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Richard Dormer, Jodi Balfour, Kieran Bew, Shannon Tarbet, Reece Ritchie, Robert Morgan, Chris Wilson, Mimi Ndiweni, Rosalind Eleazar, Lucy Chappell (more)Episodes(6)
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What makes a serial killer? Or the cop who is compelled to relentlessly track them down? What are the events that form a person into the human being they will become – killer or cop? Rellik (killer spelled backwards) is a structural conceit which turns the serial killer story on its head. The perpetrator is caught before the drama moves backwards in time to the very beginning – the crime itself and ultimately the killer. The search for the killer provides the backbone of the story but the damaged and disfigured Met detective, Gabriel Markham (Richard Dormer), is at its centre. Enigmatic, unrelenting and charismatic, Gabriel is propelled in an obsessive hunt for a serial killer who left a mark on him both physically and mentally. Gabriel's partner is Elaine (Jodi Balfour). She is a bright and intense detective, eager to please. (BBC)
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At a time when imaginative and original crime series are being made, Rellik appears. It tries to be original to the point of unpleasantness and so it tells the story of a crime backward. But the only really good thing was the name of the series, which, when spelled backward, spells out “killer”. The thing is that, for example, the main character has a burnt face and looks like something out of a B-rated horror movie, so it doesn’t make much of an impression. But when you don’t really know what is going on in the series after the 3rd episode, you start to realize that the man who took on the premise simply couldn’t handle it.
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