- Actors: Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen, Peter Bowles
- Directors: Sidney Lumet
- Writers: John Hopkins
- Producers: Denis O'Dell
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: MGM
- DVD Release Date: 4 Oct 2004
- Run Time: 112 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0002VF534
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,762 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"This story of yours...",
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This review is from: The Offence [DVD] (DVD)
The Offence tends to have been relegated to a trivia question these days (what was the film United Artists agreed to make as part of their deal to get Sean Connery to play Bond in Diamonds Are Forever?). On some levels it is dated, but the power of Connery's truly extraordinary performance is undiminished. A man almost totally morally decayed by the horrors of the job who sees something he recognises in himself in the suspect in a series of child-rapes (an almost equally impressive Ian Bannen), with terrible consequences, it's a ferocious outpouring of anger and contempt crying out for help he simply won't accept. The eternally under-rated Sidney Lumet's direction is bold and cinematic despite the theatrical origins (the play Something Like the Truth by Thunderball co-writer John Hopkins), the film's dulled palette mirrored by the half-finished grey concrete of the modernist police station: with its large windows looking out at pure blackness, it's more a reflection of the character's state of mind than an attempt at a realistic representation, but it's an entirely appropriate arena.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Offence To Miss It,
This review is from: The Offence [DVD] [1972] (DVD)
If you want to see some powerhouse acting from Sean Connery (particularly), Ian Bannen and Trevor Howard then watch this film. Directed by Sidney Lumet this is a stirring piece given added impetus by what seems to happen on a regular basis in this country (missing children). This film shows us what Sean Connery can do....and it is blistering.I showed this film to my son (15 years old), who has been weaned (to a certain extent) on the film's of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg etc. He said it was the best film he had ever seen - endorsement indeed. See it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Connery directed by Lumet,
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This review is from: The Offence [DVD] (DVD)
Anything directed by Sidney Lumet is worth considering and this is one of his very best. A dark and disturbing story, featuring two brilliant performances by Sean Connery and Ian Bannen. Its no coincidence that 'The Hill' from eight years earlier was also directed by Lumet and featured Connery and Bannen.
Connery is Sergeant Johnson a Policeman who after twenty years of dealing with murders, rapes and other violent crimes has had enough. Bannen plays child molester Kenneth Baxter who Johnson has to interrogate. His interrogation is brutal and Johnson starts to doubt whether he is any better than the man he is interrogating. This is a grim and depressing film throughout with the strain and stress of work affecting Johnsons homelife as well as his professional life. Somehow though its a film that I always enjoy when I see it again. I think this is down to Connery's massive screen prescence, a good script, and one of the best Directors of the 1970's. This is only a 15 on DVD in the UK, but some may find the subject matter and general downbeat nature of the film off-putting. If in doubt I would rent it first.
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