Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories (1997– )
"Lexx: The Dark Zone" (original title)

A group of disparate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.

Stars:

Brian Downey, Eva Habermann, Michael McManus

Cast

Series cast summary:
Brian Downey	...	Stanley H. Tweedle (4 episodes, 1997)
Eva Habermann	...	Zev Bellringer (4 episodes, 1997)
Michael McManus	...	Kai (4 episodes, 1997)
Jeffrey Hirschfield	...	790 (4 episodes, 1997)
Tom Gallant	...	The Lexx (4 episodes, 1997)
Anna Cameron	...	The Time Prophet (3 episodes, 1997)
Walter Borden	...	His Divine Shadow (2 episodes, 1997)
Ellen Dubin	...	Giggerota (2 episodes, 1997)

Storyline

The tyrants who rule the Light Universe pass their essence onto their successor upon their demise, while their still-conscious brains are kept in a vault; their chief resource is Lexx, the most-powerful mobile weapon in the universe, which can only be commanded only by the keeper of the hand-key. The previous incumbent wiped out the Brunen-G race, except for Kai, whom he kept in a state of amnesiac suspended animation, to be revived by proto-blood for short periods and used as an assassin. Into this background comes anti-hero Stanley Tweedle, an ignored non-entity clerk, who misses an appointment and is branded a criminal. In the dungeons, overweight Zev has been convicted of not fulfilling wifely duties, and is being transformed into a gorgeous, svelt love-slave. Meanwhile, captured terrorist Thodin, due for public execution, escapes with his gang's help, and causes chaos, setting into motion Tweedle's accidental theft of Lexx and new ownership of the hand-key, Zev's escape with her ...

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Plot Keywords:

anti hero | tv mini series | android | surrealism | tooth | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sci-fi violence and gore

Details

Country:

Canada Germany UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 July 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories

Company Credits

Production Co:

Salter Street Films International, TiMe Film- und TV-Produktions GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

363 min 363 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Robots: Hail Thodin! Winner of His Shadow's award of merit!
[Thodin goes up to them and steals their guns, lifting the arm on one robot and the other robot lifts its own arm]
Thodin: Good Boys.
Robots: Hail Thodin! Winner of
[pause]
Robots: correction, award of merit rescinded! Thodin, Arch-Heretic and rebel, you are wanted for immediate termination!
[lift arms, pause]
Robots: Please return our weapons!
[Thodin shoots and vaporizes the robots]
Thodin: May his Shadow fall upon you.

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Crazy Credits

All Universes, characters depicted, names used, and incidents portrayed in this film are fictitious. No identification with actual persons is intended nor should be inferred. Blah, blah, blah--

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Connections

Followed by Lexx (1997)

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Soundtracks

"The Meltdown"
(1993)
by Lunatic Asylum

User Reviews

Original, epic, bizarre, and incredibly unlike anything seen before.

I have to congratulate whoever came up with 'Lexx.' It is the least Hollywood influenced series I've seen since Babylon 5. The story and costumes are completely new, the acting perfectly suited for what is needed, and the effects certainly enough to fascinate viewers.

One of the scenes I liked best was in Episode One, which has a His Shadow ship attacking the homeworld of the Brunnen-G. Kai and several other ships fly to attack it, all chanting the same war song in time with each other. Very creepy, very poignant, and very rarely seen before.