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Writers:

Steven Barwin (writer)
Phil Bedard (writer)
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Contact:

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Release Date:

September 1997 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller more

Plot:

Mac, LiAnn, and Vic are recruited by a top-secret government agency, working out of Vancouver, British Columbia... more

Plot Keywords:

Spy

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations more

NewsDesk:

Reed’s Bargain Bin: Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
 (From FilmJunk. 28 September 2009, 7:39 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

Don't Bother more (11 total)


Cast

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Ivan Sergei ... Mac Ramsey (22 episodes, 1996-1998)

Sandrine Holt ... Li Ann Tsei (22 episodes, 1996-1998)
Nicholas Lea ... Victor Mansfield (22 episodes, 1996-1998)

Jennifer Dale ... The Director (22 episodes, 1996-1998)

Howard Dell ... Agent Dobrinsky (16 episodes, 1997-1998)

Victoria Pratt ... Jackie Janczyk (13 episodes, 1997-1998)

Greg Kramer ... Murphy (11 episodes, 1997-1998)

Julian Richings ... Camier (10 episodes, 1997-1998)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

John Woo's Once a Thief (Canada: English title) (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for some strong violence.

Runtime:

Germany:97 min | 60 min (22 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada


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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Don't Bother, 21 August 1999
Author: Rudyard Kennedy from Toronto, Ontario

A sad case of a series being created to cash in on a name. John Woo had very little to do with "John Woo's Once A Thief"; he certainly didn't direct any of the episodes. Consequently, the action sequences one might expect from a John Woo project were lacking -- which is actually no surprise considering the constraints of a television shooting schedule. However, it was the writing of the show that was the real villain. Viewers got treated to the worst features of lowbrow action flicks (shallow characters, absurd dialogue, implausible situations, leaden pacing), and none of the compensatory strengths (a sense of humour about it all).

Towards the end of the series, the writing got a little better, and a couple of episodes were almost passably entertaining in a campy sort of way. But it was too little, too late, and the series mercifully came to an end after 22 episodes.

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