Wanna waste 4 hours of your time ? Watch this movie and you've done it.

This series was set to knock Downton off the top spot. Unfortunately, a disjointed plot that may as well have been 4 separate unconnected hour long vignettes. The ridiculous scene where they go to the suspects house and terrorise their family, coupled with the female moriarty type figure who goes from victim to world class counter-surveillance operative was stretching the plot to its limits.Where did the fat beardy bloke who perpetrated the actual crime come from at the end? All over the place like a mad woman's proverbial. Failed to deliver on what was shaping up to be a brilliant series in the beginning. The ending was even worse. Anne-Marie Duff's character was supposed to be a damaged police officer, but the way that she was allowed to run amok in an investigation when clearly unstable was bonkers. This series made me sad, sad I tell you!

This is painfully slow and excruciating to watch. The director appears to have confused arty shots and moody silences with plot. The acting is pants, the characters are not engaging and the story is hackney tosh. Don't watch this if you have toenails to paint or a fish tank to watch. This is a vary very rare example of the BBC failing to deliver good TV. This is painfully slow and excruciating to watch. The director appears to have confused arty shots and moody silences with plot. The acting is pants, the characters are not engaging and the story is hackney tosh. Don't watch this if you have toenails to paint or a fish tank to watch. This is a vary very rare example of the BBC failing to deliver good TV.

Are you looking for a tight, tense detective drama set in the bleaker parts of a rainy UK city?? Then go watch Luther! Actually, go watch anything but this... From Darkness is awful.They've obviously gone for a ponderous intense Scandinavian thing that every Detective drama seems to try for these days. A bit generic, but not necessarily a criticism. Unfortunately, FD appears to have been scripted by morons. People don't talk to each other like that, ever. The plot is mostly rubbish too.I was bored after 20 mins, but dragged myself through the first 2 episodes. It got very very very slightly better but I still don't care about any of the characters, or the plot, or anything in the series - although the scenery is very pretty (Scotland - not Manchester!). A shame as Duff and Harris are terrific actors in everything else and this is a waste of their talent and time, but watching and even reviewing is waste of my time to be honest. There's a shedload of decent police dramas out there so go find something else, if you can - try Luther it's very good... Exactly the same way this isn't.Well you've been warned, I'm about all done here. Run along now, off you pop......