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Cast
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Guillam
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| David Belle | ... |
The Prisoner
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| Craig Fairbrass | ... |
Timarek
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| Joe Flanigan | ... |
Hondo
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| Rutger Hauer | ... |
Kern
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| Michelle Ryan | ... |
Jennifer
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Grégory Basso | ... |
Joshua
(1 episode, 2012)
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| Kelly Brook | ... |
Skarr
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Cyrille Diabate | ... |
The Guard
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| James Marsters | ... |
Brad Davis
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| Dominique Pinon | ... |
Stanley Summers
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| Michael Jai White | ... |
Teague
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| Charlie Dupont | ... |
Kull
(1 episode, 2012)
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| Eriq Ebouaney | ... |
Kaskoff
(1 episode, 2012)
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Jean-Michel Martial | ... |
The Commander
(1 episode, 2012)
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Puiu Mitea | ... |
Jans
(1 episode, 2012)
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| Matt Mullins | ... |
Julian
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Ion Bechet | ... |
Friedrich
(1 episode, 2012)
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| Jean-Yves Berteloot | ... |
Molan Drood
(1 episode, 2012)
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Andy Chase | ... |
Guard #1
(1 episode, 2012)
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Lygie Duvivier | ... |
Bar Girl
(1 episode, 2012)
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| Darren Shahlavi | ... |
Adam
(1 episode, 2012)
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Guy Amram | ... |
Trez Trapoon
(1 episode, 2012)
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| Lidia Aviles | ... |
Prostitute
(1 episode, 2012)
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| Nathan Rippy | ... |
Guard #2
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Gabriel-Mircea Velicu | ... |
Peter
(1 episode, 2012)
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Marilena Botis | ... |
Karla
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Patrice Delmont | ... |
Walt Disney
(1 episode, 2012)
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Yasmine Lafitte | ... |
Atlanta Captain
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Frank Delhaye | ... |
Officer
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Michaël Troude | ... |
The Hunter
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Andrei Tatar | ... |
Adolf
(1 episode, 2012)
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This French series (shot in English) adapts stories from the "Metal Hurlant" magazine, which eventually became "Heavy Metal" in the U.S. Director Guillaume Lubrano helms six 25-minute episodes with the common thread being a metal/rock meteor (the Metal Hurlant) screaming past each of these alien worlds before each story.
"King's Crown" has peasants on a floating rock of a planet engaging in a combat tournament to determine the new king. Two of the better combatants are Michael Jai White and Scott Adkins. "Shelter Me" has a girl (Michelle Ryan) waking up in a bomb shelter and being told by a man (James Marsters) that he saved her before a nuclear war. Soon she starts doubting his story. "Three on a Match" has three men (Craig Fairbrass, Dominique Pinon, and Eriq Ebouaney) battling for space on an escape pod. "Red Light / Cold Hard Facts" is an episode split in two and was apparently the pilot that Lubrano shot to get the series greenlit. "Red Light" focuses on a prisoner (David Belle of the BANLIEUE 13 series) fighting a guard (French MMA fighter Cyril Diabate) while trying to escape a high-tech prison; "Cold Hard Facts" has folks in the 24th century discovering a 20th century cryogenic patient that they resurrect. "Pledge of Anya" has a young warrior sent by his master (Rutger Hauer) to the planet Earth to destroy a "dragon." Finally, "Master of Destiny" focuses on a intergalactic hunter named Hondo (Joe Flanigan) who sets out on a quest to find a planet where the alien race can tell you when you are going to die. This one might gain the most interest from fans as it adapts a story co-written by Alejandro Jodorowsky back in the day.
Being not all that familiar with the source material, I still found this to be a fun series and got through the two and a half hours quickly. Lubrano has definitely chosen some good stories to adapt. Sure, you'll see some twists coming a mile away, but others not so much. He also has a pretty great visual style and some of the space shots are great, esp. for a low budget series. Another thing I liked was his casting as he got some good familiar faces in there (although I doubt Hauer was ever on set with anything but a green screen) and I'll never complain about seeing White and Adkins face off. A second season has been greenlit so look for that.