Review Becky Lea 28 Oct 2013 - 22:00
Ripper Street's second series premiere irons out some of the wrinkles of the first run. Here's Becky's review of Pure As The Driven...
This review contains spoilers.
2.1 Pure as the Driven
Throwing us right back into the action with a man falling out of a window and impaling his leg upon a cast-iron fence, Ripper Street announced its return to the world with some characteristic folksy music and a handy round of fisticuffs. Whitechapel may no longer be in the grip of Jack the Ripper, but it is still all a bit chaotic. The impaled man turns out to be a police officer with connections to the Chinese population currently residing in East London where something nefarious is occurring, naturally. Reid (Matthew MacFadyen), Drake (Jerome Flynn) and Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) swiftly find themselves ‘chasing the dragon’ (literally in Jackson’s case) into Chinatown...
Ripper Street's second series premiere irons out some of the wrinkles of the first run. Here's Becky's review of Pure As The Driven...
This review contains spoilers.
2.1 Pure as the Driven
Throwing us right back into the action with a man falling out of a window and impaling his leg upon a cast-iron fence, Ripper Street announced its return to the world with some characteristic folksy music and a handy round of fisticuffs. Whitechapel may no longer be in the grip of Jack the Ripper, but it is still all a bit chaotic. The impaled man turns out to be a police officer with connections to the Chinese population currently residing in East London where something nefarious is occurring, naturally. Reid (Matthew MacFadyen), Drake (Jerome Flynn) and Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) swiftly find themselves ‘chasing the dragon’ (literally in Jackson’s case) into Chinatown...
- 10/27/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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