DVD 999 mins
NR (Not Rated)
Dark Angel - The Complete First Season
20th Century Fox (2005)
In Collection
#164

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Owner:
Ben
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
USA  /  English

Jessica Alba Max
Michael Weatherly Eyes Only
Jon Savage Lydeker

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 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 season 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-paralyzed in his eyrie above Seattle uncovering crime, corruption, and other skullduggeries and assigning deadly errands to the woman he hopelessly loves. Jon Savage has real authority as Lydeker, a man who has stretched his conscience to the breaking point, but is not personally corrupt. Some of the best episodes--"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. --Roz Kaveney

Edition Details
Edition TV Series
Barcode 024543069843
Region Region 1
Release Date 5/25/2004
Packaging Box Set
Screen Ratio 1.33 (4:3)
Subtitles English; Spanish
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
No. of Disks/Tapes 6

Features
Disc 1: Audio Commentary
Audition Tapes
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Blooper Reel
Personal Details
Purchase Date 9/29/2005
Purchase Price $38.99
Store Best Buy
Condition New (Still Sealed)
Current Value $38.99
Links Amazon US