- Actors: Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Anthony Booth, Douglas Rao, Ron Donachie
- Directors: Sallie Aprahamian
- Format: PAL, Colour
- Language English
- Classification: 15
- Studio: CARLTON
- VHS Release Date: 29 Nov 1999
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004D02V
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 16,660 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Extremely Dangerous is a great series with many clever twists and turns. Sean Bean and all the cast are excellent and it will keep you on the edge of your chair.
Please note: Amazon synopsis is incorrect it does not take place in London BUT in Manchester.
Please note: Amazon synopsis is incorrect it does not take place in London BUT in Manchester.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you like thrillers,which keeps you on the edge of the chair,you must see this movie. Sean Beans performance is very tense and convincing.Wrongfully being accussed of having brutaly murded his wife and 4 year old daughter, he is hated by everybody.The purpose of his escape is; revenge and to clear his name... It is a must see.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Comparisons to the Fugitive are obvious so I won't go into that here. This gritty UK production benefits from an excellent tortured performance from Sean Bean. *Minor Spoiler*. We know he's an undercover officer early on because NCIS (National Criminal Intelligence Service) have a meeting to disown him. What we don't know is did he murder his family? This basic question provides the viewer with a bumpy ride. Is he a tortured soul or a deranged maniac? What helps in the confusion is that the supporting players steadfastly believe that he did kill his family and the viewer is left unsure until the last act.
This is an unnerving bedfellow because we don't know if we want to route for Neil Byrne or not.
Some scenes work especially well such as when Neil is watching children in a school playground and is approached by a Policeman; Sean delivers his dialogue as though he's in a dream recounting a floating memory, but what memory? A loving family man who will never see his own child again or some deranged fantasy of killing an innocent?
The chase scenes and action set pieces were very well put together. I found that the street fight and the fight in the cab office were choreographed to deliver the strong sense of animal energy rather than flamboyant 'clean' martial artistry or comic book violence.
The supporting characters lend emotion and intrigue to move the plot along. The dry black humour from Nitin Chandra Ganatra as the cab office owner is very funny and in just the right measure, Juliet Hubrey displayed a powerful sexy persona with a tenuous grip on the head of the crime family, Alex Norton is excellent as usual as the no nonsense cop (a role he took with him to Taggart). On a downside the NCIS head of section isn't fleshed out very well and his character forms part of an unbelievable plot device later on.
Although the ending provides a satisfactory conclusion to the story I feel that the tension built up on the journey beforehand deserved something more spectacular.
This is an unnerving bedfellow because we don't know if we want to route for Neil Byrne or not.
Some scenes work especially well such as when Neil is watching children in a school playground and is approached by a Policeman; Sean delivers his dialogue as though he's in a dream recounting a floating memory, but what memory? A loving family man who will never see his own child again or some deranged fantasy of killing an innocent?
The chase scenes and action set pieces were very well put together. I found that the street fight and the fight in the cab office were choreographed to deliver the strong sense of animal energy rather than flamboyant 'clean' martial artistry or comic book violence.
The supporting characters lend emotion and intrigue to move the plot along. The dry black humour from Nitin Chandra Ganatra as the cab office owner is very funny and in just the right measure, Juliet Hubrey displayed a powerful sexy persona with a tenuous grip on the head of the crime family, Alex Norton is excellent as usual as the no nonsense cop (a role he took with him to Taggart). On a downside the NCIS head of section isn't fleshed out very well and his character forms part of an unbelievable plot device later on.
Although the ending provides a satisfactory conclusion to the story I feel that the tension built up on the journey beforehand deserved something more spectacular.
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This is a story of a man who has been wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and who is now trying to discover who and why set him up. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Anake
Great Mini-Serie
I loved this mini-series. The cast especially Sean Bean was fantastic. Great storylines with many twists and turns. The only bad thing is, that it contains just 4 Episodes!!
Published 6 months ago by Arya
Long-winded and boring
I was not happy with the fact that this is a British series. It was quite boring and I fell asleep while it was on and when I woke up I still new where the story was. Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. Taylor
REVIEW
I PREFER TO WATCH SEAN BEAN IN "GOOD GUY" ROLES, AND PREFERABLY ONES THAT DONT END IN HIS CHARICTERS DEMISE.
THIS FILM IS FANTASTIC! GRIPPING, INTENSE, BRILLIANT!!
THIS FILM IS FANTASTIC! GRIPPING, INTENSE, BRILLIANT!!
Published 10 months ago by Highlander
extremely dangerous
In my opinion this was excellent and worhty of viewing : it is a pitty that more drama like this is not on tv, great stuff :
Published 23 months ago by vic
Extreamly Dangerous
When Neil Byrne(Sean Bean) escapes from a speeding train, he sets out to avenge thew murder of hi wife and child. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2000
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