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Prime Suspect 7 - The Final Act [DVD]

DVD ~ Helen Mirren
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  • Actors: Helen Mirren
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Nov 2006
  • Run Time: 184 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000H8RWKQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,753 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Prime Suspect 7 - The Final Act is the gripping season finale to one of TV's best-loved detective dramas. The seventh series centres on Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren, "Calendar Girls"; "Gosford Park"), a high ranking detective whose life starts to unravel when she is faced with retirement and the imminent death of her father. Over-worked and emotionally vulnerable, Tennison commits professional suicide by befriending the witness in a murder investigation and turns to the bottle to drown her sorrows.


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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "I've got a real feel for this ... case, I know I can find the killer", 29 Dec 2006
By M. J Leonard "MikeonAlpha" (Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Recently screened on PBS to much acclaim is Prime Suspect 7 really going to be Jane Tennison's final act? Or will Jane perhaps be bought out of retirement sometime soon? The pundits and even Helen Mirren herself say no, and that this is definitely Jane's last foray into the underbelly of London's crime scene. But I think not, one thing is for sure, Jane will definitely be back.

In this last chapter we meet a beaten-down, cynical and desperately lonely Jane Tennison, whose impending retirement and restlessness is exacerbated by her love of drink. The Detective Inspector has devoted for life to rooting out the bad guys, but now in her sixties, without a partner and childless and alienated from her family - with her father (Frank Finlay) dying of cancer - life has become a time of reckoning.

She had devoted her life to this work at a tremendous personal cost and now through the through the misty miasma of a hangover, which Tennison nurses with vodka before driving off to work, she leads an investigation into the disappearance of Sally, a 14-year-old girl. When her body is eventually discovered and it is learned that she was pregnant, suspicion immediately falls on her black boyfriend, and then on her devoted father Tony (Gary Lewis).

Perhaps it is only Penny (Laura Greenwood) Sally's best friend who can unlock the key to what happened to the girl. As the investigation continues and Jane and her colleagues work to identify their prime suspect, it soon becomes evident that Sally had an inappropriate relationship with Penny's father Sean (Stephen Tomkinson), who also happens to be a headmaster at one of the local schools.

Jane must conduct her search for Sally's killer whilst also trying to keep her desperate need for alcohol hidden. When the emotional fallout from the murder eventually starts to take its toll on the distrustful and world-weary detective, Jane lets her guard down and is inexplicably drawn to Penny, as this wayward girl begins to capture the order woman's heart.

Jane is certainly living on the edge here, she desperately wants to close this case, but she's too obsessed with battling her own demons. In one instance, during Jane's first interrogation scene, the initial suspect points out that Tennison reeks of alcohol, and her boss later asks her to use up her remaining leave and seek treatment.

Ms. Mirren imbues her character with such a dangerous beauty that it is impossible not to be flawed by the betrayal. Facing a reluctant retirement, Jane is resolutely mocking, troubled and self-destructive, yet always appealing and oddly heroic, rising to the occasion just when you think there is no more fight left in her.

Mirren has indeed made her Jane Tennison exasperating, larger-than-life and intimately human, and there hasn't been a moment when Mirren is not thrilling to watch on screen. Director Philip Martin instills this episode with a type of foreboding and gritty realism, and without a doubt, the streets and council estates and parks of London are the extra characters in the story. But make no mistake; this is Helen Mirren's show as she makes this character her own.

In this final installment Jane is forced to ask the question "why" - were all of her life's sacrifices really worth it? Why did she give up so much to do this often unappreciated and agonizing job? Thanks to Mirren's restrained, controlled and totally compelling performance, the answer is an unambiguous and unequivocal, yes. Mike Leonard December 06.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a fitting end, 16 Nov 2006
Prime suspect has always constituted complelling viewing.
This latest creation is no exception.
It's all here,the drama,suspense,intrigue and more!.
DCI Tennison's "exit" is dignified yet unexpected.
An essential addition to your DVD collection!.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a stunning episode, 14 Nov 2006
By Herakles (Greece) - See all my reviews
The series: Prime Suspect" has of course been hugely popular and for good reason. The quality of the scripts and story lines have always been excellent and Helen Mirren - well what can one say that hasn't been said before about this stunning actress.

But this episode exceeds all of this.

The story line and the acting had me gasping for breath. It is so moving, so genuine that frankly, anything else doesn't rate against it.

High quality TV is rare enough these days. This however is the exception. It's hard to imagine a TV program that could be better than this one.

Essential viewing.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Gut wrenching performance by Helen Mirren
I recently watched all of Prime Suspect again, having bought the box set. This last episode was heart wrenching and I cried on several occasions. Read more
Published 14 months ago by DVD Addict

4.0 out of 5 stars the final act ????

The wonderful 'Prime Suspect 6' was always going to be a very hard act to follow, and so it proved. This is, never the less, very good. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Red Rose

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic End
After watching this, i wished i'd watched previous Prime Suspects. Though i thought this was fantastic, exciting and had me watching till the end! Read more
Published 22 months ago by Sophie D

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rousing, Monumental Accomplishment
The final installment into the hugely successful and immensely popular "Prime Suspect" series does its very best to ensure that crumbling, soon-to-be-retired D.S. Read more
Published 23 months ago by TomBeTom

5.0 out of 5 stars An ending in perfect keeping with the tone of the series
Prime Suspect has provided one of the best examples of quality of TV writing over the past 15 years. Read more
Published on 24 April 2007 by Graeme H

4.0 out of 5 stars Case closed
"Prime Suspect-The Final Act" is the seventh and as the title implies the last Prime Suspect (At least starring the estimable Helen Mirren). Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2006 by russell clarke

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