Product: Prime Suspect [VHS] (1992)
Rating: 5.0
Strongest sustained character turn ever.
Helen Mirren is onscreen through almost every minute of this series (that's over 1,100 minutes through episode 5), and through it all she never loses an ounce of credibility, and she's always fascinating to watch. The later stories get a little slapdash, with episode 5 in particular being rather forced together, but Mirren's Tennison conquers all. European fans have had a region 2 box set of the whole series available since Spring'03. So what's the hang-up for region 1?