Life is going swimmingly for Dee Stanton (Redgrave), a
new promotion in her solicitors
job and boyfriend, teacher
Dominic Milne (Green), wants to
marry her, however she does have
a troublesome teenage son Jamie
to deal and she has forgotten to
tell Dominic something
important, her ex-husband is a
serial killer responsible for
the murder of four young girls,
however the trouble really
starts when one of the girls at
Jamie's school is murdered and
both Jamie and Dominic are
implicated in the crime.
SO
IS IT ANY GOOD?
Robson
Green proves yet again that he is one of the UK's most charismatic
actors with his role as teacher Dominic Milne in this gripping
psychological thriller from Shaun McKenna which plays out like a vintage
episode of Morse or Prime Suspect. Jemma Redgrave takes most of the
plaudits though as the stressed out mother of teenage Jamie (a great
performance from young Somerset Frew) who may just be following in his
serial killer father's footsteps.
It's
a creepy tale made more so by the appearances of Phil Davis as the
killer Paul Barker, Davis is able to do a great line in evil and
although his role here is small his performance genuinely sends shivers
down the spine.
Like
Father, Like Son is clever in the way that you are never sure which way
the plot is going to twist next although the old nature or nurture
debate is somewhat glossed over. The pace picks up greatly in the final
third when Tara Fitzgerald's steely detective inspector comes on the
scene. In the final analysis Like Father Like Son manages to put a fresh
spin on the who-dunnit crime drama and is well worth a look.
