"Touching Evil II" (1998) (mini)TV mini-series

Directors:

Sheree Folkson
Alex Pillai

Writers:

Mike Cullen (writer)
Sian Orrells (writer)

Release Date:

29 April 1998 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Robson Green	...	D.I. Dave Creegan
Nicola Walker	...	D.I. Susan Taylor
Shaun Dingwall	...	D.C. Mark Rivers
Michael Feast	...	Commander Stephen Enwright
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daisy Beaumont	...	Emily Hawkins
Sharon Bower	...	Linda Hawkins
Antony Byrne	...	Barry
Mary Cunningham	...	Marion
Tony Curran	...	Emerson
Saskia Downes	...	Kerry Creegan
John Duttine	...	Michael Hawkins
Holly Earl	...	Louise Creegan
Alphonsia Emmanuel	...	Jackie Parker
Aden Gillett	...	Hanson
Jill Halfpenny	...	Annie Jordan
Lucas Hare	...	Sam Howard
John Hudson	...	Jonathan Jenkins
Philip Jackson	...	Jim Keller
Margot Leicester	...	Anna Keller
Jamie Meyer	...	Steven Jenkins
Molly Moloney	...	Ruby Creegan
Tara Moran	...	Hannah Donald
James Nesbitt	...	David Laney
Benedict Sandiford	...	Eddie Walker
Charles Simpson	...	Max
Julie Teal	...	Sandra Jenkins
Joe Tucker	...	Chris Rhodes
Alan Williams	...	Raymond Mackie
Janine Wood	...	Anita Rhodes

Also Known As:

Mystery!: Touching Evil II (USA) (alternative title)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Coastal Productions

Movie Connections:

Follows "Touching Evil" (1997) (mini)

not as good as Touching Evil I

This sequel to Touching Evil was a disappointment. It was good seeing the actors reprising their roles. All did a fine job with what they'd been given--and all the characters seemed to have meaty personal conflicts to deal with--but the basic plot line was as poor as the initial series had been excellent. The plot felt hastily thrown together and contrived, as if the goal was simply to create crises and personal trauma. What made it frustrating for me was in order to get the characters in the conflicts, they had to behave illogically or stupidly. They couldn't follow basic police procedure, because then there would be no conflict. It was as if the whole series had been dumbed down. It felt like it had been transformed into a typical American tv detective series, where the main character is built up--every week he undergoes some challenge (physical or emotional), so that he can overcome it and show himself to be a heroic figure. This was shame because the first series had been so exceptional. In the original, the characters followed procedure, they made intelligent choices, but still ran into conflicts.