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Mobile
Someone with a grudge is targeting cell-phone users and equipment in a campaign of terror. Set against the backdrop of the war in Iraq and the multi million-dollar phone industry, this riveting series tells the story from three perspectives: engineer, soldier, boss. Only in the final episode are the connections revealed. Julie Graham, Neil Fitzmaurice, Michael Kitchen, and Samantha Bond star in an award-winning British miniseries. “A dynamite drama—don’t miss it”—Daily Mirror (UK). SDH subtitles; 4 episodes; approx. 206 min. on 2 DVDs. |
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Disc 1
Episode 1: The Engineer
Explosions topple mobile-phone towers in two cities. A motorist chatting on a cell phone dies in a drive-by shooting. A gunman targets callers on a Liverpool to London train, wreaking havoc. Relying on the scantest evidence to link the crimes, police zero in on Eddie Doig—a telecommunications engineer with an inoperable brain tumor and a serious grudge against his former employer.
Episode 2: The Soldier
In 2003, a hit-and-run driver kills Maurice Stoan’s wife and young son. The army sharpshooter finds himself robbed of his family as well as his lifelong dream—the chance to prove himself in combat, like his father and grandfather. Bereavement leave keeps him at home while his unit invades Iraq. Three years later, still simmering with anger, Stoan undertakes a much more personal war.
Disc 2
Episode 3: The Boss
During a merger with Oxident Telecom, self-made mobile-phone magnate Sir James Corson destroys the career of Oxident executive David West: seducing West’s teenage daughter, pilfering sensitive files, and blackmailing West into resignation. Quite by accident, Corson takes two other lives in the process. But returning to England a few years later, West proves even more ruthless in exacting his revenge.
Episode 4: The Showdown
Led by Detective Inspectors Lorraine Conil and George Fleming, police piece together evidence pointing to James Corson as the apparent mastermind of the Beelzebub conspiracy. As they close in, however, the terror campaign intensifies, toppling more towers, killing more people, and creating a national panic. On the run, Stoan learns the depths of his boss’s ruthlessness—and aims for vengeance of his own. | Packaging: Thinpak
Run Time: 206 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 2
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Rating: N/A | "The complex techno-thriller ratchets up the suspense until you can barely stand it."—The Seattle Times
"The writing and acting make it richer than so many similar TV productions before it"—Fulvue Drive-In
"Wildly entertaining"—Film.com
"Smart, and exciting"—Venice Magazine
"An interesting series that won’t disappoint!"—British American TV DVD
"A tension-filled ride"—TimesSquare.com
"Unlike a lot of American thrillers, Mobile doesn't tip its hand until the very end."—Metro Newspapers
5/5 stars. "It’s explosive. It’s dramatic"—Blast Magazine
"Has a compelling story and is filled with fine performances, exciting action, shocking murders and a double-twist ending that is most satisfying"—Deseret News
"Ingeniously constructed"—Hartford Courant
"Very fast-paced and does a great job weaving all the intricate storylines… This is one of the best thrillers I’ve seen in a long time."—Blogcritics Magazine
"Compelling contemporary modern thriller"—Kids-in-mind.com
"An entertaining ride with plenty of twists"—Campus Circle Magazine
"This British miniseries is a wild, outrageous ride through the conspiracy theories of the moment, wrapped in a paranoid, blow-’em-up, all-stops-out thriller."—FlickFilosopher
“The excellent Michael “Foyle’s War” Kitchen heads the cast of this superior thriller.”— Memorable TV |
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