A Mind to Kill - Package Art and Complete Details for the Series 2 DVDs
Available in mid-October from Acorn Media
Posted by David Lambert
9/02/2010
"Gripping detective drama" - Daily Record (U.K.); "Madoc is wonderful as DCI Bain." - Western Daily Press (U.K.). Welsh detective Noel Bain has a talent for solving complex crimes and a tendency to side with the underdog. His job brings him face to face with the worst aspects of human behavior-cruelty, brutality, vengeance, and greed-yet he remains a decent, compassionate man and a loving father to his teenage daughter, Hannah.
Philip Madoc (The Last of the Mohicans, Doctor Who) is splendid as the workaholic Bain in this darkly authentic drama. Set in a Wales more bleak than picturesque, the acclaimed series has earned comparisons to Cracker and Wallander for its gritty realism and no-holds-barred storytelling. Guest stars in these feature-length mysteries include Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four), Richard Harrington (Bleak House), David Warner (Titanic), and Carol Drinkwater (All Creatures Great and Small). NOTE: Contains nudity and graphic scenes
Acorn Media has announced that A Mind to Kill - Series 2 will arrive on a 4-DVD set this October 19th. You'll get 7 episodes running approximately 664 minutes long, with full-screen video, English stereo sound, and English subtitles. Cost is $69.99 SRP in the USA, and CA$86.99 SRP in Canada. Here's a full list of contents, followed by the package art:
Episode 1: Bloodline - What looks like a suicide pact between brothers gets complicated when another body is found. Bain uncovers a family saga of blackmail, abuse, and revenge and also copes with disturbing news from his daughter, Hannah.
Episode 2: Deathwatch - When the charred remains of a body are found inside a burned-out car, Bain travels to a town where vigilante justice prevails. Despite the locals' disrespect, he attempts to unravel an unsettling chain of events that led to murder.
Episode 3: Gameplan - Bain goes undercover at a seedy seaside resort to investigate a young woman's murder. Then Hannah shows up for her own holiday, much to her father's chagrin.
Episode 4: Head of the Valleys - Called in to investigate a five-year-old corpse found beneath a parking lot, Bain suspects a local crime dynasty and their ruthless matriarch. While tracking down leads, he confronts his own attitudes towards wealth and power.
Episode 5: Inheritance - A wooded sanctuary in a small rural village has become a battleground between big business and local environmentalists. Investigating a string of violent killings, Bain is caught between two militant and potentially dangerous groups.
Episode 6: Strange Territory - When a teenager turns up dead in a Celtic burial ground, the top suspects are her scorned boyfriend and the local psychic who discovered her. Inconsolable with grief, the victim's family decides to take justice into their own hands.
Episode 7: Green Wounds - Plagued with nightmares about the death of his wife-killed 12 years earlier by a drunk driver-Bain takes a leave of absence to seek revenge against the man who ruined his life.
DVD FEATURES: cast filmographies and a clip from Episode 4 of Yr Heliwr, the Welsh-language version of the series (7 min.).
