DARK ANGEL
SEASON 1
Created by filmmaker James, Dark Angel is a critically acclaimed sci-fi thriller starring Jessica Alba and has won the US "People's Choice Award for Favourite New Television Dramatic Series" in its first season.
The series begins in 2009 in Manticore, a government lab where young human specimens are genetically enhanced to become super-soldiers. After years of scientific experiments the subjects escape, but are chased and gunned down by military guards. 10 year old Max gets away through the trees and at is left in post-apocalyptic America alone in search of the others like herself, not knowing if any survived...
In 2020 Max (Jessica Alba) is a genetically engineered fighting fit babe! Seattle is dreary and dangerous after terrorists killed the US economy by detonating an electromagnetic pulse. Working as a delivery girl in the city Max tries to remain anonymous from the government who are constantly on the prowl for the lost super-soldiers.
The government are not the only ones on the hunt for Max. Logan, (Michael Weatherly) an idealist underground cyber-journalist, constantly campaigns against the corruption of the government and Manticore. He tracks down Max and asks her to join him and his cause, in return for his help to find her 'siblings'. Max becomes a reluctant hero by using her super-strengths and in doing so lays her true identity on the line and therefore her freedom...
So saddle your motorbike and put your helmet on for this fast-moving, edge of your seat thriller series. Escaping the government is one thing. To remain free is another...
SPECIAL FEATURES ON DVD AND VHS:
FOUR INTERVIEW SEGMENTS:
JAMES CAMERON AND CHARLES EGLEE
JESSICA ALBA
MICHAEL WEATHERLY
JOHN SAVAGE
CERTIFICATE: 15
FEATURE RUNNING TIME: 919 MINS
ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO: 16 x 9
SOUND QUALITY: 2.0 SURROUND