Wonderful Movie

The Worst Film Ever

Excellent adaptation.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

A family are moved to 'Meadowlands', by the Witness Protection Programme and find themselves alone and in the company of weird neighbours who harbour strange secrets.I simply watched it because of Felicity Jones, and I was truly let down by the script. All the actors did a good job in trying to make the plot work and their characters, however the introduction of different characters who all are 'weird' simply threw me off...It seemed strange to me that the family would even associate with the odd residents, especially Zoe who after being smelt by the 'Jack of all Trades', tries to get to know him?Not the best way to gain the attention of the audience.

As soon as saw the advert for this dark British drama series on Channel 4 I knew I has to try it, and I'm glad I did. The story revolves around the Brogan family, father/husband Danny (David Morrissey), mother/wife Evelyn (Lucy Cohu), teenage daughter Zoe (Felicity Jones) and teenage son Mark (Harry Treadaway) moving to the secluded and under-surveillance town of Medowlands. It is when Danny murders resident Jack Donnelly (Tom Hardy) after he tried to abuse Mark that the big theme of the programme is set in motion, suspicion and investigation. The stories that went on, besides body finding and stuff like that, but no police involved, included Evelyn finding out from Dr. David York (Tristan Gemmill) that Danny isn't Zoe and Mark's biological father, Mark having sex with Brenda Ogilvie (Melanie Hill) and later her gorgeous (even if she's big) daughter Jezebel Ogilvie (Ella Smith), Zoe and Tom Tyrell (Scot Williams) investigating stuff to do with Wintersgill (Ralph Brown), Samantha (Nina Sosanya) and Freddie Marcuse (Don Gilet) knowing something about this "Cape Wrath", and in the end you see just how secluded Meadowlands is, nothing for miles besides some fields before the desert-like nothingness, a good way to end the show which is not coming back, because of low ratings. Also starring Sian Brooke as Lori Marcuse, Emma Davies as Abigail York, Sean Harris as Ormond and Kate Steavenson-Payne as Alison Tyrell. It is rare that you get a British drama series with the almost same quality of entertainment as an American one, e.g. Lost. Very good!

I thought I'd add a comment to this to show my support. I've been reading all the comments that people have written about this show and have to question the level of peoples intelligence these days.This is the sort of programme you have to think about, it keeps you guessing, who did what, what are their pasts and it leaves you looking forward to the next episode because there are lots of questions. One comment was made about the show being rushed, what do you expect, you couldn't keep up so they had to tie everything up in 8 episodes.. Impossible even for the most acclaimed of writers..I think there's a big difference between the English comments and the American, I'm English myself and agree with my fellow Brits. This is a really good series, it's a shame that it's being cancelled, it could have gone on longer, should have gone on longer...Today television is full of American programmes going for the simple and often derogatory humour, the only thing out there comparable to Cape Wrath is Lost, look what happened to that, they messed us about whilst the last season was on and kept changing the times/days.. Why? I think it's because people have forgotten how to think about a programme and how, in a way, to enjoy TV for what it should be used for. No more do people want shows that you have to think about and tune in to next week to keep the story going. No, we'd rather have things like Scrubs, Ugly Betty and What about Bryan so we can sit there, not have to think, move and possibly even breath, oh and obviously we just want to watch people laughing at fat people, people that don't fit in to 'society' and people sleeping with their best mates wife.. We don't have to think about things like that, instead we just watch with a bit of dribble coming out of our mouths and a bag of crisps at our side..I want more things on the TV that make me think, like Cape Wrath, I'm sorry you Americans didn't like it, it's English, us English like it.. Let us enjoy using our brains and watching programmes like Cape Wrath and Lost that leave us at the edge of our seat, keep us guessing and hungry for more!

Wow! I was so intrigued by Cape Wrath. I saw the advert and thought 'this looks different'. It blew me away. Each scene keeps you going with quirky dry humour,gorgeous women,beautiful scenery,lighting and surreal settings. A breathe of fresh air. This has potential as been a hit. And hey thank god its British! I felt for Dominic Monaghan (Charlie off LOST) he had to put up with Americans!I'm from the north. THE STEEL CITY. Yes LOST is the best TV series ever but i cant stand Americans with their over-the-top ego's and how they make things patriotic and dramatic, but now we have an English contender. Doctor Who ha doesn't come close and i cant think of any other good English drama TV shows. It is UK cast and set in this great country. It has the look and feel thats just taboo and so interesting. Bad boy Jack had a sick sinister side to him which is so unusual and different. Unique Jack seduces the ladies and with his satanic breathing is creepy! The deeper side to this is the women from the hotel who is the BEN of this dark drama. With everything from a cross dressing boy who has an eye for old women to a midnight football team where tackles include stud-stamps to the head. This has everything. I can see shocks ahead! Looking forward to a UK hit. Adam Lock