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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 3069
Released: June 12, 2007 |
| Our Price: $6.62 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Selleck plays the role of Jesse Stone, a former Los Angeles homicide detective who left California and his ex-wife to become the police chief in a small New England town. Among his many character flaws are his struggles with a drinking problem and lingering feelings for his ex-wife.
Jesse Stone: Night Passage is a prequel to 2005’s Stone Cold. Co-starring Stephanie March (TV’s "Law & Order: SVU") and Stephen Baldwin (The Usual Suspects), the telefilm depicts Jesse Stone’s (Selleck) first days as Paradise, Massachusetts’ Chief of Police. He must immediately find the killer of his predecessor, plus investigate a domestic violence situation involving the city’s resident hothead (Baldwin), whose ties to a local bank manager expose a money-laundering scheme.
DVD Special Features for Jesse Stone: Night Passage Include: Digitally Mastered Audio and Video, Widescreen Presentations, Audio: English, French, Portuguese, Thai, Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, Bonus Previews, Closed Captioned
Description of Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise:
The always dependable Tom Selleck returns as Robert B. Parker's small town police chief Jesse Stone in Death in Paradise, the made-for-TV sequel to Stone Cold, his 2005 debut as the character. Stone is a grittier, more human (and vulnerable) role than the one that made Selleck famous (playboy detective Thomas Magnum of Magnum, P.I.), but his tenacity and character flaws (a drinking problem and latent feelings for his ex-wife) seem a comfortable fit for the older Selleck. And the mystery itself--which surrounds the death of a young student whose connections to big-city crime--is crisp and convoluted (if not particularly novel), which provides Selleck with enough action and drama to please his longtime fans. William Devane and Gary Basaraba (Boomtown) are among the guest stars, while Viola Davis, Vito Rezza, and Kohl Sudduth return from Stone Cold as Selleck's police officers. Selleck also contributed to the script and co-produced along with director Robert Harmon, who helmed the other Stone films. --Paul Gaita
Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise Reviews:
Excellent cast in absorbing movie 
2009-11-10 - Selleck plays a small town police chief investigating the death of a 14 year old girl who was murdered and dumped in a lake. I have been around peace officers all my life and this this character represents the best among our ranks.
When Tom Selleck was 30 years old he was handsome and projected great charm. Now he is middle aged, even more handsome, and the easy charm is backed up by a very strong,grown up persona with hard won convictions.
This is an absorbing story with a cast of actors that are excellent without the overdone baloney that so oftens distracts from an interesting story.
It has been a while since I offered a review but I really recommend the Jesse Stone movies. Selleck is a joy to watch.
Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise 
2009-09-30 - Robert Parker has another character to rival Spencer in Jesse Stone and Tom Selleck has bought him to life Death in Paradise is the next chapter in the Jesse Stone series. Selleck brings a world weary but honorable character who is willing to overlook the fine print of the law to get the job done right. A good way to spend some time with a bag of popcorn and a comfortable spot on the couch.
I'm Stone crazy
2009-09-22 - I love the Jesse Stone series. I have all of them. I do recommend watching them in order so that you get more out of the movie. I have come to know each character and I look forward to seeing what will happen next.
Jesse Stone series great entertainment
2009-09-17 - The Jesse Stone series of TV specials is great entertainment. Tom Selleck has long been one of our favorite actors, and he delivers once again in "Death In Paradise."
Selleck continues to shine
2009-09-04 - Tom Selleck returns in the third of the series of TV movies based on Jesse Stone, the dogged and flawed small town police chief, as written by Robert Parker.
This time round, the story revolves around a young teenager's murder, following her badly decomposed body being discovered 3 weeks after her disappearance. As before, the story is told in a nuanced and unflinching style, with atmospheric bleak music and dark cinematography. What makes these movies so satisfying is the sense that they are so believable - whether it is the matter of fact way he deals with the crimes, or the sideline plots of domestic violence, or just Jesse Stone's inherent flaws which make him believably human. He drinks. He still harbours a little flame for his ex-wife. The action when it happens is sparse and final.
Previous entries have been solid 4 stars reaching towards the 5th... this one struggles a little to get that 4th star, having a few too many familiar elements from before - the woman of the episode, to act as a foil to Stone's character issues, the last minute tete a tete with the who of the whodunnit, wrapping things up just a little too succinctly. Having said that, it earns the 4 stars, primarily thanks to Selleck who just gets better and better as he ages.
Recommended, above par TV movie.
