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The Cape - Series 1

2011 15

Overall rating: 3 out of 5
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Please note that this rental is sent with two discs in one sleeve

Series 1 of the drama in which a police officer becomes a vigilante in a bid to bring a notorious criminal to justice. Vince Faraday (David Lyons), an ordinary police officer in the fictional Palm City, becomes embroiled in an investigation into an enigmatic figure known as 'Chess'. When the investigation ends with Faraday being framed as 'Chess' and presumed dead in an explosion, his options appear to be limited. Estranged from his family and friends, Faraday adopts the persona of 'The Cape' and enters a potentially deadly game of cat and mouse with the real Chess (James Frain), the head of a powerful corporation. Episodes are: 'Pilot', 'Tarot', 'Kozmo', 'Scales', 'Dice', 'Goggles and Hicks', 'The Lich: Part 1', 'The Lich: Part 2', 'Razer' and 'Endgame'.

The Cape - Series 1 details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	Vinnie Jones, Keith David, James Frain, Jennifer Ferrin, Brian Howe, Dorian Missick, Anil Kumar, Ryan Wynott, Elise Neal, Wendy Burch, David Lyons, Martin Klebba, Mather Zickel, Izabella Miko, Richard Schiff, Summer Glau
Directors:	Simon West, Deran Sarafian, David Jackson
Genres:	Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Sci-fi - General, Television - Series/Miniseries
Studio:	UNIVERSAL PICTURES

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
The Cape - Series 1	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	10 hours
Rental release:	26 Sep 2011
Main languages:	English

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Talk About A Rip Off

By WeeMadArthur (7 reviews) from Portsmouth , 28 Oct 2011

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I watched the Cape with a sense of excitement because it co starred Summer Glau, who wowed me as 'River tam' in Firefly and 'Cameron' in the terminater chronicles so I was devestated and totally disappointed to see that this series was nothing but a very poor Batman Begins rip off. Virtually every scene in the pilot was practically lifted from the aforementioned film. The lead character, (Vince Farraday/The Cape) even adopted Christian Bales irritating raspy whisper in a couple of scenes.

I watched it for four episodes hoping it would improve and show some origionality but it actually got worse. When they started adopting weird camera angles like the 1960's seriel 'Batman' I decided enough was enough. I almost expected to see 'ZAP' and 'POW' to appear on the screen during the fight scenes.

I'm sorry to see Summer Glau involved in this rubbish because, in my opinion it is a total mess.
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Talk About A Rip Off

By WeeMadArthur (7 reviews) from Portsmouth , 28 Oct 2011

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I watched the Cape with a sense of excitement because it co starred Summer Glau, who wowed me as 'River tam' in Firefly and 'Cameron' in the terminater chronicles so I was devestated and totally disappointed to see that this series was nothing but a very poor Batman Begins rip off. Virtually every scene in the pilot was practically lifted from the aforementioned film. The lead character, (Vince Farraday/The Cape) even adopted Christian Bales irritating raspy whisper in a couple of scenes.

I watched it for four episodes hoping it would improve and show some origionality but it actually got worse. When they started adopting weird camera angles like the 1960's seriel 'Batman' I decided enough was enough. I almost expected to see 'ZAP' and 'POW' to appear on the screen during the fight scenes.

I'm sorry to see Summer Glau involved in this rubbish because, in my opinion it is a total mess.
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