Jesse Stone – No Remorse (2009/Sony DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C+ Extras: D Telefilm: C+
Tom
Selleck is back as Jesse Stone, Robert B. Parker’s detective in No Remorse, the sixth telefilm Selleck
has made as the character. Still
isolating himself after a firing, he gets reluctantly involved in a series of
murders so gruesome and disturbing that even he cannot turn his back on them.
Selleck
actually co-wrote the teleplay and it is one of the more interesting
entries. The mystery is good, but not
great, yet Selleck gives one of his better performances as Stone, finding a new
darker place of dread to take the character.
Selleck can act, though he never got the credit for it then or now. William Devane, Kathy Baker and William
Sadler give good supporting performances and it is worth a look, though you are
better off starting with the 2005 Stone
Cold telefilm and working your way chronologically so you get the best
impact from the character arcs.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is much weaker and more watered down
than the previous DVD installments, for whatever reason. That’s a shame, because these shows have not
looked bad and might be better on Blu-ray when they arrive, but this is the
most disappointing aspect of the disc. The
Dolby Digital 5.1 mix stretches out what is a simple sound design, but it is
not badly recorded. There are no extras.
- Nicholas Sheffo
