Rent The Prisoner (2009)
3.2 of 5 from 65 ratings
4h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Six 45 minutes episodes tell the story of a man who finds himself trapped in a mysterious and surreal place known as The Village, with no memory of how he arrived there. As he frantically explores his environment, he discovers that its inhabitants are identified by number instead of name and have no memory of a prior existence or outside civilization. Not knowing who to trust, Number Six is driven by the desperate need to discover the truth behind The Village and, more importantly, how he can survive and escape to his previous life.
- Actors:
- James Caviezel, Hayley Atwell, Ruth Wilson, Ian McKellen, Lennie James, Jamie Campbell Bower, Rachael Blake, Renate Stuurman, Hanlé Barnard, Wolfgang Weissenstein, Sara Stewart, John Whiteley, Jessica Haines, Matthew Wild, Will Kemp, Isabella Calthorpe, David Butler, Dar Dash, Coralie Rose, Jeffrey R. Smith
- Directors:
- Nick Hurran
- Producers:
- Trevor Hopkins, Lance Samuels
- Writers:
- Bill Gallagher
- Studio:
- ITV
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy, TV Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/05/2010
- Run Time:
- 270 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD High Resolution 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Deleted Scenes
- The Making of 'The Prisoner'
- Character Profiles
- The Prisoner read-through
- Jamie Cambell Bower interviewing Ian McKellen
- Comic Con 2009: Prisoner Panel
- Inside 'The Prisoner'
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Arrival
2. Harmony
3. Anvil
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
4. Darling
5. Schizoid
6. Checkmate
- Special Features
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Reviews (1) of The Prisoner
Superb reimaging that doesn't try to remake the original - The Prisoner review by SafM
I own the entire original 1967 series on DVD and having finished watching the final episode of the new version have now ordered it on Blu Ray. It is brilliant.
Thankfully, while taking inspiration from the original the makers of the new version have not tried to remake the original so you can now appreciate both versions in their own right.
While in the original version the backdrop was the spy culture and the cold war of the 60's, the new version uses globalisation, corporations and consumer culture.
The story is tight and 6 episodes is just right. It doesn't drag on endlessly and unlike the original has an actual ending that ties everything up superbly, just not the way you're probably expecting it.
The new village has a surreal dreamlike quality to it. The 5.1 sound is crisp and atmospheric and the music has a beautifully sad melancholy feel to it and the visuals and cinematography is stunning.
One of the best TV series I've seen for a while.
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