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10 December 2005 (USA) morePlot:
Jane, a young soldier, is exposed to a biochemical weapon that endows her with self-healing powers. She uses her abilities to fight crime while eluding the military. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Good Pilot, Embarrassingly Poor Military References more (12 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Emmanuelle Vaugier | ... | Capt. Jane Elizabeth Browning ("Painkiller Jane") | |
| Eric Dane | ... | Nick | |
| Richard Roundtree | ... | Colonel Watts | |
| Venus Terzo | ... | Carla Browning | |
| Walker Howard | ... | Blue | |
| Callum Keith Rennie | ... | Mitchell | |
| Tate Donovan | ... | Dr. Graham Knight / Lucas Insley | |
| Paula Brancati | ... | Young Jane | |
| Elicia Mackenzie | ... | Young Carla | |
| Martin Cummins | ... | Sergeant Flynn | |
| Conrad Whitaker | ... | Homeboy | |
| Nels Lennarson | ... | Agent Thorpe | |
| Aleks Paunovic | ... | Sergeant Frizelle | |
| Michael Eklund | ... | Dude | |
| Richard Harmon | ... | Squeak |
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaFun Stuff
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Blue: Dude, I'm telling you, look, there's something weird about her.Nick: What, like Jerry Springer weird?
Blue: No, no, no, no, no. I'm talking E.T., Area 51, brother from another planet type weird.
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This is a reasonable TV pilot. I would even watch the series if only the SciFi channel would hire a military consultant to sufficiently cultivate the illusion of realism.
Here are my military complaints: (1) The uniforms do not match the depicted branch of service. (2) The mixed-gender assault element in the beginning of the film is unbelievable. (3) The Aliens-style crab-walk-with-a-rifle does not pass even school-children's idea of tactical muster.
The protagonist is believable in other respects, not to mention physically attractive without crossing the 1950's Amazon Action Heroine threshold. The directing seemed inspired, the casting excellent, and the acting well above the level demanded by the mediocre script!
Ich_Yama's SciFi-meter:
(BBB: 1 primary character)
(BEM: None)
(World: Present/near-future)
(Preference: Conspiracy theorists)