Enviro-thriller "Burn Up" is Hot, Hot, Hot!
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 06.11.08
Some conspiracy theorists suggest that "Burn Up" is only available in Canada or Britain because the content is too controversial and anti-big oil, and too hot for the American networks to touch; Others point out that it is a British-Canadian co-production and therefore it is logical that Canadians get to see it first. Conspiracy or not, this might have been pitched as Al Gore meets John Grisham, with Rupert Penry-Jones and Neve Campbell smack in the middle of a pileup of Bradley Whitford (of West Wing fame) as a lobbyist, oil executives, environmental activists and politicians stabbing each other in the back or blowing each other up. Rupert Penry-Jones is terrific as the head of Arrow Oil, who quickly finds out that things are not quite what they seem. Kate Taylor at the Globe and Mail writes "This new thriller is hot, hot, hot!" ::Globe and Mail More tomorrow after Part II.
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It's got Rupert Perry-Jones (Adam Carter) from MI-5 and Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman) from West Wing. It'll eventually hit the US even if only on DVD. Maybe Planet Green could show it?