Reviews

Seriously, Ron has long hair and a full beard and sounds like the other Ron (remember the hippy one played by Sam Elliott?) in "Parks and Recreation". But seriously, the plot is so slow moving you could go and make coffee and not miss anything. It just seems pretentious and vague. I gave it 4 stars because it looks pretty.

The part of the plot about disposing of the stolen gold is almost a straight lift from the 2001 film "Heist", starring Gene Hackman and Danny Devito. "Most wanted" has stereotypical characters, predictable plot and a waste of Rhea Seehorn's talent. Go watch "Heist" instead. It's snappier and funnier and Hackman is just the best in everything he does.

An absolute dire film with cardboard cutout characters and a ridiculous plot. A lot of the film sees the hero (male) policeman running after people. I fast forwarded those parts, then fast forwarded more. The sex scenes are laughable as is most of the dialogue and I'm wondering who is giving this film 5 star ratings?

Chose to watch this because of the IMDB rating. Big mistake. One of the most boring films I've ever seen. Pretentious dialogue and laughable special effects. I wished I'd had that bag with the crosses for eyes to wear while I fast forwarded through this tripe.

What starts off as a decent crime mystery gradually disintegrates into a conspiracy thriller with a plot so full of holes you could use it as a colander. One character just sits in a room answering the phone and telling someone that they've either messed up or they need to deal with something. As we move towards the end, there's a lot of pop psychology and religious jibber jabber thrown in to make the characters seem deep. Basically they're all stereotypes who only narrowly avoid this show turning into a comedy farce. And the final sting in the tail is just pointless. (I should add that I'd figured out what the ending would be by episode 4, but silly me had to see it through to the bitter end.) What you will get from "The River" is ideas for what to wear if you ever go hiking on the Norway/Finland border. This is the last time I'll watch a "Walter Presents" show. These days it's just a dumping ground for poor Euro TV series.

The dialogue is clunky and the acting is so wooden it's an embarrassment to furniture. But, of course, the folk who think Oxford University is like Hogwarts and that witches, vampires and other supernatural beings are everywhere will swallow it up and vote it as a top show. Getting really fed up of this same old rubbish filling up my TV screen, but it seems to be what the majority of viewers want, so I guess we're stuck with it.

I added this series to my Netflix list on the strength of the high rating given to this series. Bad mistake. How this made it to any screen is beyond me. A decent opening spirals downwards to the level of a comic soap opera as almost every person living in a gated estate - somewhere in Cheltenham I believe - has "a secret". All that was missing from the various sub plots was a story about alien abduction. Despite all the big name actors (I would watch anything with Audrey Fleurot) in it, the characters could have been portrayed by the Carry On crew and nobody would have batted an eye. Avoid.