Tin Star (Sky Atlantic) [DVD]

Strange series set in the striking mountains and forests of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, starring Tim Roth as an ex-British police officer who had participated in undercover investigations of organised crime. Wanting to put difficult memories of that behind him, he has relocated with his family to become a uniformed policeman in a small town in Canada. However, his past follows him, putting his family in mortal danger from the very first scene.There is also a nefarious plot going on linked to proposed extension of drilling for oil in the locality. (Rule of screen dramas: oil companies are generally evil and up to something underhand.)The wonderful actress Christina Hendricks plays a newly appointed media officer for the oil company, apparently not knowing the above rule about oil companies in screen dramas and therefore not initially aware that the company is evil and up to something. It is always nice to see Christina Hendricks, but this is not her best performance (those for me are 2 episodes of Firefly, the little known film Lost River, and her performance in, although not the rest of the film, Dark Places).There is enough mystery and danger to keep up the audience's attention, and a very eventful and dramatic final (of this season) episode.Yet somehow there is still for me something hard to define that is lacking in 'Tin Star' that leaves me unwilling to invest the time in watching further Seasons or to fully recommend it. As I have said, it is somewhat strange, and Tim Roth's central character is hard to fully like.

It is a good story, but I expected more from the Tim Roth character. The story line was a bit week in parts maybe unbelievable may be more accurate. It is hard to believe that the Tim Roth sheriff can run riot in that Canadian town without much resistance from the local constabulary.I loved the scene though where the Tim Roth character gets picked up by that black guy pretending to be from alcoholics anonymous and I suspected that the Tim Roth character thought that this was as likely as him being from the Jehovah witnesses. You could see the revenge coming and in this case it fitted the crime.

i found this very disapointing, most times i can feel something for the characters in series but i found i didn't even care about any of them.

We always look out for Tim Roth Films, series etc. We haven't yet been disappointed. We first saw him on uk tv where he was a young thug on the make in the city many years ago.

Very impressed with this series. Not the usual slow burner I was expecting. Good strong acting, and the violence/language is comic in places.Looking forward to buying series 2 when released.

Liked everything.The series was brilliant.Dvd in good condition.Product came on time.

Excellent...a brilliant, funny well acted drama. If you don't mind swearing and in your face drama then this is for you. I loved it. Just hope there is a series 3...you must buy

Very nice piece escapism