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One of TV's more interesting tough-girl action shows, Dark Angel is a distinctive blend of the personal, the adventurous and the politically aware. Cocreators James Cameron (yes, that James Cameron) and Charles Eglee present a complex scenario of biological super-science and social collapse in which their gene-manipulated heroine and hacker/journalist hero can genuinely make a difference. In this first series they also provide an adversary who is a lot more than just a conventional villain.
Jessica Alba is impressive as Max, bred and trained as a super-soldier but reclaiming her individual humanity; Michael Weatherly is scruffily attractive as Eyes Only, who sits semi-paralysed in his eyrie above Seattle uncovering crime, corruption and other skulduggeries and sending the woman whom he hopelessly loves out on deadly errands. Jon Savage has real authority as Lydeker, a man who has stretched his conscience to breaking point, but is not personally corrupt. Some of the best episodes here--"Prodigy" for example--are ones in which Lydeker and Max are forced into temporary alliance. Early on the relationship between Max and the other workers at Jam Pony--the courier firm that provides her with a cover identity--is a little forced, but later on the two parts of Max's life are more successfully integrated: "Shorties in Love", for example, is a genuinely touching tale about Diamond, the doomed criminal ex-lover of Max's lesbian roommate. Dark Angel was never a perfect show, but at its occasional best it manages to be simultaneously funny and dramatic.
On the DVD: Dark Angel, Series 1's Region 2 DVD is ungenerous with special features, providing only short interviews with James Cameron and Charles Eglee and with the stars, and giving us a preview of the Dark Angel computer game. The episodes are presented in widescreen and have excellent Dolby Digital sound which gives vivid presence to both the dialogue and the hard-driving contemporary rock score that is part of the show's style. --Roz Kaveney
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The complete first series of the James Cameron-produced TV show. In 'Dark Angel (The Pilot)' we are introduced to Max, a young bike messenger and thief and who was raised as part of a Top Secret Government genetics program and who is now attempting to find those who also underwent the same process. 'Heat' has Logan lead Max to one of her siblings, unwittingly exposing her to an attack by government agent Lydecker. 'Flushed' finds Logan and Original Cindy attempting to help Max when she ends up behind bars. 'C.R.E.A.M.' sees Max help Sketchy take his revenge on a crooked casino owner. '411 on the DL' has Logan's wife re-enter the picture. 'Prodigy' finds Max and Lydecker attending the same genetics conference. 'Cold Comfort' sees Max joining forces with Lydecker in a battle against a mutual enemy. In 'Blah Blah Woof Woof' Max becomes the most wanted woman in Seattle. In 'Out' Max and Logan arrange their first date, only to have Logan bow out at the last moment. 'Red' has Max provide protection for a Federal witness. 'Art Attack' finds Max accompanying Logan to a family wedding. 'Rising' sees original Cindy kidnapped in a plot to get at Max. 'The Kidz Are Aiight' has Zack escape from Lydecker, while Max and Logan continue to edge closer to each other. 'Female Trouble' finds Logan on the trail of a specialist doctor. 'Haven' sees Max and Logan visit a town with a hidden secret. In 'Shorties in Love' Original Cindy's old boyfriend, Diamond, returns for a visit. 'Pollo Loco' has Max forced to deal with a dangerous serial killer. 'I and I am a Camera' finds Max and Logan investigating the murders of some recently paroled inmates. 'Hit a Sista Back' sees Max and Tinga attempt to rescue the latter's family from Lydecker. 'Meow' has Lydecker acquire the technology which will allow him to capture his ultimate prey. Finally, in 'And Jesus Brought a Casserole', Lydecker helps Max and Zack in their plans to attack Manticore.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Format:DVD
When friends of mine told me they were into a sci-fi series called Dark Angel I was not really interested but I only had to watch one episode before I was compleately addicted. This series goes far beyond your average sci-fi, girl kicks ass show. Its blend of action, humour and warmth coupled with a gripping, conceivable storyline, fantastic characters and quality acting (especially Jessica Alba) ensures a series that has something for everyone. Such a crime that it was discontinued.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By "orione16"
Format:VHS Tape
I thought that this would be something similar to Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel when I started to watch it, but I was pleasantly surprised! This is a kick-ass programme, with an ideal heroine. It features a startling representation of what the world could turn out like in the near future, and the idea of there being genetically modified people amongst us is fascinating. It takes science-fiction and reality, blends them together in a mix that would be thought to be risky at the least, and throws out a stunning group of people and a storyline to astound the viewer and make them think!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I do not remember why I missed "Dark Angel" when it originally aired, but now that I have seen the first season I am willing to admit I made a big mistake (Mea Culpa, James Cameron). The story is set in Seattle, Wasington, in the year 2019, which is afer "The Pulse," an electromagnetic bomb that basically pushed reset on the United States. However, that is only the setting, because the star is Jessica Alba as Max Guevera, who at first glance has a day job as a bike courier, and at second glance works as a cat burglar at night, bit at third glance and closer examination turns out to be a genetically enhanced superhuman created by the government who escaped from a military training school ten years earlier.
"Dark Angel: The Complete First Season" has a couple of plot lines that make Max both the hunter and the hunted. Max is always on the lookout for her "siblings," the other kids who escaped from Manticore, while Lydecker (John Savage), the head of the secret program is trying to find both them and Max to return them to government service. Meanwhile, Max's days as a cta burglar are over when she tries to rob Logan Cale (Michael Weatherly), a rich kid who is the secret cyber-journalist known as "Eyes Only," who enlists her into his idealistic crusade to clean up corruption in Seattle. Of course, the two are made for each other, but we have to wait for them to catch out to this rather obvious fact. What really makes "Dark Angel" work is the extent to which this futuristic dystopia has been worked out. This is not so much a series where the mythology emerges over time as it is one where the premises are so strong that they sustain multiple episodes and provide compelling sub-text for the rest. Compare this to similar series that take a while to find themselves, and you can see why these solid premises allowed this one to be able to have so many solid episodes early on.
Creator James Cameron's imprint is clearly on this production, but mention should be made of the show's Vancouver crew, which obviously includes a lot of "X-Files" veterans. The production values on "Dark Angel" are pretty striking in creating the seedy world of post-pulse Seattle and its icon Space Needle where Max likes to go and contemplate existence. But the sense of style comes as much from the characters as the setting. Alba is truly stunning as Max, able to play hard, soft, or whatever the scene demands. Weatherly has one of the squarest jaws in television history, and Savage has fun milking everything out of the bad guy (he really does care for his children, but duty never gets in the way of such emotions). The supporting cast has some compelling texture types, from Normal (J.C. MacKenzie), the overbearing dispatcher at Jam Pony ("Bip! Bip! Bip!"), to urban philosopher Herbal Thought (Alimi Bllard), and everybody's favorite, Original Cindy (Valarie Rae Miller), Max's roommate and co-worker, who basically has the right attitude for every occasion.
After watching the complete first season of "Dark Angel" you will want to move on to the complete second season, which just came out and you will be disappointed that there were only two seasons of the series. However, when you see the overall drop in quality during season two, you will not be that surprised (it takes half of that second season for the series to really get going). But "Dark Angel" is one of the better science fiction series to be produced in the last ten years, and the first season does provide a complete story arc.
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hello dark angel is a good series to watch, I rate it as 4 Stars because it is good to watch.
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very good films to watch again if you like films that have some guns but she manly uses her hands and feet.
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Having just finished watching series 1 have to say what a brilliant show it is Could not stop watching it and now watching series 2
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Great show with dialogue that sparkles!
Great show with dialogue that sparkles!
Only discovered this show recently, when going through a bout of insomnia, repeated in the early hours of the morning on TV. Read more
Only discovered this show recently, when going through a bout of insomnia, repeated in the early hours of the morning on TV. Read more
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would really like to see all 3 seasons but can only find 2 why or where can i get all 3
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Dark Angel
Having missed some of series 1 from the 1st time on tv, it has been great to see it from the pilot onwards. great series.
Published 11 months ago by M. J. L. Wilson
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This girl can act!
Jessica Alba has unfortunately been type-cast as the usual glamorous but dim "totty" in recent times, but she's hiding her light under the proverbial bushel, if you ask me. Read more
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I am a huge TV science fiction/fantasy watcher. I've seen almost every one of them, from here and from England and this is the single best season of such series that I've seen. Read more
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