GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

GiriSutemi Never read the comics. But doing that is on my bucket list now. This series, short as it was, actually is very good. Yeah it's a slow burner, but well worth getting into. The 'team' are pretty damn good and work well together. The stories are varied and there is scary over arc. This is GOOD sci fi.

astro_alyss MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS As a person who'd read and greatly enjoyed the Painkiller Jane comic series, I was quite excited about this show. Sure, the comics themselves are trashy, a touch cliché – mainly a triumph of style over content – but hey, it's like Transformers, nobody watches it for the plot, do they? I was ready and prepared for a bit of shiny, mindless fun, but what emerged was generally a great disappointment.Don't get me wrong, the reason I gave this a 4 rating is because some of the episodes are quite entertaining, but the whole thing is dragged down by mediocre acting talent, cardboard cut-out character development and a truly lamentable script. It's obvious that the budget is low too, but crummy special effects can often be forgiven if a show is well written. The plot contains only the vaguest references to the stories in the comics, something that surprised me given that Jane's co-creator Jimmy Palmiotti is producing and even directs episode 13.The script mostly sounds like it was hastily scrawled on the back of a napkin by teenagers who are too lazy to do research and too immature to realise they're NOT being deep and meaningful. Jane's back story and the cause of her powers are changed (there were some discrepancies in the comics but the show changes it all for the worse, in my opinion) and none of the cool visual elements that made the comic so exciting are present at all – Jane's blood-red hair and skimpy wardrobe are gone, as are her endless supply of bandages, and her Batman-style quest for revenge against criminals is replaced by a sprawling, ill-conceived season arc about 'Neuros' – loosely-defined genetic mutants who can do "dangerous things with their minds".These Neuros are clearly an excuse for the writers to do anything they want in each episode and offer very little in the way of explanation, and given that it's a show about a woman with mysterious regenerative capabilities, there's precious little opportunity given for Jane to demonstrate her talents, especially early on in the season. Kristanna Loken is definitely a saving grace for the show, she's the best actor in the ensemble and brings a wonderful androgyny to the role that is sadly very under developed, especially as Jane came out as bisexual in the comics. Again though, the obvious emotional torture that made comic book Jane so engaging is heavily watered down and becomes nothing more than a way for Loken to deliver a closing Desperate Housewives-style sum up of the 'issues' explored in each episode.Overall, unless you've got a lot of time on your hands like I did at the time, it's probably one to avoid. Lovers of the comics will most likely be sorely disappointed, as I wouldn't say that it's even true its most basic elements. As a standalone TV series, there are episodes that almost work, so if you're desperate to try some out I'd got for 8, 10 or 14 as a taster.

brocious PKJ is a great show. Though the pilot was bad, it's gotten extremely better. I'm really wondering if the people giving it a bad review are watching the same show. Granted, if the acting and writing would've stayed the same as the pilot, I would've said the same thing about PKJ. But, as the characters developed and the acting got better and we've gotten to know these characters, it's turned completely around. I look forward to this show every week. Kritanna Lokken has completely gotten into her character and is doing a great job. People probably saw the pilot and thought the rest of the episodes weren't worth watching. I wasn't impressed with the pilot; but, thought it had to get better. And, it did! It fits well with the rest of the SCI-FI programs. I hope it has a very long run! PKJ deserves it!

chrichtonsworld After a very good and exciting pilot episode this series took a very deep dive! I don't know what happened but the pilot episode somehow doesn't connect with the later episodes I have seen! The fact that Painkiller Jane can heal quickly and even recover from death is an interesting subject! But to my regret this ability isn't used to my satisfaction! I haven't read the comics but surely the comics have more interesting stories than the ones they have shown! From what I have read on wikipedia Painkiller Jane (from the comics) is a skilled fighter,master of undefined martial arts and a master marksman! Combined with her special ability she is virtually indestructible! Apart from the pilot episode nothing of this is shown! In the show Painkiller Jane is more of an detective solving crimes! Another detective show,give me a break! The show is so boring that it becomes unbearable to watch! Kristina Loken is a beautiful woman and certainly is an important reason to watch the show! But that isn't enough to keep me interested! If the stories would be more exciting and if she would use her special ability more than for me it would be more interesting to watch the show!