Dark Angel

TV Series
2000–2002
TV-14
1h

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

35K

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Superhero Action Drama Mystery Sci-Fi

A group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwe... Read allA group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest.A group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

35K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,116

149

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 8 wins & 23 nominations total

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Trivia
Several scenes of the children training at Manticore were edited for the opening scenes of Hitman (2007), which has a similar theme of genetically enhanced children being trained as assassins and a protagonist (Agent 47) with a barcode on the back of his neck.

Goofs
The true Gillette, Wyoming is in a sage brush desert - nothing like the forested mountains of Vancouver.

Quotes
Max Guevara: I think I'll call you Alec, as in Smart Alec.
X5 494/"Alec": I can live with that.
Max Guevara: Good, cuz my second choice was Dick.

Crazy credits
The actors' names appear in barcode form before and after appearing in English.

Connections
Featured in The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001)

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A terrible waste of a good idea.

The opening to this pilot was great; it had intrigue, suspense, a bunch of persecuted kids you could come to care about. But, as soon as Jessica Alba is on-screen, this thing has MADE FOR TV written all over it, and mediocre at that. The people are just too coiffed, too smart-mouthed, too slick, too cliche.

The dialog is trite, and most of the actors, including Alba, mumble like they've got marbles in their mouths. It's a terrible waste of a good idea, and a waste of John Savage's talents.

The overlying scenario of a magnetic pulse that could wipe out all binary information, thereby throwing the planet into chaos and economic distress, was believable. It's too bad the characters were so unbelievable.

If it became a series, I'd give it a miss.