Reckless: The Sequel

Although this story didn't seem to have an ending, it finally did.

I have to admit that many times throughout the movie, I did not believe that Owen and Anna would actually do it. Owen was clearly a fling to Anna, but in her adulthood and maturity, could not find it in herself to admit it, and end it with him. Instead, she treated their relationship like a business deal. Never letting go until you have to. Owen, a horny young man, of course is going along with it, not having any inclination to let go. Richard, a husband wanna-be, only seems to start wanting Anna because someone else does.

A very good movie, with an intense fight scene, and some good sex scenes.

Reckless: The Movie picks up a year after Anna leaves Richard for Owen. Anna has divorced him, and has accepted Owen's proposal of marriage. Richard, not meant to know, finds out and does everything in his power to stop them, including hiring Owen's ex-fiancee as the new registrar. (It turns out that Owen called off that wedding five months before he met Anna.) Complicating matters for Richard is that his parents have been invited to the wedding by Anna. Anna's thorn is her younger sister Barbara, who feels that she divorced Richard too quickly and that she should wait. Francesca Annis is shining again as Anna, a woman still torn, although more subtly this time, by two men: one she despises, one she adores. Robson Green, while having only slightly less to do in this movie than he did in the series, is wondrous, and still smolders on screen; his performance is full of fire and passion. Together, Annis and Green still make for a sparkling, combustible couple. Michael Kitchen is terrifically rotten as the smug bastard who will stop at nothing to keep Anna and Owen apart; one genuinely begins to despise him almost as much as Anna. Kudos also go to Geoffrey Palmer and Pauline Yates as Richard's parents, David Bradley as Owen's father, and Conor Mullen as John McGinley, also torn between his career aspirations dependent on Richard and his friendship and loyalty to Owen.

If you can, buy this, rent this or tape this, because you will find yourself enveloped in a fantastic story with sharp wit, cutting humor and gifted actors and acting.

I just saw the Sequel for the second time because I thought it was just terrific. The complete cast is so right for this movie and I was highly entertained and amused by the constant funny scenes developed through the clever plot.

Michael Kitchen as Dr. Richard Crane is at his best, reflecting perfectly his emotions when plotting devious plans to thwart his ex-wife's plans to marry young Dr. Springer, a colleague. Francesca Annis as Anna his ex-wife gives a brilliant performance, ably deflecting all the roadblocks Richard keeps putting in her way to thwart the marriage.

And Robson Green as Dr. Owen Springer gives a superb performance as the love-sick young doctor madly in love with Anna who's 15 years his senior. Robson's charm, engaging youthfulness, and charisma make this a memorable Masterpiece Theatre production for all those lovers out there who have gone through all the agony and bliss of a passionate love affair!

Anything with Robson Green could not be considered endless (in a negative way) unless you were a hetero male I guess. The three leads are some of my favorite actors, Michael Kitchen - so great in "To Play the King", "Out of Africa" and "Enchanted April". It was particularly nice to see F. Annis in a staring role, a wonderful over 40 part - imagine!

I absolutely loved the shows and I was thrilled when the movie came too. The movie was great, except for the part when Richard was in Iceland. I realize that the dogsleigh and that whole thing was done to amuse people and to make Richard look foolish in his ridiculous situation, but it was not very amusing if you can understand the icelandic language (the sleighman spoke danish) and know that there has never been such thing as dogsleigh in order to travel around Iceland(not even in ancient history) Besides from that, I loved the shows and I hope there will be more sequels.