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After the incredible mayhem ending the first installment, I was really wondering where this sequel would go. Eventually, this sequel didn’t really follow these events and instead, it dealt with a totally different serial killer case which took place 6 years later and what remained was the setting, especially the police force of West Yorkshire. This time, it dealt with a real-life serial killer called the "Yorkshire Ripper’. To be honest, I didn’t know it was a real-life killer while watching this flick but some news footage felt pretty genuine so I wasn’t really surprised when I found out later on. To be honest, pretty much like the previous movie, even though I liked this flick, I can’t say I was really blown away by the whole thing. Once again, I felt that the whole thing was rather short and there was barely room for the police investigation which was actually pretty interesting (the way the main character was, out of nowhere, fired for some dubious reasons was rather unconvincing and right after that, seemingly out of sheer luck, they managed to get the Ripper undermining even more his investigation). Furthermore, there was once again a really unnecessary and underwhelming romantic angle, just like in the 1st movie. They could have get ridden of it , as far as I’m concerned, but at least, it was the best and most convincing romantic storyline in the whole trilogy. Still, in spite these flaws, I really enjoyed this flick. Indeed, this time, they brought another director, James Marsh, responsible for the marvelous ‘Man on Wire’, and even though the directing style was quite different, it worked like a charm and there was a great gloomy mood. Furthermore, once again, what a strong cast! This time, the main character was played by Paddy Considine, an actor who is definitely growing on me and he was really good in here. To conclude, even though it was not really amazing in my opinion, it remains a very good sequel, a fascinating thriller and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.
7/10
