My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CURFEW on Paramount+ !

Curfew takes place in an alternate, dystopian world where all men are under curfew from 7pm to 7am daily, so women can trip the light fandango together, lording it up in front of us while we have to stay home.

But things are about to get serious, ad one man murders a woman while out at night, but how can this be when men are locked up already? Every male is tagged, such is the job for Sarah (Mandip Gill – Doctor Who), who’s also in the process of getting divorced. You’ll escape the process if you’re under 10, but either way, if you step out during that wee small hours, it won’t take long before the police finger you!

To that end, we see one man who does go out, so is it him or someone else? Well, the killer is unseen, since if they had been spotted, it’d make identifying them pretty easy.

However, in the interests of equality, what if it’s a man who identifies as female?

With DI Pamela Green (Sarah Parish – Piglets) in charge of the investigation as well as the interviewing of suspects, will she also be looking into how come male policemen are allowed out after hours?

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The opening credits feature TV presenters such as Jeremy Vine, Storm Huntley and Dan Walker to comment on the process. In 2024, it feels a bit odd to include real people in films and TV shows, given how it’ll be difficult to watch Skyfall because it’s an awful Bond film… I mean, because Huw Edwards pops up in it.

There’s also a segment from Storm Huntley’s section of the Jeremy Vine show, albeit with contributor Geoff Norcott not only sat at the desk – which is usual for Vine’s section, whereas Storm’s sat around a sort-of coffee table – but also the time on the clip is 12:49, and her section ends official at 12:45, even though it’s a really fair few minutes before that, to account for adverts.

Although I wasn’t gripped by the opener, there’s also a lot of mumbling in it, so I might check a second one out, but I’ll do it when it goes live, since subtitles weren’t available on the preview.

Thanks to our friends at Paramount+ for the screener prior to release.

Curfew is not available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD, but is on Paramount+ from today. There are two episodes initially, with further episodes added weekly.

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Curfew – Official Trailer – Paramount+

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Detailed specs:

Cert:
Running time: 45 minutes per episode (6 episodes)
Release date: October 10th 2024
Studio: Paramount+
Format: 2.00:1

Director: Joasia Goldyn
Producer: John Adams
Writers: Jess Green, Sumerah Srivastav, Lydia Yeoman
Music: Adam Price

Cast:
DI Pamela Green: Sarah Parish
Sarah: Mandip Gill
Eddie: Mitchell Robertson
Helen: Alexandra Burke
DCI Sue Ferguson: Lucy Benjamin
Ben Williams: Adam Korson
Janet: Anita Dobson
Aisha: Alisha Bailey
Noah Williams: Raphael D’Alterio
Becki Sutton: Phoebe Sparrow
Journalist: Tabitha Alege
Sgt Winslow: Deborah Rosan
Suzie: Guste Ona Maria
Pru: Emily Ross
PC Tagger: Jenna Goodwin
Reporter 1: Leonora Barton
Steve: Mark Killeen
Tom: Ciarán Owens
Himself: Jeremy Vine
Herself: Storm Huntley
Himself: Dan Walker
Himself: Geoff Norcott

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