Thursday, July 5, 2007

CHANCER SERIES 1 TV DVD REVIEW


A short blurb from Acorn Media about Chancer Series 1: In the role that led to film stardom in Croupier and an Oscar nomination in Closer, Clive Owen is simply dazzling as Stephen Crane-con artist, swindler, and purported savior of a struggling sports car company. In this complete first series, Chancer follows the fortunes of unforgettable characters pulled powerfully by love, sex, money, loyalty-and, ultimately, identity.

This series was the vehicle that shows the talent of Clive Owen (King Arthur, Children of Men). In this he plays a con artist & swindler that somehow get stuck actually saving a small car company from going under than ripping them off. Fired from his previous job, he finds one at Douglas Motors and instead of running away with all the money, he get in too deep to just simply leave. I really enjoyed this series, which is filmed beautifully! This set comprises of the first 13 episodes of the series.
VIDEO

The video quality is very good! All the episodes are on film. Film quality is quite good with little to no dirt or specks All discs have a Play All feature.

Audio

Was originally recorded in Mono. Also here in mono but very clear!

Disc 1- 1. “Weapons From the Wall” with Sean Pertwee and Leslie Phillips
2. “Killing Floor”
3. “Hazard” with Ed Bishop
4. “Trust” with Caroline John

Disc 2- 1. “Pretenders”
2. “Possessions” with Eleanor Bron
3. “Faith” with Clive Merrison

Disc 3- 1. “Lies”
2. “Wreckage” with Peter Vaughn
3. “Sanctuary”

Disc 4-1. “History”
2. “Temptation”
3. “Love” with Tip Tipping

Extras

Disc 1: Photo Gallery (40 Pictures)

Disc 2: None

Disc 3: None

Disc 4: None

Verdict

A very good first series. The show had a good stable of known British actors and Actresses. Looking forward for series 2!


Rating; ****!

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