Detective Bishop character profile: In the opening scene of the film the way this character asserts himself sets the tone for the character throughout because he takes no nonsense in any sense of the imagination from anyone, it is a case of he is the superior and you will treat me that way in his mind. This mimics the approach of a well known television character, Luther (played by Idris Elba) who in the same way has little fear of anyone else and is drawn to danger in the same way that Detective Bishop is drawn to such a gruesome and dangerous case.

However there is also the argument that this character has a very supressed side to himself, shown in the end of the opening scene when he chooses not to discipline his partner for answering back to him. This idea of being quite mellow when it comes to confrontation could potentially be linked to a character in the film Collateral (2004) in which Jamie Fox's character (a cab driver) discovers that he is driving around a hitman all night and his approach to keep his mouth shut and remain in an uncomfortable pleasant state almost mimics that of Bishops relationship with Youngs.

Another alternative link could be the idea that Bishop acts almost as a villain as the television show Hannibal (a spin off series from the film silence of the lambs) uses his position of authority to mentally chip away at an FBI investigator (Will Graham) and due to that is able to manipulate him and hide his twisted second life. In similar effect in ours our killer could literally be anyone so detective Bishop is not out of the question as the killer and the way he quickly supresses Youngs emotions and sense of humour depicts that same web of control and manipulation of a higher power from being a superior officer.