The Last Enemy (2008)

Not everyone's cup of tea, more a political psychological thriller, but plenty of action. Held sometime in the near future, with terrorism being continually a threat and illegal immigrants from the middle-east. A vaccine that contains a tracking device, causes deaths. Referred to as a mysterious disease, that can be contagious. But it is not, and the reason behind the disappearance of dead bodies becomes evident towards the end. It wasn't meant to be like that (so the establishment said)but never the less, Total Information is coming to a point, that people are being spied on 24/7, with GPS trackers implanted. Now this was attempted in the USA. Not like dog microchips that can only be picked up by hand held machines, these chips had a GPS tracking devise and Lord knows what?The only thing I could not grasp completely was the role played by Carlyle, as Russell. He was a nasty bit of goods hired as a sleeper by one section of the PM office, and working outside the normal secret service. A unofficial government secret service operator, almost working against one another? Those who are against the ID idea and those wanting to make sure it was implemented for national security reasons. To me I wouldn't be surprised this is already in the system, maybe not as deadly as this scheme, but Big Brother is watching us and one easy way is through the Internet and Spy Satellites. Even phone lines.Was it my imagination but a view of the houses of parliament and Westminster seemed changed? Small point

I went to this for Benedict in the first place, but when I finished I found that the story was more exciting. Very good plot, every things were quite confusing in the first few episodes, and I didn't understand the whole thing until the last one. There could be some improvements in the way they delivered the story to make it more clear and intense. You need to be patient to wait for 2 or 3 episodes to get an idea of what's going on because they've been laying too much clues around and not connecting them till the last sec. They also spent quite a few shots on drawing the social background. But towards the end it was irresistible to see where the characters will end up despite their struggles. And at the last few scenes I did get horrid, thrilling feelings that the story tried to create. It made me so disgusted about what's happening in that fictional world and that's why I found this series quite nice.The cast was good. All actors/actresses were delivering fantastic performances. (And I am more than happy to see what a brilliant job that Benedict did in this). Overall, don't expect this show will be witty or delighting or full of fun. It followed the George Orwell "1984" and in a sense, dull, but still alarming. In my view it was unnecessarily lengthy, but not intolerable. So if you are after some kind of serious drama on political conspiracies, this one worth a try.

This five-part mini-series started superbly. A dramatic first episode, full of incident, laid out the main themes and built up the tension. The next two episodes maintained the tension, developing the near-future main storyline about a surveillance society and its impact on citizens. Robert Carlyle appeared (and disappeared), as threatening as only he can be and kept the excitement level high.But then it faded away. The plots became too convoluted, with too many themes and unresolved or unnecessary twists – notably a scene where Carlyle creeps into a house and downloads a laptop. What was that about? And the final episode was so disappointing – it was as though the writer (Peter Berry) had only enough material for half an episode. So the pace slowed down, the increasingly unconvincing love story took over, with long, lingering and time-wasting glances, and the main surveillance theme sank under the weight of biological, genetic and political extra plots that led nowhere. It could have been a gripping thriller if it had been stripped down to a feature-length film but in the end it only left the feeling that five hours had been wasted. And this is despite excellent performances, particularly by Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Carlyle and Geraldine James - the script could not match their talents.

Because I have the part of a tali ban there, "Dark Glasses". Was working with David Harewood in the movie. Wore the infamous Bin Laden cap, and dark glasses. .doh. Clean-up operations, . .corpse dispatchers. . Filming it was such a great experience with Director Iain B MacDonald. Very hot weather, up there in the mountains. The crew was great and had a wonderful time there. Never met Robert Carlyle on set (because we had different filming locations and schedule, even though we where connected in the movie, through communication stuff, I mean a cellular phone..I missed the opportunity to talk to Max Beesley about his part in "Torque". He was too focused on his role and didn't dare to bother him. Was just curious. .don't know if I'll ever get a copy of this episode. Just let me know if Episode 3 is coming.Thanks,Dark Glasses