My Review - Deadwater Fell. On SBS Iview
My Rating 6/10 Not much to say about this 4 part Mystery Crime Drama series except it was very predictable so the mystery was missing and I thought the story while dramatic the character that David Tennant plays Tom Kendrick while well acted was not very believable.
I've really enjoyed David Tennant recently in Des where he was cast as the serial killer Dennis Nilsen and Alec Hardy in Broadchurch ,which is head and shoulders above Deadwater Fell .
The first episode got me in so I persevered but as the story developed I found the characters too contradictory their motives didn't match their actions .
I can't say why because I don't put spoilers in my reviews.
The bones of the story like Broadchurch is set in a fictitious rural village in Scotland when a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they knew and trusted, cracks appear on the surface of a supposedly idyllic community.
Filming began in June 2019 in Dunlop, Ayrshire, which stood in for the fictional village of Kirkdarroch.
Some may enjoy Deadwater Fell more than I did but for me it was just average and quite watchable but these type of Crime Dramas are churned out like sausages in a meat factory . The competition is intensely competitive and it's fine to have a big name Star in the role but if the script is just average and not convincing it's a big investment to ask viewers to spend 4 hours watching something that has an unconvincing conclusion.
My Rating 6/10 Not much to say about this 4 part Mystery Crime Drama series except it was very predictable so the mystery was missing and I thought the story while dramatic the character that David Tennant plays Tom Kendrick while well acted was not very believable.
I've really enjoyed David Tennant recently in Des where he was cast as the serial killer Dennis Nilsen and Alec Hardy in Broadchurch ,which is head and shoulders above Deadwater Fell .
The first episode got me in so I persevered but as the story developed I found the characters too contradictory their motives didn't match their actions .
I can't say why because I don't put spoilers in my reviews.
The bones of the story like Broadchurch is set in a fictitious rural village in Scotland when a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they knew and trusted, cracks appear on the surface of a supposedly idyllic community.
Filming began in June 2019 in Dunlop, Ayrshire, which stood in for the fictional village of Kirkdarroch.
Some may enjoy Deadwater Fell more than I did but for me it was just average and quite watchable but these type of Crime Dramas are churned out like sausages in a meat factory . The competition is intensely competitive and it's fine to have a big name Star in the role but if the script is just average and not convincing it's a big investment to ask viewers to spend 4 hours watching something that has an unconvincing conclusion.