The final chapter of the Red Riding Trilogy, In the Year of Our Lord 1983 brings its crime & corruption saga to its conclusion and follows a corrupt police officer who's being plagued by guilt over his wrongdoings and decides to redeem himself by trying to solve the case of a missing girl after seeing connections between her disappearance & similar cases in the past.
Once again employing the fractured narrative style, this third chapter does tie up the loose ends and brings its story & character arcs full circle but then, it also lacks the very sense of hurriedness that final instalments usually have for the pacing is slow and whatever secrets & mysteries are unraveled over the course of its runtime never really come off as shocking or surprising enough.
The performances are a definite plus, the theme of redemption plays a big role and most of its character are finely handled but the whole experience of sitting through this trilogy still leaves a feeling of incompleteness for I expected a far more gripping story than what it had in store. If you enjoy slow-burners, then Red Riding Trilogy is worth checking out but it'd be better to go in blind & finish the trilogy in one sitting if you want the optimum experience.
Once again employing the fractured narrative style, this third chapter does tie up the loose ends and brings its story & character arcs full circle but then, it also lacks the very sense of hurriedness that final instalments usually have for the pacing is slow and whatever secrets & mysteries are unraveled over the course of its runtime never really come off as shocking or surprising enough.
The performances are a definite plus, the theme of redemption plays a big role and most of its character are finely handled but the whole experience of sitting through this trilogy still leaves a feeling of incompleteness for I expected a far more gripping story than what it had in store. If you enjoy slow-burners, then Red Riding Trilogy is worth checking out but it'd be better to go in blind & finish the trilogy in one sitting if you want the optimum experience.