Mystery of a Hansom Cab

NICE AUSTRALIAN PERIOD DRAMA-MYSTERY
3 1/2 stars.

This mistery opens with a gentleman, a bit too intoxicated, who is helped into a horse drawn cab, or "Hansom Cab", by another gentleman. The man coming to his aid realizes after the fact that the drunk is his sleazy romantic rival. The drunk man in the cab is later found murdered with an obvious implication against his younger rival. The first part of the movie deals mainly with solving the murder mystery and seems a bit slow. However, this is not the ultimate mystery. Several more riddles will be introduced with engaging outcomes. At the center is Madge, the love interest of the accused and heiress to a powerful father. What is her father's secret? What could it have to do with the charming and innocent Madge? How far would the young, self made, Irish man go to protect Madge from his sleazy rival?

Hang with this movie and it will reward you. The filming isn't as polished as some period dramas we are used to. However, it is certainly on a...

So disappointing
Here it is Saturday night and I was hoping to sit down for 2 hours and be caught away in an exciting story set in the 19th century, but the attractive DVD cover promises more than I got. The story is choppy, hard to follow, edited strangely, and contains a boatload of characters introduced too soon so that you hardly have a chance to care about them as their problems unfold. Because it is set in Melbourne, Australia, 1886, people speak with an (not American) accent, so gee, subtitles would have been nice for the many lines delivered at low volume or too fast or when the horses are clopping noisily down cobblestone streets. Often I had to guess what the poor blokes were saying. Repeatedly my husband and I paused the DVD to confer on what was happening or what had been said that we missed.

I gave up early on the movie. It's just not a grabber. The delivery is amateurish and the plot lacks soul. Purchased this movie at Costco today for about $12+. Sorry I wasted my money. I...

Mystery of a Hansom Cab
This is a decent movie if you like victorian mysteries, The cast is decent and the story is decent. I would recommend it to watch but not to buy

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