A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Absolutely loved the first 'Prime Suspect' series. It was to me some of the best television to grace my television set, and a classic example as to why the 'Prime Suspect' shows in general adapt Lynda La Plante's work the best (far more consistent than 'Trial and Retribution' and leagues ahead of 'Above Suspicion', the latter of which did little for me).'Prime Suspect II' is a triumph. It is every bit as brilliant as the first 'Prime Suspect' series, and while there will always be the debate as to whether it's better or inferior from personal opinion it's equal, though 'Prime Suspect II' feels a little more settled characterisation-wise and in the complexity.It is stylishly and cleverly filmed, with slick editing and atmospheric lighting, and there is a consistently wonderful atmosphere throughout. It is very hard to forget the music score too. The scripting, like its predecessor, is some of the best there is of any mystery/detective drama, being superbly constructed and intelligent. The story is complex and easy to follow, utterly gripping from start to finish and with an incredible intensity and real emotional impact.Standout scenes are with the distraught mother, which will break the heart of even those without children, and the deathbed confession, have to completely agree that the latter is some of the most gripping television of its kind produced. The portrayal of racism features strongly and is quite harrowing but is never laid on too thick.Tennison is every bit as interesting as in the first series, and gets even more development. The depiction of the police force is just as ahead of its time in Tennison's treatment from the other officers. The confrontations and procedural aspects have a lot of tension.Helen Mirren gives a typically magnificent performance in the lead, but the acting is great across the board as to be expected. Colin Salmon and John Benfield are more than up to Mirren's level.All in all, a triumph. 10/10 Bethany Cox

This one isn't written by La Plante and it shows. The cacophony of the station room is replaced by a hum. Things are more sorted, the plot details pointed to ostentatiously.This one is about racism - about how racial tensions cause destruction all around. Many of the familiar faces from the first episode are back, but others are unfortunately gone.This one goes on forever. All these episodes are four hours long but this one feels that long. Two hours through it and you'll expect an ending and then you'll check the clock and you're likely to yelp 'OMG another two hours?'It's not bad - but it does drag. As all these stories, it's incredibly complex and intricately woven - and it will beat most television crime drama fare. But odds are at the end of the game you'll long for the return of La Plante.

The always calm, clear thinking, and very busy Brit Detective Jane Tennison (Mirren) is back in "Primary Suspect 2" solving a pornography laced murder case while mired in police brutality allegations and suspicions of inappropriate conduct involving an affair with a fellow cop. This edition of "PS" is more emotionally charged than the first and rumbles with racial undercurrents. However, like the first in the series, it ends abruptly with unresolved issues and plenty of room for a follow up installment. Okay stuff for sofa spuds into realistic police/crime drama tv fare out of the UK. (C+)

Yes, this terrific four-hour (really 3.? hours) miniseries (actually, just a long movie when you think about it) deserves far more accolades on this here site.I don't have much to add, except to say that I thought this was a notable improvement on PS I -- truly impressive stuff that, for me, didn't QUITE live up to the hype.This one, however, exceeds it. If you're a fellow fan of T.V. police procedurals, this is possibly better than even the very best episodes of "Homicide" and definitely far more fleshed out and believable than any episode of "Cracker" -- and with an lead actor every bit the equal of the amazing Robbie Coltrane. This one was powerful stuff indeed, upsetting at times, complex in the best possible way and constantly fascinating.And Helen Mirren as Jane Tennyson is, in her own way, almost as morally ambiguous and psychologically messed up as poly-addicted Fitz of "Cracker"...In a world where most movie cops fear promotions and the specter of a desk job more than death itself, she just may be the first truly careerist detective hero.The only thing missing is that there's little humor here, but that's probably appropriate too. In the case of Jane Tennyson, a policeman's lot is definitely not a happy one!