of all time. This new take places a copycat in London recreating those famous crimes and some fabulous actors and acting are dragged along as well. Connected Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler (Rupret Penry-Jones) has been posted to Whitechapel by Commander Anderson (Alex Jennings) as a ceremonial move before Chandler gets promoted upstairs. Chandler is supposed to halfheartedly investigate a murder case and hardboiled Detective Sgt. Ray Miles (Phil Davis) knows it and isn.t afraid to show it. The case turns out to be more complicated and even worse to Anderson; Chandler starts to take it seriously instead of just a rung on...
- 12/7/2011
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Chicago – There is enough of an international obsession with the crimes of the man known as Jack the Ripper that the word “Ripperologist” (someone who is an expert on the most notorious serial killer of all time) has meaning. Over a century after his crimes, we’re still fascinated by this embodiment of pure evil. The fascination runs so deep that it regularly invades our fiction, including Alan Moore’s brilliant “From Hell” and now the BBC America series “Whitechapel,” which opens with a three-part mini-series about a Ripper copycat and moves on to a three-part mini-series about crimes modeled after the notorious Krays. It’s a bit tonally inconsistent but this is entertaining television bolstered by strong performances throughout and the dark edge provided by the word Ripper.
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0
“Whitechapel” is a clever attempt to merge the modern procedural with Victorian-era crime. It’s not that dissimilar to...
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0
“Whitechapel” is a clever attempt to merge the modern procedural with Victorian-era crime. It’s not that dissimilar to...
- 10/26/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Synopsis: Di Chandler (Rupert Penry - Jones) and his team investigate a series of brutal killings and maimings, which Buchan believes mirror Kray killings of the 1960s. It.s been a year since Di Chandler failed to capture the ripper, and he is still considered to be a pain in the arse, and somewhat of a joke to the higher ups, but one person he seems to have won over is DS Ray Miles (Phil Davies), who has gained a respect for the upper class Di as a brother in arms, and the fact that Chandler opted to stay with an mortally injured DS Miles instead of chasing after the Ripper for a bit of Glory has endeared him...
- 10/12/2010
- by Ian Cullen
- Monsters and Critics
In early 2009 fans of crime drama were treated to the excellent three part drama Whitechapel, which saw Rupert Penry Jones, who is best known for his role in Spooks, take on the role of idealistic and obsessive Di Joseph Chandler. The first series focused on a serial killer, who was mimicking the infamous Ripper murders in exact detail, and had Di Chandler leading the hunt with the aid of an eccentric expert on Jack The Ripper, and a cynical and world weary DS Ray Miles (Phil Davies). Whitechapel, which took its initial inspiration from the infamous Whitechapel murders even used an unusual first-person perspective flashback viewpoint to illustrate some of the murders within the story. Only ever...
- 9/19/2010
- by Ian Cullen
- Monsters and Critics
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