The Fall Series One &Two UK Region
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
An interesting take on the serial killer genre which casts an attractive [ think Ted Bundy] family man as the killer. There is no who done it here. We know from the outset who the killer is. What is so wonderfully fascinating is the way the writers have handled the premise and turned it on its ear. The killer is no drooling madman sitting in his mother’s basement but a handsome young grief counselor, who is an attentive husband and a caring father. What happened to him to make him the way he is? We have some tantalizing clues which promise to develop the next seasons. In any case, like Bundy, he has a preferred physical type which he preys on–but perhaps his choices are also indicative of his own struggles and lack of achievement since he only strikes at successful professional women.
Or so theorizes investigator Stella Gibson [ Gillian Anderson ]. On his trail, she slowly unravels the clues behind his actions, and while he hunts for women in the Belfast night, she hunts him. As he takes his pleasure manifesting total control over his victims, she does the same during her sexual encounters –and shows little concern when her sexual playmate, a policemen, is gunned down. Is she able to get into the killer’s mind so well because she has some of the same characteristics? Possibly. Certainly she seems to relate to people only in a professional capacity. Wonderfully well done–and is building slowly and carefully into a fascinating psychological study of both individuals.-lily t.
This program defies easy categorization. Yes, it is a police procedural. But it is also a psychological thriller. It shows us men through the eyes of women–and women through the eyes of men. Perhaps the most thought-provoking aspect of “The Fall” is the phenomenon Gillian Anderson’s character calls “doubling”. The killer, both insightful and compassionate in his professional role as therapist to the bereaved, somehow morphs periodically into a psychopathic killer, reminding us of the truth that not only patients, but their therapists, are “self selecting.” Perversely, I found myself rooting for the killer to evade detection, if only for the pleasure of watching him to continue to juggle the balls of his double lives. Moreover, all the characters, including Anderson’s Inspector Gibson, are flawed in ways that remain opaque and not easily explained, much less explained away, something I found both dramatically and morally intriguing.
I would recommend “The Fall” for the thoughtful connoisseur of crime drama, not binge worthy, but worthy of reflection.
– P. E. Cruise
I was engrossed by this story from the moment it started. When the names of the actors and actresses appeared, the only one I recognised was Gillian Anderson. The documentary tells us that the others are Irish actors and they are all excellent. It took a little while to get to know some of the faces but it wasn`t a real problem. Filmed in Belfast adds greatly to the atmosphere.
We know from the first few minutes, who is the killer, so we don`t have to work that out. The actor who plays him, Jamie Dornan, is terrifying. So creepy that I even went and checked that all our doors were locked! The scene of him playing with the hair that he has cut from one of his victims, is one of the most compelling I have ever seen.
-Coral Newton
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan
Directors: Jakob Verbruggen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 2
Number of discs: 4
Rated: NR-Not Rated
Studio: ACORN MEDIA
DVD Release Date: October 15, 2013
