Review of Pilot

Dark Angel: Pilot (2000)
Season 1, Episode 0
6/10
Reasonably Managed to Set the Stage for a Pretty Good Sci-Fi Series
4 June 2016
Created in a laboratory and trained in a secret government facility along with several other children, "Max Guevera" (Jessica Alba) manages to escape and finds a safe haven in Seattle which has been devastated by an electro-magnetic pulse that has caused a national financial meltdown in the process. Time passes and due in large part to her incredible athletic and combat skills she manages to survive by working during the day as a bicycle courier and at night as a cat-burglar. One day, as luck would have it, she just happens to sees an ancient Egyptian artifact in a high-rise apartment and decides to steal it. However, she is caught during the attempt and upon meeting the owner of the artifact named "Logan Cale" (Michael Weatherly) and learns that he is an honest man who has been single-handedly fighting against corrupt politicians and mobsters who rule the city with an iron fist. Although initially disinclined to join his cause she eventually agrees to help him out in exchange for information concerning the location of the other children who escaped with her so many years earlier. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this particular pilot film reasonably managed to set the stage for pretty good sci-fi series. I especially liked the other characters involved in her work environment and the apocalyptic setting used overall. Having said that, it should be remembered that this is just a pilot episode and as a result there is much more to the overall story than meets the eye. In any case, I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
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