Nowhere Man: The Complete Series [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Nowhereman is a true forgotten classic about a photographer named Thomis Veil, who when leaves the bathroom to return to the table in which he and his wife were dining, finds that his wife has disapeared, and from that moment on Tom's life changes forever. In a single moment Tom finds that his entire life has been erased, one by one his family and friends have been silenced, the keys to his home no longer fit, his credit cards no longer work, and his identity has been completley erased. Alone Tom goes on the run, in a cross country chase searching for answer's while eluding a powerful and unknown enemy. A true hang on to the edge of your seat suspense thriller, nowhereman will have you up during the hours of the night questioning your own paranoia about conspiracy's of today's world! Packed with extra features like cast and crew interviews, commentary's and a interview with a real ex c.i.a agent, fans of shows like 24 and le femme nikita will love nowhereman!

In THE PRISONER, a fellow (that may or may not be a former British intelligence agent, the hero from "Danger Man/Secret Agent") is kidnapped. When he awakens, he finds himself on an island, trapped in/by a regimented Orwellian society where individuality and privacy do not exist. The "keepers" of this society - the Village - seek to "break" this fellow they've labelled "#6"(via mind-warping scientific means and psychological torture), as he refuses to "accept" his situation and acquiesce to the Village.

In NOWHERE MAN, it is the opposite: Thomas Veil is having dinner -- he goes to the restroom. When he returns, his life is gone. NO ONE seems to know him, his bank-card doesn't work, all traces of his identity have been WIPED AWAY. (Even his mother doesn't know him!) Veil is, not coincidentally, a photographer -- he took a photograph of an execution in a Central (or South) American jungle. The unnamed Forces At Work WANT the negative to this photo. Veil goes on the run, alternating between being the quarry of the conspiracy and hunting the conspirators, who, btw, have designs on making the USA just like the Village in The Prisoner.

Like The Prisoner, it is a tense, creepy, paranoid, at times nightmarish drama -- as with the former, "Nowhere Man"'s Veil manages to thwart the conspiracy yet cannot seem to get his life "back." And there are REFERENCES to "The Prisoner" -- at one point, a character answers a question, "That would be telling." Veil, like the Prisoner's #6, uses the fear many of the conspirators have of their superiors -- as in the Village, the Pullers of Strings are seriously intolerant of failure. (In nearly every episode of Prisoner, there is a "new" #2, as in the previous ep, a #2 fails to "break" #6. Do the math.) So, we get to see the "vulnerable" prey toying/mind****ing the powerful conspiracy...and the conspiracy playing with the minds and lives of...well, you got to watch. If you like The Prisoner or "conspiracy"-type dramas (i.e., "24," "Spooks" -- with echoes of "The Outer Limits"), SEE Nowhere Man.

This is a really good and thought provoking series. If you liked The Prisoner from 1967-68 (Patrick McGoohan), you would probably like this one. But hey - why why why isn't this series available on region 2? This series on region 2 is a must! Soon!