PRIME SUSPECT 7 - PRIME SUSPECT 7

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"Perhaps the greatest role and performance of a female police detective, ever"--San Francisco Chronicle

In yet another subtle, powerful performance, Oscar® winner Helen Mirren truly inhabits the role of Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison. The Final Act finds her searching for Sallie Sturdy, a 14-year-old girl presumed murdered. Facing the hospitalization of her father, descending deeper into alcoholism, and resisting pressure to retire quietly, Tennison vows to bring Sallie's killer to justice before ending her career. Along the way she forges a surprising friendship with Penny Philips (Laura Greenwood), the missing girl's best friend. In the teenager's longing and fierce independence, the aging cop sees something of her younger self.

Jane Tennison emerges as a deeply flawed but ultimately sympathetic human being--one who accepts responsibility for her choices, knowing full well the price she and others have paid for each. The Final Act serves as the perfectly fitting conclusion to what some critics have called the best crime series ever televised.

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE 50-minute behind-the-scenes feature, photo gallery, and cast filmographies.

Some coarse language and graphic content

• Actors: Helen Mirren, Stephen Tompkinson, Laura Greenwood, Eve Best, Gary Lewis (III)
• Director: Philip Martin (IV)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language (Original Language): English
• Release Date: 2007-09-11
• Running Time: 184 minutes
• Theatrical Release Date: 2006-11-12

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-05-17 prime suspect 7 this season 7 was everything i expected and more. great dialog, tense scenes, building of characters and climatic surprises. i only hate that this is the LAST one!

Reviewed on 2008-04-23 not my style I loved the Midsomer Murders series (also British), so I thought I might like this. However, the setting is in the inner city slum areas and the star actress is an alcoholic, so the film was extremely depressing. Unless this wouldn't bother you, give it a pass.

Reviewed on 2008-03-20 A memorable and heart-breaking conclusion to one of the best crime series ever 2007 Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries, and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act is as dynamic, brilliantly written, directed, paced, and acted as the rest of the series that started in 1991. The Final Act is filled with the unexpected plot turns and introduces interesting complex characters. Prime Suspect 7 was dedicated to the memory of Tom Bell (Otley) who returned as Sergeant Bill Otley and who died two weeks before the episode was screened. As in all Prime Suspects, Helen Mirren owns the screen as Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison working on her last case before retirement. This time, Jane investigates the missing of a 14-year-old girl while struggling with her alcoholism and coping with her father's death from incurable cancer. She dedicated all her life, talent, energy, and heart to her work where she had proved to be the best but the price she paid is incredibly high. The Final Act introduces a young actress Laura Greenwood (born in 1991) as 14 years old Penny. The scenes she shares with Mirren are "nothing short of phenomenal," according to David Bianculli of the New York Daily News, and I hope that her following roles will be as impressive as her first work next to one of the greatest modern actresses.

Reviewed on 2008-01-26 Prime Suspect 7 - The Final Act As was expected; superb acting, storyline and production.It goes to show that the quality of British television drama has not lost it's edge and is still the best.

Reviewed on 2007-12-28 Great DVD Helen Mirren is probably one of today's finest actors and she shines in this one once again. The plot is superb and extremely believable unlike the majority of CSI and similar American series. The actors are real live people not at all like computer generated dummies. All round a great DVD.

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