The plot was that in the year 2009 a pulse took out the economy, ironically in 2009 many believed that the economy was about to collapse. Around the same time a group of young bio-engineered children escaped from the government facility they were being held in, Project Manticore. Ten years later one of the children, Max Guevara is now a bike messenger, who at night uses her abilities to rob people for extra income. However one of the people she tries to rip off, Logan Cale, is a rich freedom fighter, who ends up paralyzed from the waist down because of Max.
the First season focused on Max trying to find her fellow super soldier escapees after she learns the group responsible for creating them is hunting them down to erase evidence. The side characters are Max's friends Original Cindy; a confident, openly gay lesbian and Max's best friend, Herbal; a Rastafarian who is a strong advocate of peace, and Sketchy; a laid back stunt rider who I assumed as a pothead the entire season. There was also their boss Normal, who's real name I don't think is ever mentioned is often depicted as a jerk and a tyrant, but honestly I found him to be far better than a few bosses I've had. The basic plot was Logan finds a bad guy, sends Max after it, Max juggles work and crime fighting, the problem is resolved, next episode. The episodes were well written and and the characters were easy to like, but it was painfully obvious many of the episodes were filler to pad out the season. The first season gets a B+.
Season two was far superior to season one. This season went into depth with the different types of super soldiers, many of which don't even look human. The plot was that the secret got out, and now civilians knew about Project Manticore. The new characters were my favorite characters in the show and included Joshua; the original Super soldier who has a lion like appearance and a child-like innocence he was played by Kevin Durand, an actor who I feel is extremely unappreciated. And Alec, a super soldier who is the identical twin brother of a minor villain from the first season, he is arrogant and sarcastic, he is portrayed by Jensen Ackles who currently stars on the show Supernatural. The big bad of this season is humanity as a whole, but for the less existential the villain is the new head of Project Manticore, who killed the villain of the last season. The season also adds a sub-plot where Max and Logan are unable to touch because she is infected with a virus, which causes tension in their romantic relationship. This season was far better than the last and earns an A.
Final Score
Season 1 B+
Season 2 A
Final A-
The series was ended far before it should have, in fact the final scene was a segway into a new season, Max and the other Project Manticore subjects wall off a section of the city and claim it as there own. This series was crated because James Cameron was unable to make the Spider-Man movie he wanted to do, because Sam Raimi's Thor pitch was rejected. In a way I'm glad things turned out this way, because Dark angel is one of my favorite shows of all time. Unfortunately the show isn't available on Netflix instant queue, and I was only able to watch it by borrowing the DVDs from my cousin, if you get the chance to see it do. As an added bonus, it was made before James Cameron decided to put his name all over his projects and even in the titles of his movies, like say for example; James Cameron presents James Cameron's Avatar: The James Cameron Cut.
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