Paddy Whacked: The Irish Mob (History Channel)
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Actor: Edward McDonald, Stephen Beach, T.J. English, Timothy J. CoxBrand: A and E Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
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DVD Review: A cheap approach undermines what should have been an interesting documentary.
Summary: 1 Stars
A very poor documentary from The History Channel (who are surely capable of something better than this). It is a strange sort of docu-drama that relies far too heavily on posed shots of actors in lieu of actual archival film or photos and contains a lot of intentionally shaky, disjointed and highly distracting camera work (fake cinema-verite) which is quite simply irritating, particularly as it is coupled with an equally annoying narrative. It's hard to describe this narrative which sounds as if the narrator is trying to play the role of a tough guy instead of simply delivering a factual audio track. The whole thing reeks of being a cheap and quick knock off - all surface effects that are trying to cover-up the fact that there's not much visual substance here. This is all the more annoying because the actual filmed interview material is often genuinely interesting. Imagine if Ken Burns had made "Baseball" by showing us pictures and film of actors dressed as Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig instead of showing us the real thing. That's what you have here. History Channel also produced a similar and equally bad crime documentary called "Mob Scene ~ The Psychology of the Flip" which used identical techniques. Looks like we have the same crew at work. It's a shame that they appear to have adopted such a cookie cutter approach to their documentaries. I'll think twice before even bothering to watch another of their productions if this is what we can expect.
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