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Considering the show was conceived by master of action cinema James Cameron, the ending is one big fizzle. The opening sequence again shows Max's unconventional methods of taking down the bad guys, but the big finale that the build up promises never happens. The first episode proper of the show and it's not overwhelming. Lydecker's men swoop in, but they, and Max, didn't count on her new friends. Her new sexual target gets more than he bargained for, however, when she discovers the name and location of the woman who helped her escape and takes him on a visit. The experiments that were carried out on Max as a child have left her with a period of time every three months or so when her hormones turn her into a sex-hungry machine. Still, there is time for both her and the show to get better. She is a perfectly able actress, but the ultimate badass she is not and when she has to come across as threatening she fails miserably. Of course this is the opening episode and so there is still time for the show to find its feets and come up with something better, but it will need much better plots than the thin one on display here.Īnother problem here could be Jessica Alba as Max. There is some moderate action, but nothing really to get excited about. The backdrop is interesting enough, but comes across as just another mildly dystopian future. He is helping a mother and daughter bring down a bogus pharmaceutical magnate, but when they are snatched, Max decides that it's time to take a stand, but on her own terms.ĭeveloped by James Cameron (of TERMINATOR fame), we had high hopes of DARK ANGEL, but it fails to live up to them in this opening feature length pilot. Then, one night, she waltzes into the penthouse apartment of a man who turns out to be a rebel broadcaster trying to undermine those who are using the situation to cheat and lie and murder their way to comfortable lives. Working by day as a bike courier, she also doubles as a thief at night, using her genetically enhanced abilities to carry out impossible robberies.
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Now she lives in a city devastated when America was plunged into a deep depression by the electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear weapon detonated over the country. When Max was nine, she and a group of other children broke out of the laboratory where they had been created and experimented on their whole lives. Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner DARK ANGEL Season 1 Episode Guide and reviews on the SCI FI FREAK SITE