Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

altereggonyc I've been a fan of A. Horowitz for years, seeking out his TV shows (Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War, Murder in Mind, others) and reading his books (Magpie Murders, Silk, Moriarty etc.). I'm a little disappointed that this show relied on so many clichés, without even an ironic wink that they were clichés. It felt like a weak buddy movie from the 1980s. The plots were imaginative--implausible but still entertaining and fine for television crime. The villains, though, were a little too diabolical. The mastermind in case 1, for example, and the two female contract killers. Perhaps this show was a little bit influenced by Horowitz's young adult fiction or is actually intended for adolescents? It's not as intelligent or mature as some of his other work.

paul2001sw-1 'New Blood' is a lively new television drama, about a pair of young, somewhat reckless and egoistical men who work respectively for the police and the Serious Fraud Office, who find themselves inadvertently working together on a series of cases, in defiance of their bosses and any common sense. The plots are a little silly, to be honest, offering a simplified vision of how the world works, and the programme's style uses lots of sped-up footage, look-aheads and flashbacks, but it's nicely paced and there's some merit in the portrait of a pair of young Londoners, trying to enjoy their lives and get ahead in the world. It's not exactly deep, but it's certainly not boring. The formula may get tired if there are subsequent series; but the first series at least has been entertaining and fun.

Tweekums This BBC1 crime drama follows two junior investigators in London. They are Arrash 'Rash' Sayyad a trainee Detective Constable with the Metropolitan Police and Stefan Kowolski of the Serious Fraud Office; they don't officially work together but have a habit of investigating the same cases from different sides.The opening story, which involves murders linked a medical trial that took place in India six year previously, brings the unlikely pair together. Rash immediately finds Steph to be one of the most annoying people he has met… not only does he get Rash in trouble he starts flirting with his sister. Inevitably it isn't long before the duo are sharing a flat!The first seven part series features three varied cases which almost invariably puts our two protagonists in danger. People looking for realism are likely to be disappointed but those wanting enjoyably mysteries with a decent amount of action and plenty of laughs should really enjoy it. Ben Tavassoli and Mark Strepan have a great chemistry as Rash and Steph and are ably supported by a solid cast that includes plenty of familiar faces. Judging by other reviews this seems to be a love it or loathe it series and I'm pleased to say that I really enjoyed it; I hope we get a second series… the finale scene certainly looked like a set up for Series Two.

aew-10 I had high hopes for this series as I had enjoyed all of "Foyle's War". The acting and dialogue were natural and the stories were fresh and original. My estimate of Anthony Horowitz as more than a writer of juvenile stories went up.Three episodes into "New Blood" and I am not greatly impressed. Either (a) I have seen far too much many television programmes, plus I am turning grumpy with age or (b) the quality of programmes really has deteriorated."New Blood" dishes out the same tropes we have seen numerous times: government-private enterprise collusion, corrupt pharmaceutical company, clandestine organization of assassins, a group of people being steadily eliminated, incompetent jaded cops and the eager young trainee detective along with his newly found buddy who are the only ones with insight.On top of this, we are treated to: awful music and a combination of poor acting, dialogue, directing and editing: as an example of the latter, a series of jumpy shots of London that do not advance the story and only hurt the eyes. Formerly, a TV series would have a memorable piece of theme music; nowadays our ears are torn with some awful song.There is an air of silliness; they are trying for a buddy-buddy Butch Cassidy- Sundance Kid interaction between the two young protagonists, but it does not come off and the attempts at comedy are lame.