Why would a successful attorney split a major city for a quiet town? There are those who have always dreamed about being a country attorney. Some just need to step away from the urban jungle. Or they could have royally screwed things up and are in desperate need of a new venue to work. Why did William Travers (Rome‘s James Purefoy) travel the highway from London to quaint Suffork? He was a hot young barrister specializing in homicide cases. The mystery of his departure from the legal major league wraps into his latest case. Injustice is a five-part series featuring a murder investigation that’s more complicated then you’d expect in the land of the simple life.
Travers seems to be enjoying his new life when he gets drawn back into a London homicide. He’s needed to defend a pal that’s up on murder charges. He’s linked to the body of his secretary in a hotel. The guy confesses to having an affair with his secretary. But he didn’t kill her. His alibi is that he left the hotel room to get takeout food. When he came back, she was dead and he was in trouble. But why would anyone kill her? He swears someone had stolen her laptop. The key to proving he’s innocent must be encrypted on the harddrive. Travers’ wife isn’t happy with him taking the case since she remembered what happened during his last London case. His secret gets revealed. Will it come back to ruin this case too?
Injustice is a compelling courtroom drama. The reason why the secretary was murdered builds as the details unravel. There are plenty of people who want Travers to quit the case and avoid exposing the core of the crime. His wife (Dervla Kirwan) gets plenty to do when she’s becomes a mentor to a student at the Young Offenders Centre. Purefoy plays the lawyer with a skillful restraint. When his dark secret erupts on the screen, it’s a bit shock. This show should only be watched when you have five hours available since odds are high you won’t go to bed until you watch every episode. Creator Anthony Horowitz had previous made Foyle’s War. Injustice tops it.
The video is 1.78:1 anamorphic. The transfers look fine with Purefoy’s face telling the story of a man on the verge of exploding once more. The audio is Dolby Digital Stereo. The sound mix is fine. The episodes are subtitled in case the accents throw your ears a cure.
Photo Gallery gives promo glimpses into production.
Injustice is a tight five-part courtroom drama. James Purefoy proves he can do more than walk around in a toga.
Acorn Media presents Injustice. Starring: James Purefoy, Dervia Kirwan and Nathaniel Parker. Boxset Contents: 5 episodes on 2 DVDs. Released: August 28, 2012. Available at Amazon.com.
