"Rebus" Black and Blue (2000)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Martyn Friend

Writers:

Ian Rankin (novel)
Stuart Hepburn (screenplay)

TV Series:

"Rebus" (2000)

Original Air Date:

26 April 2000 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime

Plot:

The first of the REBUS programs introduces the Scottish Detective Inspector John Rebus as he untangles...

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Copycat | Detective | Suspect | Murder

Cast

John Hannah	...	DI John Rebus
Jim Norton	...	Ryan Slocum (The Preacher)
Ewan Stewart	...	DI Morton
Sara Stewart	...	DCI Gill Templer
Joanna Roth	...	Eve Kendall
Stuart Hepburn	...	D Supt McCaskill
Gayanne Potter	...	DS Siobhan Clarke
Clare McCarron	...	Angie Riddell
David Lyon	...	Lawson Geddes
Robert McIntosh	...	Lenny Spaven
Lewis Howden	...	DI Ormond
Fish	...	Barry Judd
Jenny Foulds	...	Joanne McKenzie
Stevie Hannan	...	Paul Martin (The Disciple)
David Gallagher	...	D Supt Grogan

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

Clerkenwell Films

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Rebus: The Hanging Garden (#1.2)" (2000)

Casting

Being a great fan of the John Rebus series I was interested to see the TV production but sadly John Hannah just does not add up to the part. I have admired his previous work but the fault lies with casting -he is simply too young! His accent should also be Edinburgh and not to close to the Glaswegian one that comes across, he is from East Kilbride after all but the character is from Fife so why not a Fife accent? OK this is all academic especially when lines are mumbled and one can hardly understand what is being said, I pity anyone south of the border (Scottish) and those overseas! Apart form these points I have really enjoyed the series, I just wish that the Directors would read the books a little more closely and fine tune the characters.