Painkiller Jane

Kristanna Loken of Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines and Bloodrayne stars as Jane Vasco a tough-yet-sexy DEA agent recruited by a covert government unit to hunt superhuman neurological aberrations known as 'Neuros' who can do dangerous things with their minds. But when Jane discovers that she herself can rapidly heal from any injury she begins to investigate her own disturbing background. In this sole season of the Sci Fi Channel series Jane and her team battle assassins arsonists time loops prison breaks mythical beasts undead armies killer hallucinations and more all in a bullet-riddled world of the very near future where nothing may be what it seems ...and pain is always a bitch.System Requirements:Running Time: 1029 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 013138217585 Manufacturer No: P2175 Product Description

Loken can actually act! Who new?

I caught part of a show on Sci-Fi but never saw enough to form an opinion so I bought this set. Despite obvious budget challenges, this is a pretty darn good show. And yes, the lead actor can act! The sets are gritty enough but obviously Vancouver. I have only watched 7 episodes so far but find them highly enjoyable for what they are. The zombie one was a unique take on and old subject. Twisted for sure. There is a good imagination at work here and I for one am dissapointed this show never got a chance to grow a fan base. July 23, 2008

interesting idea, boring show

I was interested in the idea, but this show has to rank with the Nikita series as the most disappointing shows that we've bought. It was so bad we ended up throwing away the dvd's after watching a couple of shows (unfortunately, we'd waited too long to watch any of them to send it back). My wife and I both felt that the show as so bad that it didn't even rate an inch of shelf space. July 17, 2008

pain killer Jane

We loved watching pain killer Jane on T.V. So we were happy it came out on DVD.. It's a shame it's no longer on T.V., but at least we can watch it any time!! It was a great show..so sad they took it off the air!! June 21, 2008

Hugely disappointing

SciFi retooled a promising pilot/mini-series, recast it, and started from scratch: they blew it big time. Wooden acting, dull stories, and voice-overs from Loken that are horrible. The main 'threat' in the plot are people with unusual mental powers called Neuros, but she persists in pronouncing the work "knee-rows" and they never troubled themselves to fix it. The look and feel, production values are not bad, but the writing and acting are of poor quality. Save your money. Buy Dresden Files or Eureka or BSG to get some good stuff (rare though it may be) from the SciFi channel. May 15, 2008

Painkiller Jane Review

I hoped this would be an entertaining show. However, the plot and pace of the show was slow and unimaginative, the look of the show was grey and the acting never rose above average. I think it was appropriate to cancel this series after one season. (For comparison be aware that I like Day break, Heroes, Eureka, Both series of the Bionic woman, Angel, Babylon 5, Smallville and the original Star Trek - Painkiller Jane really is not in the same category as these shows). I regret buying the DVDs. April 30, 2008

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