Reviews

If you haven't seen Brooklyn South, get the DVD boxed set. I thought this was an enormously entertaining series and I was very sad when it wasn't renewed. I agree with another poster who complained about some of the characters, but has there ever been a show that had all perfect characters? Brooklyn South had some bad characters, some bad actors, and some bad episodes - I say "some". But not all. I would even say very few overall. This series had some poor characters portrayed by good actors, some good characters portrayed by poor actors, and some good characters played by good actors. I submit that one sure sign of a good actor is if he or she manages to get their audience to dislike their character. Not dislike the actor, but dislike the character that they portray - especially if you like the actor. Tim Roth in the movie "Rob Roy" would be an example: I think he is a fine actor and I like him very much, but I absolutely DETESTED him (as his character) in Rob Roy. Gary Basaraba was tremendous in his role as Sgt. Santoro. It was a good character portrayed by a great actor. The on screen relationship between Clemmy and Jack was an edge-of-your-seat cliffhanger from week to week. You got the sense that under all the conflict they really liked and respected each other as people. It's just too bad that this series was not renewed after the first (and only) season. There was a lot of unrealized potential left on the table in Brooklyn South, and it was one of the few - very few - programs that I faithfully tuned into week to week. You were great while you lasted, Brooklyn South. I miss you!

This movie is not for kids. While it had some scary scenes, a lot of this thing just didn't make sense. Did you have to play the game to "get it"? I didn't get the ending at all. Somebody help me out here! I did feel some moments of dread. Maybe even go so far as to say "intense" dread. Some of the creatures were fantastically scary. I just keep coming back to the ending. If I had got what that was all about, I might have rated this movie higher. But as it is, I have to stand by my rating of 5. Average film for plot or storyline, but it gets high marks for some moments of true horror. Like I said, leave the kids at home for this one. After it was over, I wished I had stayed home and saved my 8 bucks. Wait for the video.