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DVD Review: The Invisibles: Series 1: Invisibles: Movies & TV
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DVD Review: The Invisibles: Series 1: Invisibles: Movies & TV
Product Description
Old crooks, new crimes
Retired thieves take another crack at crime in this light-hearted British drama
Former crooks and fast friends Maurice Riley (Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Syd Woolsey (Warren Clarke, Dalziel and Pascoe, Bleak House) are back in dear old Britain after 15 years of living off their ill-gotten gains in Spain’s “Costa del Crime.” Now they’re ready to start a quiet new life in a quiet new seaside town. And Maurice’s wife, Barbara (Jenny Agutter, MI-5, Logan’s Run), is determined to make sure that’s exactly what happens.
But the local pub manager (Dean Lennox Kelly, Shameless) proves more persuasive than Barbara, and “The Invisibles” are soon back in business. After years of retirement–and, well, just years–do Maurice and Syd still have what it takes for a life of crime? Find out as a much-loved cast delivers six action-packed episodes filled with heists and hijinks. As the criminal competes with the comical, The Invisibles hurtles between drama and laughter, with entertainment the winner every time.
COMEDY, CRIME, SUSPENSE, DRAMA, AND ACTION = 5-STARS,
By Harold Wolf “Doc” (Wells, IN United States) -
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
Two crooks return to Brittain for a retirement life in a small seaside village. What could be better? What could go wrong after so many years?
Plenty. The local bar owner IDs the pair, hero’s to him, and offers to join a renewal of “The Invisibles” gang. Safe cracker, Maurice Riley “Mo” (Anthony Head), and security alarm specialist/partner, Syd Woolsey (Warren Clarke) want nothing of it. A family situation arises that causes them to reconsider and attempt one last job.
That sets the stage for the series because the two 60-year-old “crooks of class” are a bit rusty. Being burglars with class, the pair only go after loot that was illegally obtained from the beginning. They are the equivalent of modern, condo-dwelling Robin Hoods. Hadley (Dean Lennox Kelly), the pub owner, proves his worth as the young muscle needed for the “Invisibles” continued activity.
Needless to say, not all goes well. Bungled burglar missteps are as funny as the performances of the 3 actors are good. You WILL laugh out loud, but also see some tender moments, even the rare romantic side of the men. The men portray everything that a really classic crook can be. You’ll cheer for the bad guys.
6 episodes, widescreen with subtitles, unrated (but probably PG):
1 A loan-shark is paid off with his own illegal funds.
2 Cop-gone-bad looses funds unlawfully obtained.
3 A theft from Mo’s own flat needs recovered.
4 (6 stars for this episode) Invisibles go after a safe Mo failed to crack 6 times in the past.
5 Retrieving a war medal goes bad 3 times & Hedley wants out.
6 While recovering a stolen violin, the Invisibles get tailed and trapped in a police siege at Hedley’s pub.
7 There is no #7, but you’ll wish there was.
James Bond, Get Smart, and Sherlock should step aside because The Invisibles are back. And I should mention the beautiful scenery as the series was filmed in Ireland.
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