Product Details

• Actors: James Purefoy, Charlie Creed-Miles, Sasha Behar, Dervla Kirwan, Robert Whitelock
• Directors: Colm McCarthy
• Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: August 28, 2012
• Run Time: 223 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0083HXKAY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,469 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the creator of Foyle's War

"Mesmerizing" -The Observer (U.K.)
"Terrific" -The Daily Telegraph (U.K.)

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"Storytelling so captivating, it's criminal." -The Mail on Sunday (U.K.)

James Purefoy (Rome) leads a distinguished cast featuring Dervla Kirwan (Ballykissangel), Charlie Creed-Miles (Five Days), and Nathaniel Parker (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries) in a taut five-part thriller of murder, conspiracy, secrets, and guilt. Created by Anthony Horowitz (Foyle's War, Collision), Injustice merges legal drama, police investigation, and high-tension suspense in an atmosphere of moral ambiguity.

Purefoy plays defense barrister William Travers, who has fled from London murder trials to the peace of the Suffolk countryside with his family. He is called upon to defend an old friend in a homicide that may be much more than it seems, even as death strikes close to home and he becomes a target of investigation himself.

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61 of 61 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars FOUR STARS: INJUSTICE Delivers Justice To Deftly Layered Character Drama August 13, 2012

By Edward Lee

Format:DVD

To date, James Purefoy has had a wonderful career. He first came to my attention in 2001's A KNIGHT'S TALE where he made the most out of a secondary role as Colville. Then, I remember his chewing scenery as Marc Anthony in HBO & the BBC's stellar "Rome" series. Then, I saw him in the US-ignored SOLOMON KANE - a theatrical adaptation of Robert E. Howard's legendary pulp character - and, while I can admit the picture had some nominal flaws, it became clear to me that, if justice were served, Purefoy was destined for some greater things. Still, he's toiled in relative obscurity; hopefully, INJUSTICE will correct that.

William Travers (played by Purefoy) is a barrister who's given up on big-city law after suffering a mental breakdown upon learning that he successfully represented a criminal responsible for a heinous accident. Instead, he prefers representing petty criminals from his home in rural Suffolk. However, when a past friend accused of murder asks for his representation personally, Travers begrudgingly agrees ... but what he eventually uncovers will push him to his psychological limits, forcing him to question what he personally believes in.

So far as the story is concerned, INJUSTICE is a bit of an anomaly. It isn't easily classified. It's one part police procedural, one part legal thriller, and one part character drama. There are several different storylines revolving around the main plot; yet all of them congeal on the premise of what justice in an unjust world looks like. Granted, there are elements here which appear to be circumstantial as they're revealed, but, as the investigation unfolds, the audience finds out how interwoven this shared reality of theirs truly is.

It's all acted brilliantly by Purefoy and his thematic counterpoint, DI Mark Wenborn (Charlie Creed-Miles). Creator Anthony Horowitz constructs a massive one-two punch by having two seemingly separate stories collide - Travers conducts his own discovery into his friend's murder charge while Wenborn is drawn closer to the elusive identity of a cruel assassin. Both leads are hell bent on seeing justice served in whatever form they can achieve, and, it becomes clear that - even though Travers and Wenborn may be curiously complicit in bending the rules - we're supposed to either agree or identify with them at some point. The audience may not like where their respective method delivers each man, but don't be shocked to realize you may be rooting for the wrong `good guy' before all is said and done.

Also, actress Sasha Behar has some nice moments as Travers' legal `sidekick', actress Dervla Kirwan gets time to shine as Travers' dutiful wife, and Nathaniel Parker will have you thinking twice as the man accused of murdering his pretty young secretary.

INJUSTICE is a television miniseries (five 45-minute episodes) produced by Injustice Films. DVD distribution (stateside) is being handled through Acorn Media. Picture and audio quality are exceptionally good as they are both used to tremendous effect in spinning a yarn with flashbacks and `psychological' episodes. I'm comfy admitting that I had some problem accessing the Episodes menu, but I was able to bypass it by selecting the `Play All' option. The only special feature is a collection of production photos; granted, it would've been nice to have some actor, writer, or director commentary on the nature of psychosis or mental breakdowns - a subject near and dear to the main plot - but, alas, it wasn't meant to be.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. While INJUSTICE may be a bit slow for some viewers' tastes, I only thought the first hour dragged a bit. Some of that was due to the narrative structure of the piece - there are two parallel tales on the nature of `justice' versus `injustice', and, as a consequence, there are two sets of pieces that need to be placed in motion. By the conclusion of the second hour, it's very clear where the tale is heading and how the storytelling devices work. Then, INJUSTICE clearly becomes a slowly simmering meditation on how the justice system can corrupt even the most cautious, right-minded individual, so much so that it may rot him to the core, though others might be hard pressed to see it.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A. Horowitz keeps viewers glued to their seat's edge July 10, 2012

By Harold Wolf TOP 50 REVIEWER

Format:DVD

Anthony Horowitz created, wrote, and produced this mini-series. It's a psychological thriller with layer upon layer of subplot, reminiscent of a best-selling novel. Horowitz was responsible for Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, and much more. It was his name that caught my attention and inspired me to watch this 5-parter. It is really a 3 ľ hour movie. It's great on DVD so you can begin at lunch and watch through till dinner (or supper till bedtime). But don't expect to be able to sleep immediately after watching this mind-twisting series. Whenever you start episode one, you'll not be able to stop watching till the end.

SUBTITLES provided for DVDs. TV airing June 2011
Episode 1: Defense Barrister Will Travers (James Purefoy-`Dance to the Music of Time') moves to the Suffolk countryside. Nice scenery, but too much action and flashbacks to enjoy the setting very long. Wife Jane (Dervla Kirwan) teaches to boys in a juvenile detention facility. Will is troubled over a violent past, exposed slowly via the flashbacks. His old friend Martin (Nathaniel Parker-`Land Girls') is arrested for murdering his lover/secretary (Jayne Wisener). Solicitor Miss Chandra (Sasha Behar) asks Travers to take the case after refusing murder defense for 2 years following a breakdown. Murders multiply. DI Wenborn (Charlie Creed-Miles) investigates with a grudge. He's ordered around by a nasty cop boss (David Schofield-`Land Girls' `Pirates of the Caribbean' `Blue Murder'). Multi-plots revealed.
___ 2: Travers gets the facts from his accused friend (but more there in the relationship to discover). And he recalls his night with the murdered Lucy (brief nude shot). He also explains his laptop disappeared at the same time, hardware owned by Qestrel Oil. A connection to the murder? Travers is stalked. Jane gets impressed with a lad's writing. Why was animal activist Spaull killed? Execution as DI Wenborn thinks? Wenborn's a man viewer's soon hate. Mental illness?
___ 3: `Agadir' begins to pop up in the wrong places. Wenborn's wife is arrested about the time he learns Travers has past case connections. Jane learns why her writing student is imprisoned. Prosecution barrister played by Nick Dunning (`Iron Lady' `Tudors').
___ 4: Murdered Lucy had form. Wenborn bullies a suspect about a gun. Again Wenborn looses control. There is a suicide now in the mix.
___ 5: A journalist's story becomes evidence. Qestrel Oil is involved. There's another attempted blackmail in this dramatic, dark, disturbing conclusion. Seems London law finds its own methods of justice.

Excellent, pieced together like a mystery/suspense novel with a not-the-normal end. One would expect no less from the greatness of Anthony Horowitz. The ending was left open enough for the possibility of another psycho-shot series of INJUSTICE. Let us hope

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping story within a story within a story. September 11, 2012

By David Webb

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This is a gripping story where several threads are interwoven into a satisfying mystery yarn. I really like James Purefoy, and the rest of the cast is also excellent.