Rick Springfield, Gerald McRaney.
- Great cast. Two of my favourite actors as brothers: one a cop, and one a private eye with martial arts skills.
- It fails to work as the pilot for a new series because, despite the great cast, too much is left unexplained. We are never really told why Michael is so good at martial arts. He just is. And it’s not clear why/how he arrived at Li Sung’s school at the start of the episode, when badly shot. Was he close by? Did he travel a great distance like that? What was his purpose in going there, seeing as the episode would have us believe he was never open to these ‘powers’ before.
- It fails as an episode of TIH because, being a spin-off attempt, both David and the Hulk are sidelined. They appear, yes, but have no great impact on the story. And Michael seeing David transform is never addressed by the characters. They just never mention it again. Plus, it seems crazy that David would want to go along to catch the bad guy at the end. Or that Michael would let him.
- On the plus side… the fight scene in the alleyway is very cool. Well filmed, and with great sound effects.
- It’s nice to see someone protect the Hulk for a change. Pity it wasn’t in a better episode.
- Honestly, despite the weaknesses in the pilot one can’t help but feel that a series about these characters would have very good and very enjoyable.
4/10
