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It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

This is a terrific idea. A PI conducts an interdimensional chase while fighting the minions of the evil corporation. Okay, maybe not a terrific idea, but a workable idea. And the South African Capetown setting is interesting.However, I suspect any halfway decent script workshop could have pointed out the problems here. They show up in the summaries to each episode, where the verbs are "thought about," and "feels," and "wonders," and so on. When you are trying to write an SF adventure, that just won't do it. And so the pacing of the show reflects this because people are sitting around feeling and wondering and remembering. They should be running and jumping and shooting and so on. They should at least be reading documents which reveal some clue. Or they should be out questioning people.I watched through the end of episode three, and not much happened. Enough happened perhaps to fill 40 minutes of television . So it's running at one third pace. And what I saw was surprisingly repetitive. I think there were three different rooftop chases with the same character. There were dull scenes that kept getting flashed back to. There were a dozen silent, fraught looks between the hero and the doppelgänger of his girlfriend, who I think is more of a courtesan because he owns her (?)Maybe as another reviewer suggest, the plot does get going until episode 10. But that's not quickly enough. When I compare this to the wonderful The Lost Room which ran only six episodes and told a complex and interesting story with characters whose problems I cared deeply about, this is a total fail. But I will give it a star for an adequate premise.

I was attracted towards this show because of it's hight ratings. I am a big fan of SciFi. But after watching this show I have to admit that it was a boring show and a complete waste of time. I don't know why it got a rating of 7.5. I lost interest after watching the first episode and thought maybe it was get interesting after a few episodes.But it was as boring as from the first episode.For the writer, "if you are writing a science fiction series, at least add some science into it and not just the fiction".Even the fiction in the series is so boring and don't understand what they are doing.

First off, let me state that the first episode is rather slow going. I must admit that I was close to giving up on it until the tail end of the episode, but was glad I stuck it out. I was hooked shortly thereafter.Very intriguing characters -- especially '01 Boxer', who, as played by the fascinating Michael Filipowich, is driven by motivations which only become clear later in the season -- along with a unique setting and intricate plots and subplots make "Charlie Jade" a standout amongst sci-fi series.There are arcs in many of the main characters which keep the viewer wondering what will happen from episode to episode. And I appreciated the fact that certain things weren't always completely spelled out; you are left to contemplate and figure some things out for yourself.While it seems obvious they were leaving the door open for additional seasons, there is enough of a resolution to the series that the viewer will not be left hanging and unsatisfied at the end of the first (and only) season. If you can find this on DVD or somewhere else on cable TV, I recommend it to any sci-fi fans who are willing to stick with a truly engrossing story.

This 21 episode television series, a joint South African and Candadian effort, is less like a traditional TV show (where episodes have a beginning, middle, and end) and plays more like a very long mini-series. Watch Charlie Jade like you are reading a book; each episode is a chapter. Influenced by Sci-fi noir films like Blade Runner, creator Robert Wertheimer was determined to make a science fiction series like nothing that has ever been made before, and he has. Throw away any preconceptions you might have, especially if you're an American. This is nothing like American TV programming. Shot in Cape Town, South Africa, the show, despite it's futuristic and science-fiction edge, is both stylish and surreal and yet also firmly rooted in reality, dealing with real issues like terrorism and the abuses of power by massive conglomerates. It is filled with real people, not pretty models of perfect people. It starts off with a slow, patient pace, which some might find frustrating or boring, but hang in there! By the end of the pilot and the start of the third episode you will be hooked and utterly captivated.