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Dark Angel: The Complete First Season

Starring: Jessica Alba, Michael Weatherly Director: David Nutter MPAA Rating: UNRATED
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (131 customer reviews)
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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 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

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Grippng story, heroine, hero & villain., Jan 28 2003
By C. V. Finn (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews
My first exposure to Dark Angel was the episode entitled Blah, Blah, Woof Woof. From then on, Dark Angel night was a must with no interruptions allowed. The premise of this show, creating genetically altered human beings, is a controversial topic. The illegally diverted government funds that paid for the experiment added to the story's vitality. The characters were complex and dynamic: a heroine in search of her humanity and how she fit into a society that was not ready for her altered state; a hero driven to confront and expose the injustices of a "third-world" United States and the business corruption that exploited the down-trodden while benefitting from that same corruption; a cold-blooded villain whose dedication to and protection of the genetically enhanced humans made him feared and heralded simultaneously. Both the friends and enemies of these characters kept the action suspenseful and well paced.

The characters dealt with the world we face and its problems. Their motives and actions were as complex as humans can be with no easy answers. The plot and characters interweaved well and kept the audience intrigued. The actors kept getting better as their characters developed. I still miss this show. I'm hoping that a movie or another "series" or "special" will continue the story. The book Before the Dawn, published after cancellation, was a welcome addition to the background story.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Season 1, Jan 23 2003
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One in a very, very small list of shows that showed some originality and stamina based on its own merits. Besides an intricate ongoing plot based on issues starting to face our world even today, the show was not afraid to push the envelope.
The real tragedy is not that the show was cancelled but that it represented a new breed of programming that did not patronize its mostly youth audience. Youth reality is rarely treated in any kind of genuine manner but instead insults with condescension and preaching. With the cancellation of the show, a signal was sent out across the Network spectrum that TV is simply not ready for youth to think for themselves.

Evidenced by Fox's decision to dull the edges of Season 2 after September 11th, Dark Angel fell into a confused entanglement of tangents which led only to happy places. Of course, the show failed. Youth shown an open door in Season 1 were not ready to shut it so fast in Season 2 and so suffer again with mainstream sensationalism promising empty fullfillment.

Keep the dream alive! Buy Season 1 because you like it but if you really want to support the show further, you could always buy season 2 when it comes out although make sure you've watched it first.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Much Better then most shows out there, Jun 5 2006
Dark Angel brings you to new levels of understanding of the "what could be out there".
The show is about test tube babies that have mixed DNA in them to be the Superman soldiers of our time BUT 12 of the children escape to find themselves in a world where they know nothing and definitely do not belong.
The show forces on the life of one girl who never knew what it was like to risk her life for anyone but herself but does little by little. This all takes place in a future (in like 20 years) right after a pulse hits and makes the USA the new 3rd world country of the world.
Yes agreed the whole action scenes could have been more Hollywood BUT anyone who understands anything would know that it is placed in a 3rd world country would know there would NOT be all the hype. The show is excellent and worth the 2 seasons that were made and much more. Buffy and Angel (no worries much love for these shows) were on the air much longer and the main idea of the show was fight this and save the world yet again. Darn shame I say. Dark Angel is worth the money and the time of watch each and every episode.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Yo! King baby
This series proved conclusively that James Cameron is NOT the king of the world. He's not even the King of Kensington! Read more
Published on Aug 14 2004 by D. Marois

5.0 out of 5 stars simply superb
i love dark angel. This is the worse of the two seasons but is still really really good. I think it is an amazing story and goes way ahead of buffy and angel and especially of... Read more
Published on Jun 19 2004 by V. Clarke

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Show !!!
I really, really enjoyed the first season of Dark Angel; I never watched the shows while they were on tv, instead, I got the entire season on DVD, and watched them as a whole; I... Read more
Published on Jun 16 2004 by Sue

5.0 out of 5 stars Go Buy It Now!
This is a start to an awesome show that got cancelled way before its time. I started watching this show right when it aired, and I never missed an episode in 2 years. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2004 by heather

2.0 out of 5 stars This ain't "Alias"
Having becomed addicted to "Alias" after viewing the first 2 DVD sets, I decided to try this. What a disappointment. Read more
Published on April 7 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Angel Spread Your Wings
This is the 1st season of a series that sadly only lasted 2 years..The thought of how far they could've taken it.. Read more
Published on Feb 10 2004 by dawnpatrolrockermark

4.0 out of 5 stars Very inventive, too bad they had to mess it up.
If you're on a limited budget the first season of Dark Angel is the one to get because the writing and plots are so much better. Read more
Published on Jan 28 2004 by A. Burchfield

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Angel - The Complete First Season
Good theme, acting, picture, sound; a lot better than the second season; this one had a terrible ending like a cut off the season right in the middle and had to end it in a hurry... Read more
Published on Jan 16 2004 by Juan C. Isler

4.0 out of 5 stars Promising series never given chance to take flight
Dark Angel has many of its Cameronisms in place with the first episode: a strong female lead; unusual plot involving some element of science fiction; clever bits of dialogue... Read more
Published on Dec 21 2003 by Wayne Klein

3.0 out of 5 stars Jumped the shark after the pilot episode.
James Cameron's "Dark Angel," starring Jessica Marie Alba, debuted onto the public television circuit with the glitzy, media-permeating fanfare of a P.T. Barnum exhibit. Read more
Published on Dec 10 2003 by flask

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