Jessica Alba Movie:

		List Price: $29.98		Label: 20th Century Fox Salesrank: 10375 Released: June 5, 2007
		Our Price: $8.61
		Used Price: $7.74
		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Various

Dark Angel: The Complete First Season Reviews:
Great to revisit each episode at leisure
2009-08-12 - I was a big fan of this show when it was on network TV. Jessica Alba has such an exotic look. She seemed to smolder. I really enjoyed the interplay between her character, Max, and Michael Weatherly's Logan Cale. I haven't even gotten to the extras yet. There seem to be an interesting collection of them. I'll be getting plenty of viewing entertainment from this set!

Great show
2009-07-13 - What a great show! I am a fan of Buffy the Vampire slayer, and sci-fi in general, and someone said I should check out Dark Angel. I thought it had all the right elements of a great series: action, a little romance, good writing. For those of you who don't know about it, it's set in the post-apocalyptic future, and about a trans-genic group of kids with super speed and strength who escape from the lab/prison they have been brought up in. The main character, Max, is sort of a robin hood, stealing from the rich and corrupt and helping out others. Basically it follows her as she finds out more about the place she escaped from and tries to find the others who escaped with her. She befriends an anti-government do gooder named Logan and they team up to take on the establishment that "created" her.

If you are a fan of sci-fi, you should enjoy this one.

Max Guevara - Every Man's "Revved-Up" Girl...
2009-07-03 - Forever Eyes... Dark. (Whoever knows this would understand both the sentimentality and humor as the intro to this review).

Poetic and still refreshingly engrossing. After almost finishing Season One, I could say that the put down of Dark Angel would be FOX Network's undoing. This is my pre-Season Two assessment so for any viewer who is post-Season Two, please be aware.

Max Guevara is a "revved-up" girl with a secret past that no one must know about. After the Pulse hit, the entire United States of America has suddenly regressed from a first-world into a third-world country overnight. Terrorism has finally prevailed since technology was America's weakest link financially. With Max Guevara deliberately escaping from Manticore, she kept herself under radar after the Pulse hit. She is pursued by the shady Lydecker, commanding officer of Delta Team, and various other villains who wish to have all X-5s (including Max) repossessed, reprogrammed, and used for merciless purposes or otherwise killed.

The polished story structure of Lydecker's search for his "kids" and the unraveling mystery of Manticore does Season One justice; I find the boiling love between Max and Logan to be a more sentimental, if somewhat softer part of the TV show. Yet, I can't agree with anyone who can hate Logan; he's the luckiest bachelor for Max to have in her life.

If you are interested in cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic TV shows with heroines who can kick butt, Dark Angel Season One could satisfy even your cravings... and still want you searching for the second one.

Side note: if you know about the smart car that we have seen some people start to drive in our streets 2009, look for the smart car in one of the episodes in Season One. You'll see a striking resemblance of our car today and the car in the show. Just a heads up... Could it be a clue?

Watchable..engaging plots
2008-11-23 - This "Dark Angel" DVD set was part of an excellent twofer bargain with "Dark Shadows"Dark Shadows The Revival - The Complete Series. The complete set was 19.99 at Target.

The show had an intriguing premise. A product of genetic engineering, Max, is on the run from the government. She and eleven others escaped when they were children. All were separated and either are dead or in hiding, like Max(Jessica Alba). The plot thread that runs through this series is seeking out those others and avoiding the government at the same time. Another interesting twist is that she must make a living and interact with others. She also does a Good Deed of the Week; hence the title.

The show is set in 2019. The US is recovering from an ElectroMagnetic Pulse. It fried the USA to third world status. This seems to make it easier for Max to avoid the Feds.

One of the problems I have with the show; it is not dystopic enough. Everyone seems to have the living standard of a 20 year old college student with a part time job. There are no public health problems, girls can get their hair done and everyone seems to have a mountain bike. Max seems sane and good looking even though animal DNA was used in her conception. Her virtue seems to come without effort. When compared to "Firefly"Firefly - The Complete Seriesit seems too good to be true for someone with such a harsh early life. The character of River Tam is much more likely than supergirl Max in those circumstances. I had trouble suspending disbelief because, I had seen "FireFly" before this series.

The positive points of this series was the character development of Max, the Computer Guy and Reagan Ronald, her employer. His Ponies on their bikes seem to better than the US Postal Service. My two sons, 23 and 26, liked Jessica Alba. As mentioned in the beginning, this is a great value with "Dark Shadows-The Revival" twofer set.

Dark Angel - Season 1
2008-08-27 - Due to my mistake I purchased this DVD believing that I would be able to view it on my DVD Player which wasn't the case due to Region Codes. Apart from that I received the products quickly, they were cheap and it was nice to re-watch Dark Angel as I was a fan when it was on tv.