Following their successful release of
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Series 1, Acorn Media and
RLJ Entertainment plan to bring another hit Australian detective series,
Jack Irish, to
Blu-ray.
The first two full-length TV movies, starring Guy Pearce as the hard-drinking detective, will be
released on Blu-ray/DVD combo discs. Tentative street date is October 1.
Emmy® winner Pearce (
Memento,
Iron Man 3) is Jack Irish, the
brooding antihero of Australian
writer Peter Temple's award-winning novels. Reeling in the wake of his wife's murder, the
former lawyer has reinvented himself as a part-time private investigator and full-time alcoholic,
intent on drowning his demons. When an old client dies after leaving Jack several frantic
voicemails, the PI realizes he can't outrun or outdrink his past. Jack returns to the world that
took everything away from him--a seedy place of lowlifes, corruption, violence, and retribution.
In these two mysteries,
Bad Debts and
Black Tide, initially broadcast in
October 2012, Pearce delivers a mesmerizing performance, imbuing Jack with world-weary
gruffness and a dash of dark humor. As much as he tries to break away, the underworld is
where he thrives, and the only place he can find redemption.