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The Professionals - Vol. 1
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"You're not regular coppers!" "No, we're worse, much worse."
Review date: 2008-05-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
And "Adam 12" this ain't. These cops never heard of the Miranda rule!
A terrific action-packed police series from the UK, but only available in Region 2 encoding, so you will need a multi-region DVD player to watch them. Hopefully, a DVD collection will be available in Region 1 encoding for us here in the USA. Check [...] for ordering if interested.
Although the series was criticized for being too violent and somewhat sexist upon its release, The Professionals is both a gritty, tense, and realistic crime series. These episodes are a refreshing antidote to the politically-correct police dramas that poliferate today's cable and regular broadcast networks with cops that are apparently more comfortable in the laboratory than fighting the bad guys.
Ex-soldier Bodie and former street cop Doyle (Lewis Collins and Martin Shaw), are the agents for CI5 with Scotsman George Cowley (Gordon Jackson)as their no-nonsense boss. All three characters are unconventional, tough, and uncompromising foes of international crime, corruption, terrorism and anarchy. Seriously, this is an enjoyable and entertaining crime drama--the action simply does not let up.
The interplay and the banter between the three characters is excellent and, at times, very amusing. Bodie and Doyle are a couple of wiseasses who often take the law into their own hands and require Cowley keep them in line. The scripts and the stories around are interesting and hardly feel dated at all.
The transfers in this set are uncut and digtially remastered and look reasonably good for their age (circa 1977-80).
The series is an unconventional and refreshing combination of action and drama a la "Starsky and Hutch" and "Lethal Weapon." Exciting viewing all the same..Enjoy!
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Reviews
Professionals Rule!!
Review date: 2008-04-24 Rating: 8 out of 10
The Reason for the wrong order of episodes as you say i.e transmission order, it's because they are in production order...which makes more sense, especially the cars that they drive.....The Sweeney does this as well when shown in Transmission order one week it's the old brown Granada then the new silver Granada then back to the old Granada which is annoying in my opinion!! I wish they had kept the original 1st Season Titles, but apparently the original negatives are in a bad way, oh well can't have everything Not bad for a tenner.
No extras to speak of, wrong order
Review date: 2008-02-28 Rating: 6 out of 10
Okay: the professionals are cult tv. funny, tough and very politicaly incorrect.It's still fun to watch although the first season is still relatively weak. Unless you absolutely want it complete, I'd suggest the second and third season. But I don't understand why in this collection the episodes are in the wrong order? The episodes are well restored but no extras to speak of. In terms of box sets it's not as good the Sweeney. Though 9,97 is a fair price but more would be over the top.
Still as brilliant!
Review date: 2006-08-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
I remember The Professionals from my childhood. Just watching the opening credits is enough to take me back! The amazing thing is that it hasn't lost any of it's entertainment value.
The Professionals are three characters, Cowley, Bodie and Doyle. They are part of a counter-terrorist and counter-criminal team known as CI5. The stories are often based around finding a hitman or stopping some kind of terrorist attack. This gives The Professionals a relavence today. Indeed it also shows us that the world hasn't changed so much - apart from the TV being more entertaining back then!
If you've not seen The Professionals before, you like cop shows and you are not crazy about being politically correct, then you'll love this.
Product Details/Specifications
Artist(s):
The Professionals
Recording label: Contender Entertainment Group
Manufacturer: Contender Entertainment Group
EAN: 5030305120221
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 4
Format: Box set, PAL,
Release date: 2005-09-26
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 700 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)