"Dark Angel" (2000) TV series 2000-2002

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Creators:

James Cameron
Charles H. Eglee

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

3 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

She is the shape of thing to come...

Plot:

A group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest.

Plot Keywords:

Double Life | Action Heroine | Dystopic Future | Paranoid | Messenger

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 18 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 2	3:01 AM	SCIFI	Cold Comfort	#1.6
Tue. Dec. 9	3:00 AM	SCIFI	Blah Blah Woof Woof	#1.7

Cast

Jessica Alba	...	Max Guevera / ... (42 episodes, 2000-2002)
Michael Weatherly	...	Logan Cale (42 episodes, 2000-2002)
Valarie Rae Miller	...	Cynthia 'Original Cindy' McEachin (39 episodes, 2000-2002)
Richard Gunn	...	Calvin 'Sketchy' Theodore (37 episodes, 2000-2002)
J.C. MacKenzie	...	Reagan 'Normal' Ronald (36 episodes, 2000-2002)
Jensen Ackles	...	Alec / ... (19 episodes, 2001-2002)
John Savage	...	Donald Lydecker (18 episodes, 2000-2001)

Also Known As:

James Cameron's Dark Angel (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

60 min | USA:60 min (42 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Ireland:15 (Season 1) | Ireland:18 (Season 2) | South Korea:12 (Episodes 1-8) | South Korea:15 (Episodes 9-20) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Tinga's Barcode is 331450074656.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Logan calls Alec's phone in "Borrowed Time" you can still hear the phone ringing after Alec's voicemail answers the line.

Quotes:

Zack: Did you look in the yellow pages under "black helicopter operations"?
Logan Cale: Oh, another Manticore wit.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hitman: Codename 47 (2000) (VG)

What a disappointment.

I was very leery of the two words... "James Cameron". However, the tv ads looked promising - and I was looking forward to an X-Files replacement. After watching the pilot episode, I don't think I'll go out of my way to watch any others. The acting was appalling, partly due to the trite/cliched scripted dialogue, and the show lacked any momentum or emotion. The whole episode seemed to be geared towards as many posed/'sexy' shots of Alba as possible, and little else. She may do well on the big screen in bit parts, but was a very poor choice for the lead in a tv series, where her lack of acting ability is glaringly obvious.