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Released: 2008-06-17 Rating:  More Details: Burn Notice - Season One Burn Notice - Season One @Amazon Burn Notice - Season One @aStore |
Description
Michael Westen is a trained spy who receives a "burn notice" for an unstated reason & effectively is fired. Penniless, he returns to his hometown in Miami and freelances while trying to find who burned him.
Burn Notice is a canny, clever comedy-thriller show about a covert operative with a heart of gold. Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) is in the middle of a top-secret mission when he discovers he's been "burned"--basically, fired without warning. After barely extricating himself from danger, he wakes up in Miami, where the government has abandoned him and locked him out of his own bank account. To make ends meet, he takes on private detective jobs (helping an old lady who's fallen victim to a con artist; rescuing a young girl who's being tricked into white slavery; helping a mother whose son has been kidnapped by the boy's father... only it turns out the father is the rightful parent and the "mom" is an assassin sent to kill him--a nice guest star appearance by Lucy Lawless, Xena: Warrior Princess), while trying to figure out who burned him and why. Westen tries to remain clinical in his approach to these problems, but he always ends up protecting the helpless with his sophisticated spy skills. Over the course of the first season, he gradually uncovers a mysterious conspiracy that plans to use his talents for their own nefarious ends. Burn Notice deftly mixes the old and the new. The old: Our hero has a hot ex-girlfriend (Gabrielle Anwar, Scent of a Woman), a goofy sidekick (cult hero Bruce Campbell of the Evil Dead movies), and a meddling mom (Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey) who help and hinder him in his investigations, as well as a MacGyver-esque skill for making deadly devices out of common household products. The new: A media-savvy way of deconstructing the tricks and techniques of spies and government agencies, often resulting in smart and highly entertaining plot twists. Donovan, handsome but cheeky, combines a light comic touch with a convincing secret agent cool, and the supporting cast fill their niches with aplomb. Their escapades are pretty breezy and occasionally skirt being glib, but most of the time the show finds an extremely entertaining balance between action, romance, and humor. The extras are few (some montages of characteristic moments from the series, including one of the many bikini-clad girls the Miami locale provides) and the commentaries, rather than covering entire episodes, just discuss a few select scenes from each show. Fortunately, the series itself holds up; imagine a cross between Magnum, P.I. and The Wild Wild West (the classic series, not the insulting Will Smith movie) and you're on the right track. --Bret Fetzer
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Customer Reviews:
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very happy with the my purchase. exactly what was written about product. would buy from seller again.
outstanding
burn notice was outstanding i'm looking forward to the second season, when will that be available?
Burn Notice is worth watching
I first saw Jeffrey Donovan on the Pretender as "Kyle", Jarod's brother. This show gives him a chance to show his range and the man does have range. He convincing plays macho, craven, nerd etc. as his operational plan requires. He is a "burned" CIA agent, who lost his credentials in a frame up, trying to clear his name. While this is going on he gets sucked into helping his Mother (Sharon Gless), friends Gabrielle Anwar and Bruce Johnson and also indirectly by whoever "burned" him to work his way closer to who did it and why it was done. Good action, good acting, characters with depth..a good show.
Burn Notice Review
This is a clean and funny comedy of an agent who has been burned by someone in his organization. He helps others with situations that would be impossible for them to handle on their own while trying to find out who burned him and dealing with his own family issues.
Burn Notice
This is one of the best series ever. I love the way he explains what he is doing. Not fond of the brother character, though. Bruce Campbell reminds me how much I loved Brisco County and I have been watching that with great joy.
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