Set to broadcast in two one-hour films, this family treat is inspired by the classic books of Barbara Euphan Todd and is pegged to be the TV event of the season. Mackenzie Crook has taken Scatterbrook farm and the infamous characters of this well-loved tale and injected them with a tender and authentic charm. This is the perfect family adventure, packed with a fun, mischievous spirit and delivered with an environmental message.
Mackenzie Crook, (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Detectorists) who has written, directed and stars as Worzel Gummidge, has gathered a host of both accomplished and brilliant actors who are set to appear in this eagerly anticipated adaptation.
Playing The Green Man, creator of the scarecrows, who arrives to Scatterbrook in episode two, is comedy legend Sir Michael Palin. He says: “It’s a lovely part for me, but the whole script is very memorable and touching, and very funny too. It quite skillfully weaves in something for everybody all the time.”
Zoë Wanamaker (My Family, Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone) will play the eccentric local aristocrat, Lady Bloomsbury Barton in episode two. She says: “The whole thing is so charming and inventive. It’s the sort of thing I’d watch. I’m sure it will be a huge success. I know it will - it’s divine.”
Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On, The Windsors) takes on the role of the formidable Aunt Sally in episode one. She says: “There’s something for everybody. It’s got this heart to it, and you’d be hard pushed as an adult not to engage with it.”
Steve Pemberton (League Of Gentleman, Benidorm) will play Mr Braithwaite, the farmer. He says: “This is the kind of show the whole family can enjoy together. It has a lot of humour, a lot of visual humour too, and I think kids will enjoy watching the children being central to the story.”
Rosie Cavaliero (Gentleman Jack, Cleaning Up) will play Mrs Braithwaite, she added: “It’s a story about the imagination, and children escaping into this different world. Mackenzie’s version is totally contemporary.”
Ones to watch India Brown (Hetty Feather) and Thierry Wickens (making his TV debut) will play Susan and John, two city children spending their summer at Scatterbrook farm who quickly befriend Worzel and begin a summer of adventures.
The first episode, The Scarecrow Of Scatterbrook, sees two young strangers arrive in the village of Scatterbrook. It’s not long before Susan and John encounter Worzel Gummidge, the Scarecrow of Ten Acre Field. Their world is sent spinning into confusion when they realise Gummidge comes to life. The only person more shocked is Worzel, when he discovers that the children are not in fact fellow scarecrows but humans.
Their worlds should never commune but fate has conspired to create an extraordinary union. The seasons have stopped and the harvest hasn’t arrived. The rhythm of the natural world is out of kilter and this unlikely trio must try to put it right. Magic, mystery and mayhem unfurl.
The second episode, The Green Man, welcomes another mysterious arrival to Scatterbrook. The Green Man is the creator of scarecrows and keeper of scarecrow lore. He isn’t at all happy that Worzel is consorting with humans. Elsewhere, local aristocrat Lady Bloomsbury Barton is holding a fete, with a Scarecrow competition that Worzel is determined to win. What will The Green Man and Worzel's most competitive rival, Soggy Bogart make of it all?
Worzel Gummidge is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook and is a Leopard Pictures, Treasure Trove Productions and Lola Entertainment production for BBC One. It is Executive Produced by Kristian Smith for Leopard Pictures, Lisa Thomas for Lola Entertainment, Mackenzie Crook for Treasure Trove Productions, with rights holders Patrick D. Pidgeon and Eric S. Rollman executive producers for Pidgeon Entertainment, Inc. It is produced by Georgie Fallon and Alex Moody is the Commissioning Editor for the BBC.
Further casting:
Francesca Mills - Earthy Mangold
Tim Plester - Clarty
Colin Michael Carmichael - Soggy Bogart
Andrew James Spooner - Flat Alistair
Phil Hulford - Hannah Harrow
Tom Meeten - HMS Odney
Christopher-Robert Barlow - Rag Bag
Kiran Shah - Chopper and Root Bound
Charlie Mayhew - Rustle Sprouter
Lucy Montgomery - Jackie Pudding
Gus Brown - Oswald Pollypop
Malik Ibheis - Trike
Ben Langley - Driver
Mariam Haque - Receptionist
影片角色塑造有很大的问题，阿熬所展现出的明显是反社会人格，无论用多大笔墨渲染他的迫不得已和抱屈含冤都无法和他后来的丧心病狂划上因果等号，还不如纯粹的去塑造一个恶棍来得过瘾明了。大部分时间中规中矩，最后一场打斗全片最佳。
谁能解释一下这个电影为啥评分这么高？我尝试看了两次才看完。太差了看不下去。谢霆锋演戏总有一种假装的感觉，说话底气还不足不知道年轻的时候怎么唱歌的。怎么评论那么多赞老谢的？我觉得甄子丹演技确实好。
有些动作设计还是给人眼前一亮的感觉，不错的警匪动作片
1.叶师傅在，动作戏设计的真心不错。2.又是在警匪的匪做戏的剧作，对于上级官级制度的审视，两个人物写的不错，只是觉得没能讲得更加深刻。
3.5 和《拆弹专家2》撞梗了，相比之下这部的怒火明显泄气，文戏有些浪费。塑造了一个非常可爱的反派，拥有如此多的高光时刻，美丽冷兵器、头被按到钢琴键上弹琴、被圣母像的钢钉刺穿胸膛。没觉得杀女朋友劫小孩做人质有什么问题，反派遵循道德标准，那是反派失格 20210901二刷了粤语版心满意足，太可爱了那个小表情
阿邦这种兄弟我是不敢交的，这种人不叫正直，叫认死理，可是过刚易折啊朋友，不管是做人还是做事都没有必要这样，是我我就算做假证也会保兄弟，因为兄弟们本来就没错，错的是坏人和那个坑他们的上司，正直的人这会儿不找上司理论了？总之阿邦这个角色太不讨喜了，反而是能理解阿敖他们的黑化，被背叛和抛弃了谁还要继续当好人
影片故事很老派，甚至有些简单，没有任何出乎意料的地方，双雄对决的人物塑造也很寻常。
joker的拙劣仿作。 20210808，中影德金影城，和hrj
法庭上甄子丹的证词看得我火冒三丈，问他有没有看到死者拘捕失足摔死，他说他到的时候已经太晚了。问他有没有看到谢霆锋他们殴打死者，又说看到了。你MD看到谢霆锋他们打人，就说明人还没死啊。整件事情就是他惹出来的！
法庭上，我说了真话；牢狱里，他蹲了十年
加入了庭审戏的复仇，夸张点说可以是反向《挪威7.22》，当然玩ps4和被鸡奸的囚犯是不可并论的，社会保障最短那块木板的不同，也是港港愤怒社会的诱因嘛。拆弹2着重输出对不公义的愤怒，怒火虽然名字带怒，但落点则在官商为时已晚、迫不得已的道歉，和俩棋子的一个无奈、一个见耶稣，这是没能与拆2的震慑力相当的一个原因，另一个是邱礼涛善于在类型片里植入香港的地理关系。不过它好在对《风景》探讨内容的类型片简化转译，讲明了：社会保障从来没有，表面公正彻底撕破，今后讨论空间被扼杀殆尽，黑幕之后的悼词冥冥中成了影片表达的一部分。
硬派港片的灿烂余烬。谢霆锋真好看，黑化铺垫再充分一点就好了；打戏拳拳到肉，看的时候就一直在想要是港式动作指导后继无人怎么办啊，转念一想反正香港也没了就这样吧（
是反派主角谢霆锋的电影，永远怀念陈木胜导演！
8.2分；世间黑白模糊难澄怒火，人心善恶摇摆终定正义。结构和节奏跟黑暗骑士高度同步，而且打戏质量更高，枪战追车拳脚械面面俱到；HK特警跑得真慢，不过按照超级英雄片来看就很好理解了；阿敖同时有着小丑和哈维的气质，谢霆锋演得也好，造型气质都拿捏了，病态狠辣痴迷，该报的仇竟然也都报了；本片并非着眼于某一核心案件，更多是牵出反派心路历程，节奏也很紧，可以说是很成功，美中不足是前半段倒叙比较碎对手戏铺垫比较少应该多捋一捋；最后的质问充满了命运的嘲弄，可惜最后只是抛硬币，没有点出为什么这组人最终落得如此境地，以阿邦的持正不会走同样的路，但一点偏执何以挤压滋生：对HK社会和环境的矛头还是少了点题，比起拆弹2浅了一分弱了一分；本片饱和度偏高，但最开始的红光很有冲击力，而且最后教堂那场戏，打光布景和动作都太美了
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奔着陈木胜导演给谢霆锋准备的打戏来看的，港味被甄子丹稀释了2333
一大堆大熟脸，让人看着既有点开心，又有点感叹，感叹现在好的新人太少太少了。以后都不知道港片都由谁来演啊？抱着很低的预期去看，结果还不错。剧情大的方面依然比较弱智，很多小转折和小设计，也是非常俗非常不走心的过场，重点肯定都是在打斗、追车、枪战，这些应该都在平均水平往上一点点。甄子丹文戏依然趋近0分，所以有一段刻意拔高，让他对着任达华演讲，真是尴尬。谢霆锋更加偶像了，非常好。可惜没有骑着杜卡迪的正脸镜头。
虽是和《拆弹专家2》一样的立意，但着重于正邪对立的巅峰肉搏，使得个体人物缺乏黑化的摇摆与对比的反差，从而让影片缺失《拆2》的魂，当然这也一部分归因于邦主这个角色没有立起来，让谢霆锋的邪魅狷狂盖了过去。不过许久不见的谢霆锋也让港片近些年的老旧元素的排列组合多了一些新鲜感，拳拳到肉的格斗真是港片不死啊！
注意到两个符号细节。第一个是谢霆锋的两幅眼镜，庭审时的框架眼镜和审讯室内的墨镜，从隔膜到有色到最后的全面黑化，是人物内心状态转变的体现。第二个是教堂与法庭的审判转换，法庭上众人道貌岸然、真真假假，教堂上圣母悯视，琉璃彩光倾泄一地，真刀真枪见善恶互搏。总的来说，还是香港电影独有的特色，不知道这样的本味电影还能看到多少部，人情道义在中间，善恶两边摆，殊死搏斗间，总有真情流露。任达华出现的那一刻，我内心感慨道：“竟高升做了警督，却还是一股杜琪峰电影中的人情味。”
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