Not Even A Suspension Keeps This Detective Down
Tom Selleck in No Remorse, another film in his Jesse Stone series has shown his range as a player. No two detectives could be more different than the flip and cool Thomas Magnum of Magnum, PI and the grim and determined Jesse Stone, a man with issues, but who still gets his job done.Whether he has a job is a question though. From the last film Selleck has been left on suspension pending a hearing from his job as chief of the small Paradise, Massachusetts police force. Colleagues Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth are trying to carry on as best they can with a string of convenience store robberies plaguing the town.
In addition the homicide chief of the Massachusetts State Police, Stephen McHattie has asked Selleck to help very unofficially with a homicide that involves a connected fight promoter William Sadler and his personal assistant Todd Hoffey. It has to be unofficial because of Selleck's suspension, but Tom even with the suspension cramping his style he gets results in both cases.
Todd Hoffey in addition to Selleck walks off the acting honors here. This is one very jealous young man who will do anything to keep his relationship with Sadler alive and he tolerates no one else getting close. One should also make note of William Devane as a psychiatrist treating Selleck.
The Jesse Stone films are well made and I look forward to seeing the next one when it debuts on television.
score 8/10
bkoganbing 6 January 2011
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2364971/35849
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