Saturday, December 12, 2009

How Much Is It Worth Shining Charizard

Two of Two (from Series Magazine, December 2009)

Padre di famiglia e agente segreto. Doppia
personalità, doppia vita e doppia suspense


di Andrea Cinalli



Henry Spivey apparentemente è un impiegato ligio al dovere e un padre che antepone la sua famiglia a tutto. Ama his wife Angie (Mädchen Amick, the lovely Shelly Johnson of The Twin Peaks) and loves his children, Jack (Taylor Lautner) and Ruthy (Bella Thorne).
Edward Albright is a skilled secret agent in the service of Mavis Heller (Alfre Woodard), a seemingly cold and cynical woman who gives him assignments from time to time more and more burdensome. Two men at the antipodes, you might think. But they have something in common. What? The body. Yeah, Albright years ago at the behest of his boss, took part in a mysterious project called Janus making implant a chip that allowed him to create a second identity, the deal that Mr. Spivey and courteous. But in the pilot qualcosa va storto: gli “handlers” (gli scienziati che l'hanno sottoposto all'esperimento) non sono più in grado di gestire lo switch, il passaggio da Edward a Henry e viceversa. Ed ecco che Edward si ritrova nel letto matrimoniale del suo alter ego, accanto a sua moglie, e successivamente Henry si ritrova nel bel mezzo di una missione ad alto rischio, con un fucile imbracciato. Per non compromettere l'intero progetto e sperando che decida di collaborare, Mavis Heller rivela la verità a Henry, che, ignaro dell'esistenza di Edward, dapprima ne rimane sconvolto, poi, realizzando che la propria esistenza è frutto di un mero esperimento, inizia a scavare nel passato. Una trama ben delineata, dunque. Lo stesso dicasi per tutti other engaging characters who hover around the vicissitudes of the protagonist, including special mention meritanouna Tom Grady and Raymond Carter (both played by Mike O'Malley), the first close friend of Henry, the second smart colleague of Edward under the same experiment . Alastar should then cited Trumbull (James Cromwell, masterful interpreter of SixFeet 24 and Under), looking surly agent in charge of the Janus project, and the enigmatic psychologist Norah Skinner (Saffron Burrows, Boston Legal), who weaves a stormy relationship with Edward. As the pilot episode of My Own Worst Enemy was promising (in fact there are already those who called it a mix between Alias \u200b\u200band 24), the American public did not appreciate the intrigues and stories narrated by the ninth and final episode drops the curtain on the series, leaving many questions open. The plays disappointing (we are talking about an average of 4 million 500 thousand viewers) have, in fact, prompted the network to cancel the peacock. This, however, you should not desist from following this interesting serial, where nothing is as it seems ... So, dear readers Series, the appointment was set for Thursday at 21, on Joi.
CURIOSITY ' The serial was created by writer Jason Smilovic, best known for having created in 2006 the series Kidnapped, which Madchen Amick has participated as a guest star and where the "desperate Housewife Dana Delany has had the opportunity to show off. Smilovic is also known for his role as executive producer on the remake of Bionic Woman, the cult '70s TV series. A month after its debut on the NBC network, comes the news of the actress replacing Yara Martinez (who would play as Angie Spivey) with Amick. David Semel, executive producer, has a curriculum of respect: he was part of the creative staff of Dr. House - Medical Division, Heroes, Ally McBeal, Roswell, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Seventh Heaven, Beverly Hills 90210, The Practice and The Cleaner. Metacritic.com, a website that collects reviews of TV shows published in newspapers, gave My Own Worst Enemy a score of 61/100.
BOX: JEKYLL & HIDE CHRISTIAN SLATER street has come since, at the age of 17, he played the young Adso of Melk in the film adaptation of The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco's novel. Already in the late 80's got a starring role in the film Heathers, in which he starred with the future mate, Winona Ryder. Among the other famous films that worked include: Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves, Interview with the Vampire, In the mind of the killer and Alone in the Dark. He made numerous appearances in West Wing - All the President's Men, My Name is Earl e Curb your enthusiasm (dove anche la Amick ha partecipato in qualità di guest star). Attualmente l'attore è impegnato con The Forgotten, il drama di otto puntate ideato da Jerry Bruckheimer per la ABC.

HENRY SPIVEY/EDWARD ALBRIGHT
Quando il primo viene a conoscenza della sua doppia personalità, cerca streanuamente un modo per rimuovere il chip. Ma, come un vecchio compagno di collage - ora stimato neurochirurgo - gli ha spiegato, è impossibile asportarlo. Lo stesso medico verrà poi ucciso da Edward, che non può permettere che il progetto Janus venga scoperto.
Insomma, sarà dura per entrambi: se Henry dovrà cercare di metabolizzare le rivelazioni fattegli dalla Heller, Edward dovrà accettare che il chip inizi do not fire.

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