The Jesse Stone Film Collection: (Stone Cold / Death in Paradise / Night Passage)

I am new to the Jesse Stone series and ordered the 3 pack collection. To stay in proper sequence of the series, I carefully read the triple feature on the back of the collection. Seemed Stone Cold first was 2005 so I watched this. It was excellent; I can't think of a better actor to play the role of Jesse Stone. However, in this movie, Jesse Stone was already in "Paradise". I then watched #2: Death in Paradise released in 2006. After watching this, I watched #3 Night Passage also released in 2006 only to realize this is actually the first of the series. Here one can see how it is that Jesse Stone moved to Paradise to pursue a new life and meets his new staff. Once you see Night Passage, everything else falls into place. Tom Selleck is awesome as Chief Stone with an easy-going-yet to the point-mannerism that is uniquely his as portrayed in the current Blue Blood television series. The stories are enjoyable and clean; a refreshing change from the graphic violence now so dominant. The scenery is calming and beautiful as is the background music. Great collection!

If a role ever 'fit' an actor perfectly, Robert B. Parker's alcoholic, laconic ex-L.A. cop/small town Police Chief Jesse Stone 'fits' Tom Selleck. Paunchier and more careworn than in his "Magnum" days, Selleck has become a superb character actor, and this series of TV-movies offers him at the 'top of his game'.While murder is the theme of each film, the stories are even more enjoyable as character studies of a man rebuilding his life. Divorced, but still holding long phone conversations with his ex-wife, Stone has turned to whiskey for solace, costing him his job with the L.A.P.D., but not yet diminishing his skills to a point where he can't get a strong endorsement for the position of Police Chief of tiny Paradise, Massachusetts, a coastal town near Boston. The first film of the series, "Stone Cold", presents him already in place as Chief; it's success led to "Jesse Stone: Night Passage", a prequel detailing his arrival in Paradise, the murder of the previous Chief, and the death of his beloved dog; the third film of this collection, "Jesse Stone: A Death in Paradise", the follow-up to "Stone Cold", finds him attempting to deal with his alcoholism, while investigating the death of a teen-aged girl.Best of all, for fans of this series, a fourth film aired in 2007, with a fifth TV-movie in production for 2008.If you are a fan of Parker's novels, Tom Selleck, or murder mysteries rich in character development, "The Jesse Stone Film Collection" deserves a place on your shelf!

The Jesse Stone series includes three (now four) of the best detective/mystery movies I've ever watched. Tom Selleck is superb in his rendition of an unhappy, displaced, but decent, brilliant, and extremely competent police detective, Jesse Stone. Jesse, having been dismissed for drinking on duty in his job as a Los Angeles police detective, and having gone through a heartbreaking divorce, travels to a small New England town seeking to start a new life. He goes there, having been hired as the town's new chief of police.Making a few fine friends and forming an interesting and intimate relationship with an extremmely lovely young woman named Abbey Taylor,Jesse gradually builds a life. As in real life, however, challenges, disappointments, and even disasters occur.Each movie includes one or more fascinating mystery plots, cases that are solved by the brilliant chief of police and his associates. Through it all, Selleck's superb performance of Jesse Stone's independence, willingness to break the rules, and dry sense of humor add immensely to the quality of these already excellent movies.Plot, writing, character development, acting, music, and photography are all of very high quality. If you enjoy good mystery and/or good drama, you'll love the Jesse Stone Series.

The Jesse Stone movies are the best DVDs I've watched in years. I liked them so much that I HAD to keep watching them all back-to-back. Tom Selleck is fantastic and the stories are riveting. Wow!

This is a collection that can be watched over and over again. Very well written, and you get hooked on the story. I loved it!!!

Have been a long time Tom Selleck fan. Theses movies were made for TV but his character does not lack grit, nor do the movies. Selleck portays a darker, private character than his normal screen persona - fighting alcohol as well as the bad guys. He portrays a tender side, too - but with only a few of the characters who seem to need a friend (like troubled teens going through rough times). He just carries off the role extremely well. I'm glad I watched these without commercials as story breaks would have detracted from the continuity of the stories. Very well done. If you like detective stories with what seems like a strong dose of reality, these may be for you.

Love all Jesse Stone movies. All Tom Selleck movies.

Tom Selleck is and AWESOME actor !!!

Loved it