The Commander: Blackdog

TV Movie
2005
2h 14m

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Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Blackton is called into the Met to investigate two possible scandals. Known as Blackdog, he has a well-deserved reputation at pursuing corrupt police officers.... Read allDeputy Chief Constable Stephen Blackton is called into the Met to investigate two possible scandals. Known as Blackdog, he has a well-deserved reputation at pursuing corrupt police officers. The first case is the Cripps shooting where an unarmed man was shot by an armed police sq... Read allDeputy Chief Constable Stephen Blackton is called into the Met to investigate two possible scandals. Known as Blackdog, he has a well-deserved reputation at pursuing corrupt police officers. The first case is the Cripps shooting where an unarmed man was shot by an armed police squad. Although a coroner's enquiry found no fault, Commander Blake has raised doubt as to D... Read all

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Trivia
The character David Sperry, called Martin on-screen, is a police lawyer. The real David Martin Sperry has been legal advisor on the "Trial & Retribution" TV-movies, also written by Lynda La Plante.

Goofs
When Clare is leaving Sara and walks through the double doors, the camera crew is visible in the reflection on the glass portion of the door.

Connections
Followed by The Commander: Blacklight (2006)

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4/10

Terrible Camera work

The overall plot is good but my main problem with this is the awful wobbly camera work. It's like the camera was given to some student and told to have a go. It's all over the place, quite often focusing on areas that are irrelevant to what's going on, such as someone's glasses or the back of someone's head, etc. Quite often the camera is behind half a wall as if someone is hiding. Ridiculous. Really quite amateurish and off-putting.

The Commander herself seems to walk around with a gormless grin on her face as if she can't believe she got the role. She doesn't look convincing at all. Helen Mirren was far better in Prime Suspect.