“Layered over the bones of this classic scenario, there turns out to be a careful and compelling study of personal desperation and corporate evil, which buttresses its lofty ambitions with suitably sturdy production values. A strong cast, led by Sean Bean, who must have been waiting desperately for a juicy part like this to come his way.”
TIME OUT
“The direction was tense, spare and menacing and avoided the pretentious stylisation which is so fashionable these days. The dialogue felt convincing and the script was gritty without actually trying to rub grit in your face. Sean Bean had the same air of resentfully moral machismo which he has in everything, which was perfect for the part. Tony Booth was surprisingly compelling as a gangster, and very menacing. I certainly wouldn't want to mess with his daughter.”
THE TIMES
“Sean Bean makes a great action man. He is just right for the role of undercover agent and convicted killer Neil Byrne in Extremely Dangerous.”
MIRROR
“The plot steamed along faster than the Glasgow night train. Writer Murray Smith punctuated the opening episode with lighter moments and with generously outfitted incidental characters. Fortunately, tough 'n' tender is right up Sean Bean's street, and he gives us just the right amount of vulnerability with a touch of psychosis. I'm hooked.”
THE EXPRESS
”How much tougher can Sean Bean get? Bean attacks every role like a human canonball and splatters its guts over the furniture. He hisses out his dialogue as if he were sliding a knife between its ribs. Even if he does something as mundane as reading a newspaper, he does it as if he were hiding a bazooka under his raincoat. Who better, then, to head the cast of Extremely Dangerous. like a clock-work killing machine, coated with granite and teflon.”
THE GUARDIAN
“Extremely Dangerous is pacy and well-acted, with Juliet Aubrey a smouldering gangster's moll partial to lacy lingerie.”
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
“Sean Bean developed the skill of Spiderman as cops and robbers failed to catch him. No-one has been that elusive in Manchester since George Best left.”
SUNDAY PEOPLE
“This intelligent production of a complex and edgy story by Murray Smith has the confidence to linger over establishing both its plot and characters. Sean Bean proves he's not just a pretty face with a performance to match the talent around him - Juliet Aubrey, Tony Booth and a scene-stealing Nitin Ganatra.”
TIME OUT
“Extremely Dangerous was the kind of thriller described as "dark" and "chilling" because it hinges around vicious and excessive crimes, in this case the murder and mutilation of a woman and her young daughter with a butcher's boning knife. This four-parter also played on our lurking JFK-type paranoia. Ruthless government agencies and organised crime collude, we suspect, to exercise a corrupt, amoral control of public life. As in revenge tragedy, the stage ended up strewn with corpses, except that this time they were all villains. Extremely Dangerous was extremely slick and extremely violent.
THE TIMES
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