Jack Taylor. Set 1

Jack Taylor Set 1 Set 1 /

DVD - 2013

"Self-destructive, pigheaded, and overfond of the bottle, Jack Taylor ... is a forty-something ex-cop trying to earn a living as a private detective in his native Galway. Taylor has burned a lot of bridges, but he still has a knack for uncovering ugly truths. In his new trade, Taylor finds evil at every turn: the serial murders of young female factory workers, a vicious vigilante group executing summary justice, and a sadistic nun dubbed "Lucifer" by her former charges"--Container.

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Subjects
Taylor, Jack > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Private investigators > Ireland > Galway > Drama.
Ex-police officers > Ireland > Galway > Drama.
Galway (Ireland) > Drama.
Detective and mystery television programs.
Television adaptations.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Detective and mystery television programs
Television adaptations
Television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
©2013
Language
English
Other Authors
Stuart Orme (director), Marteinn Thorisson (screenwriter), Tom Collins, 1959- (author), Anne McCabe (-), Ralph Christians, Ken Bruen
Item Description
Title and credits from container.
Based on the crime novels by Ken Bruen.
Originally broadcast on television as three feature-length mysteries in 2010-2011.
Bonus features include onscreen photo galleries for each mystery.
Physical Description
3 volumes (1 videodisc per volume) (approximately 273 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, 16:9 widescreen; Dolby digital stereo.
Audience
Ranting: Not rated; contains coarse language and violence.
Production Credits
Director of photography, John Conroy ; editors, Beverly Mills, Helen Chapman ; composers, Stephen McKeon, Colin Towns.
ISBN
9781598289633
  • Disc 1. The guards (approximately 86 min.)
  • Disc 2. The Pikemen (approximately 94 min.)
  • Disc 3. The Magdalen martyrs (approximately 93 min.).
Review by Library Journal Review

Jack Taylor, the title character in this mystery series based on novels by Ken Bruen, is a former Irish police detective ousted because he pursued an influential suspect too far. Played by Iain Glen (Game of Thrones; Downton Abbey), Jack turns to private investigation in the Irish city of Galway, where most of the location footage is shot. In this set, he probes a student drug overdose ruled a suicide, stumbles upon murder among Irish Travelers, and is asked to solve the death of a priest who had once been accused of child molestation. Themes throughout include Jack's troubled relationship with his domineering mother, his confrontational attitude toward the police hierarchy, and the uneasy connection many Irish have with the Catholic Church. Jack's aggressive attitude gets him beaten up from time to time, and he is so personally fraught with demons that he has been known to drink himself into oblivion. VERDICT Viewers looking for an action detective drama set in an Irish locale will find Jack Taylor satisfying.-Lawrence Maxted, Gannon Univ. Lib., Erie, PA (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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