"Smallville" Action (2007)

Director:

Mairzee Almas

Writers:

Joe Shuster (characters) &
Jerry Siegel (characters) ...

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

25 October 2007 (Season 7, Episode 5)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The residents of Smallville are thrilled when "Warrior Angel," a movie based on a comic book, begins shooting in town...

Plot Keywords:

Smallville | Power | Kansas | Meteor Shower | Alien

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane
Aaron Ashmore	...	Jimmy Olsen (credit only)
Laura Vandervoort	...	Kara (credit only)
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Christina Milian	...	Rachel Davenport
Michael Cassidy	...	Grant Gabriel
Christopher Jacot	...	Ben Meyers
Nancy Sivak	...	Marilyn
David Richmond-Peck	...	Director
Morgan Brayton	...	Assistant Director
Georgia Hacche	...	Not Lex's Assistant (as Georgia Mae Hacche)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Smallville Films

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Lionel Luther is fighting with Marilyn to escape, you see blood on his t-shirt in one shot. In the next shot it is gone, and the t-shirt is clean.

Quotes:

Grant Gabriel: This is crap.
Lois Lane: Are you readin it upside down? Lionel Luthor lives! And he was found on Luthorcorp land that no one in the company clames to have purchased. Now, did Lex used my tip to find his father, or is he been keeping him there all this time?
Grant Gabriel: You went behind my back. The rules were to stay away from the Luthors!
Lois Lane: 'Careful Grant, you start to sound like you care about me.
Grant Gabriel: More like annoyed. But I'll have to babysit you Friday night.

'Warrior Angel' Directly Parallels Superman

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

There has been a pattern the whole series of "Smallville:" the shows that deal with the destiny of Clark Kent are always the best and most memorable episodes.

Boy oh boy, does this episode deal with that exact thing. Not only is the meaning of Clark's future the main storyline, but the storyline on the surface- of the life of the superhero Warrior Angel- directly parallels the life of Superman.

How does this happen? The movie "Warrior Angel" comes to shoot in the town of Smallville. However, a certain fan is unhappy with the direction of the movie: Warrior Angel's girlfriend is saved in the end in her attempt to expose W.A.'s arch-nemesis, Devilicus. However, in the comics, the girlfriend is killed before W.A. can get there in time. As a result, the obsessed fan tries to kill the actress named Rachel (Christina Milian), playing the girlfriend. Clark saves her, causing the fan to realize that there actually is a true superhero on Earth. He knows that Clark cannot fulfill his destiny until his girlfriend is out of the way, just like with Warrior Angel. Thus, the maniac fan, who is actually the movie's production assistant, tries to kill Lana. Meanwhile, more and more dirt is exposed in Lana's shocking attempted acts of vengeance on Lex Luthor and his father Lionel.

This episode is amazing. The "Warrior Angel" story gives so many hints as to what will happen in the final conclusive episodes of this "Smallville" series. In addition, Lana is surprisingly more villainous so far this season than anybody, yet Clark doesn't know. Now that she knows his secret, the roles have been reversed: Lana is now keeping secrets from Clark, which will eventually hurt him. Also, a riveting bit of symbolism comes forth in the episodes' last shot, revealing a certain bit of clothing that Clark will most likely don in the future.