Messiah (Complete Collection) - 5-DVD Box Set ( Messiah 1 - The First Killings & The Reckoning / Messiah 2 - Vengeance Is Mine / Messiah 3 - The Promise / Messiah 4 - The Harrowing / Messiah 5 - The Rapture ) ( Messiah I - V )

Messiah (Complete Collection) - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$41.99

Original Title: Messiah 1 - The First Killings & The Reckoning / Messiah 2 - Vengeance Is Mine / Messiah 3 - The Promise / Messiah 4 - The Harrowing / Messiah 5 - The Rapture
Alternate Title: Messiah I - V
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
778 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2001 - 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Diarmuid Lawrence

Written By:
Lizzie Mickery
Boris Starling

Actors:
Ken Stott ..... Red Metcalfe
Frances Grey ..... Kate Beauchamp
Jamie Draven ..... Jez Clifton
Kieran O'Brien ..... Eric Metcalfe
Ray Trickitt ..... D.C. Nixon
Neil Dudgeon ..... Duncan Warren
Michelle Forbes ..... Susan Metcalfe
Art Malik ..... D.C.S. Emerson
Edward Woodward ..... Rev. Stephen Hedges
Colin Gourley ..... Roger Parkin (2 episodes, 2001)
Billie-Claire Wright ..... Chloe (2 episodes, 2001)
Ron Berglas ..... Lubezski
Howard Crossley ..... D.C. Freeman
Eddie Cooper ..... Sam Warren
Gillian Taylforth ..... Helen Warren (2 episodes, 2001)
Serena Gordon ..... Alison Reeves (2 episodes, 2001)

Synopsis:

Featuring 'The First Killings' and 'Vengeance Is Mine', a double bill of dark and terrifying investigations for detective Red Metcalfe (Ken Stott)... Messiah 3 - The Promise: Red fights his own conscience as he tries to stop a killer turn a London hospital into a graveyard of pain. As he and his team battle to protect the innocent, a grotesque twist of fate threatens to tear them apart. Messiah 4 - The Harrowing: Red's latest murder investigation is stifling and intense. The killer has really got under his skin. As the murder count escalates, Red becomes increasingly frustrated as the clues left behind on the victims' bodies continue to confuse him. Can Red reach the killer in time to stop them committing their final act? Marc Warren (Hustle, Dracula, Life On Mars) stars as DCI Joseph Walker, a haunted man who has finally met his match. His previously renowned finely tuned instincts and tenacity of character are questioned as his personal demons invade his latest investigation. A killer enacts a series of sadistic and elaborately staged murders with the intention of communicating a stark message to the world.

With a particularly gruesome body count, fantastic twists and turns and everyone a suspect, Messiah will not disappoint. Messiah 1 - The First Killings & The Reckoning: A killer is stalking the streets committing chilling murders - the bodies are found with silver spoons in their mouths in place of their tongues. Detective Superintendent Red Metcalfe is used to getting inside the minds of the deranged killers that he hunts, but this time Red is baffled, there seems no pattern to the killer's victims and at the same time Red's own tortured past begins to haunt him... Messiah 2 - Vengeance Is Mine: Red Metcalfe must face another series of killings, beginning with a man who has been buried alive. Will he be able to understand the psychological motivation of the killer responsible and prevent any more deaths? Messiah 3 - The Promise: Red fights his own conscience as he tries to stop a killer turn a London hospital into a graveyard of pain. As he and his team battle to protect the innocent, a grotesque twist of fate threatens to tear them apart. Messiah 4 - The Harrowing: Red's latest murder investigation is stifling and intense. The killer has really got under his skin. As the murder count escalates, Red becomes increasingly frustrated as the clues left behind on the victims' bodies continue to confuse him. Can Red reach the killer in time to stop them committing their final act? Messiah 5 - The Rapture: The fifth and final installment of the BBC serial crime drama Messiah. In this series we are introduced to Marc Warren (Hustle, Mutual Friends) as DCI Joseph Walker in the lead role, taking over from Ken Stott's character Red Metcalfe. DCI Walker is a haunted man who has finally met his match. His previously renowned finely tuned instincts and tenacity of character are questioned as his personal demons invade his latest investigation.

Scotland Yard's tough-talking Detective Chief Inspector Redfern Metcalfe, a man totally obsessed with the minds and motivations of murderers. Messiah: In the grip of a heatwave: London becomes the stalking ground of a brutal serial killer. Though each death is horribly different, the killer leaves an unmistakeable signature -he cuts out the victim's tongue and replaces it with a silver spoon... Messiah 2: When Red's estranged brother is found knifed to death in Leadenhall Market, the hunt for justice gets personal. But as the body count rises the horrifying truth dawns: none of the investigating team, or their families, are safe... DCI Red Metcalfe's renowned ability to get under the skin and into the minds of deranged killers is put to the ultimate test in two cases of terrifying murders. Messiah III: The Promise: In a crumbling disused hospital, wounded guards and prisoners are recovering after a terrifying prison riot. As the hospital itself becomes a stalking ground for a brutal serial killer, DCI Metcalfe finds his team in disarray and a murderer who is always one step ahead. Messiah IV: The Harrowing: A series of bizarre and horrific killings are accompanied by the words 'Save me', written in the victim's blood. As the vicious murders spiral out of control, can Red and his team put aside their own emotional torment and find a method in the killer's madness? Messiah V: The Rapture is the fifth and final installment of the BBC serial crime drama Messiah. In this series we are introduced to Marc Warren (Hustle, Mutual Friends) as DCI Joseph Walker in the lead role, taking over from Ken Stott's character Red Metcalfe. DCI Walker is a haunted man who has finally met his match. His previously renowned finely tuned instincts and tenacity of character are questioned as his personal demons invade his latest investigation.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 02 March, 2015.