Murphy's Law - Series 4 & 5 (2006 – 2007/Acorn Media DVD Set)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Episodes: C+
Tom
Murphy is a cop, an undercover cop, a deep undercover cop, the best undercover
cop there is. When the law falls short
of evidence he goes undercover to find criminals and the evidence to process
them. When the police can't break the
law, he knows how to bend the rules. He mingles with London's criminal underworld, unknown
lawbreakers he is the deadly viper within their midst. When undercover, he seem to switch over
personalities, to keep his cover he would do anything to fool the criminals he
wants to get close to, drugs, pimping, prostitution and more. Shunned by his superiors, surrounded by those
he is suppose to catch and arrest Murphy constantly is alone, risking his life
and without back up, if he is discovered anytime he would become a dead man.
This series is like a low budget single man criminal investigation drama, the
main character is a deep undercover cop, so deep that he struggles with his own
persona and demons, when to break the law, and when the law no longer applies,
and in the end staying alive is more important following any rules or
regulations. Extras include notes from
James Nesbit and trailers.
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Series 4 – Murphy, he pretends to be
a drug dealer to get close to two brother hoodlums in order to uncover evidence
that they are planning to bring a foreign drug empire into the hood. Things go well until his cover is blown by his
incompetent peers and puts not only him in danger but his parents as well. It will take some fast thinking and even
faster talking to keep him from getting a bullet in his head.
Series 5 – When two undercover cops
go missing, Murphy goes in to bring them back, but he may too late and in heads
over heels when his superiors’ wishes to pull him out because he is more
worried about his public appearance and PR than the lives of his officers. Murphy must find his missing people, stop a
drug/slave/prostitution ring from an ex-military drug lord before he finds his
people in bodybags.
Our
previous coverage of the show is as follows:
Series One
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/9066/Murphy%E2%80%99s+Law+%E2%80
Series Two
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/9834/Murphy%E2%80%99s+Law+%E2%80
Series Three
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/10777/Murphy%E2%80%99s+Law+%E2%80
- Ricky Chiang