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Painkiller Jane - Season 1
Jane Vasco is a DEA agent recruited by a covert government agency that hunts genetically enhanced individuals. She discovers that she can heal rapidly from any injury and begins to investigate the source of her powers.
22 July 1959, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
17 March 1964, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
30 July 1975, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
3 December 1944, Denver, Colorado, USA
November 12, 1971 in Budapest
20 August 1982, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
28 June 1987, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
21 January 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
7 February 1962, Melbourne, Australia
30 September 1970, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
13 July 1983, Budapest, Hungary
24 April 1974, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
September 27, 2019
Moody and fast-paced, this is good, only minimally pretentious, sci-fi fun.
September 27, 2019
The series doesn't come close to capturing the edgy tone and visual style of the print original.
September 27, 2019
It's too bad because tough-talking, smoky-voiced broads are among America's greatest contributions to world culture and they are in very short supply these days.
September 27, 2019
"Painkiller Jane" doesn't soar to the dramatic heights of "Battlestar," but it is a step above some of the network's other programs, a procedural thriller with a sense of humor and stylish action scenes.
March 05, 2019
Painkiller Jane could have been a tremendous show in the right hands.
September 27, 2019
Loken conveys that mix of feelings with remarkable stamina. It's just a shame that such a strong heroine has to suffer so often. It hurts so bad, and that ain't good.
September 27, 2019
Decent scripts could make it work anyway, but the first two episodes at least don't bode well; the stories are flat, and the repartee between Jane and her teammates isn't zippy enough to amuse even the comic-book crowd.
February 26, 2018
[Kristanna Loken] is almost worth watching for her Teflon self alone.
September 27, 2019
Not helping matters either are the wretched dialogue, indiscriminately moody lighting, stock characters (gruff boss, dweeby tech guy, ripped chauvinist colleague), and crushing lack of suspense. I felt the pain, believe me.
September 27, 2019
Based on this first meeting, however, only guys with a taste for camp or genuinely desperate to see a female in the living room would willingly book a second date with "Jane."
September 27, 2019
It seems as if the goal was to avoid hiring additional actors to play the Secret Service detail. If only Jane could kill that kind of pain.
September 27, 2019
She's not nearly as charismatic as was (Emmanuelle) Vaugier, and her character's story also isn't as interesting.
