MI-5, Volume 2
by Bharat Nalluri, Ciaran Donnelly (II), Rob Bailey, Sam Miller, Justin Chadwick
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Actor: David Oyelowo, Keeley Hawes, Matthew MacFadyen, Nicola Walker, Peter FirthDirector: Bharat Nalluri, Ciaran Donnelly (II), Justin Chadwick, Rob Bailey, Sam Miller
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Widescreen, 1.78:1
Running Time: 500 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Worldwide
Product features:
- The stakes are raised in the new series of the award-winning MI-5, as the threat to national security increases and the nee to thwart the activities of terrorists operating within the UK becomes more urgent. Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) and the team find themselves at the heart of the action and must deal with the psychological fall-out of leading such dangerous double-lives.Running Time: 500 min. F
Movie Reviews of MI-5, Volume 2
Movie Review: You cannot believe your eyes
Summary: 5 Stars
This second season of MI-5 covers quite a range of activities which may or may not constitute a threat to the state. Unlike some of the more glitzy glamorous shows about the secret services this is a little more gritty and a little more true to like effecting to shine a light into the dark to show some of the creepy crawlies running hither and thither. This is part of the attraction of the show which demonstrates the depths to which public servants will stoop to allow us to continue our daily lies.
The only drawback to this drama is that it is a BBC production which, by it's very nature, exhibits a little schizophrenia - a highly polished production with a gloss and an angle to push.
Having said that, there is more than a little truth which permeates the plotlines such as the constant competition between the different branches of the services and law enforcement within Britain itself as well as a constant competitive process with other foreign agencies throughout the world most notable from the American Security Services. What results is a love-hate relationship on both sides and where trust is a dirty word.
It seems more than a little odd that more is not made of the exploration of the tendencies of the elected political establishment to be recorded and noted and exposed when it suits the services to do so. Given the range of activities included in this season, the exclusion seems stranger still. Similarly the depths to which elected government officials will stoop in following their own agendas is not a central focus her where it really ought to be.
US viwers, seeing the complete episodes for the first time in this collection, will note the relatively open jibes against the Bush administration and it's foreign policy approach which permeate the entire season and are continued on the third, currently showing in truncated form on A&E. Since the show first aired this has been a constant theme and demonstrates a political aspect of the BBC which really has no place given the exclusions mentioned above.
Typically too for a show which sells across the world the season acts as a little tourist guide particularly to London with some exquisite shots of some of the panorama which makes up Britain's capital city.
This series of fictional tales explores the difficult personal lives of the major players involved which typically involves some difficult sacrifices and the consequent tendency to inbreeding with similar types of individuals. Who do you trust and who can you trust?
It seems to me that the notion of the national interest is extremely subjective and much depends on the political outlook in vogue at the time. Many people are often left wondering whether or not these tales reflect actual events but are thinly disguised while others believe they are merely fiction.
It is hard to tell but to any observer of events over the last forty years or so there is more than a grain of truth in each of them.
I highly recommend this season notwithstanding any earlier remarks made about BBC bias. It is certainly a litttle more cerebral than your average spy show but I would like to think that the show's producers intend to make us think about what is done on our behalf in the name of democracy or whatever we prefer to call our system of government. Interestingly enough the whole notion of this show being produced in this form by the BBC in a time where a Labour Government has the watch is enough to set off conspiracy theorists across the world.
A high quality drama, which makes us think, but by the BBC is a good result for the viewing public.
Quis custodies custodiet?
Summary of MI-5, Volume 2
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