A killer conclusion of a trilogy. 'Killer' in a sense that it totally does not deliver and kills all the good things achieved in the opening film. There are lots of movies with bad final acts, but Red Riding: 1983 leaves most of them behind (or ahead, however you look at it).

Why the psychic?

Wow what a letdown. As an ending to a trilogy it's very week. And as a stand out movie that cam glare and slo-mo's are very disturbing.

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An underwhelming conclusion to an underwhelming series. Like the second episode, I thought it started well, but it soon fell into the usual crime drama clichés that you see every week on British television in stuff like Prime Suspect and Waking the Dead. It's not terrible in any way, it's just totally unremarkable, and I'm struggling to understand why it received all the critical acclaim it did.

This is so closely tied to the first movie that it makes the second feel almost entirely superfluous. There's some intriguing developments, but a lot of ridiculous bullshit. The introduction of a paranormal element really irked me, for one thing. Some of the plot developments felt way too contrived, and ultimately it's just cynicism taken to absurd extremes. Also, deliberately obfuscating the distinction between the present and flashback is an annoying trick.

"Proves that HBO has no monopoly on quality small-screen drama." - Nick Schager

Some of the best Gritty Drama Actors of the British Screen unite for the 3rd installment to the Red Riding Concluding part. The high standard of acting, sometimes outweighs the actual story (which admittedly, at times were confusing) but stay with it, it builds up to a non disappointing ending, bringing to an end this impressive trilogy.

I had a few problems with the final installment of this series. A medium character that added little and suddenly disappears from the movie. Lens flares + teal and orange coloring. And too many things we've already seen before. A bit of a shame the final part was a bit lackluster, since the series as a whole is right up my alley. It's a dark, urine-soaked alley though. I wouldn't recommend going there at night.

If they had condensed these 3 films into one, it would have been a good movie. Now it's just mediocre.

Despite being filled to the brim with confected significance, and despite the effort expended on arty shots and slow motion, this tedious bore utterly fails to deliver.

Very uneven conclusion to the trilogy. Contains even more ridiculousness (including communing with the dead), but makes up for it somewhat with a pretty good ending.

This conclusion has the scope and multiple protagonist structure of later Ellroy and, like several of his novels, the strings are, regrettably, not tied up in an entirely satisfying way. The myth of the, admittedly fascinating, corrupt world turns a bit silly and the elusive "Wolf" needed more focus and creepiness. The acting is not to fault and both Morrissey and Addy turn in fine performances as the men whose tough facades, needed to survive, start cracking. Too bad it all sort of fizzles out.

The Red Riding Trilogy mixes cynicism and sarcasm, pandering to the naiveté market no differently than Brick and Zodiac...

I was a bit disappointed by this final installation and because of that, I didn't think very highly of the entire series. Here are some of my problems (spoilers): What the police could get away with for so long, was really tough to swallow. I'd like to know if it was really that bad in the UK at the times of the films; I didn't buy the turnaround of the William Hurt look-a-like cop; The solicitor character felt rushed and almost thrown into the movie.

An ending that isn't difficult to see coming if one allows the deep cynicism of the overall series to lead the way. I suppose the Addy and Morrissey characters should offer a balance, but they fail to resonate. In addition, the final film drives to a conclusion that just becomes more and more far-fetched. Why must everyone speak in vagaries at the most important moments? To make it more suspenseful, of course. Except that it's not.