"The Owl" was a proposed pilot that was not picked up by any network. Oddly, the makers of this show did something unique...they released a longer version in theaters in Europe after it bombed with the networks in order to recoup some of their expenses.
'The Owl' is a man who apparently doesn't sleep much and spends his nights dispensing justice as needed. In many ways, he acts like The Equalizer or Renegade or The Saint....but is much less prone to talking and more into punching and kicking. I am glad he didn't talk much, as when others (especially the baddies) did, I felt like tossing my remote at the TV. Yes, the dialog was THAT bad. What was also just horrible was the macho and highly formulaic fight at the end...uggh!
The bottom line is that after watching it, I could see why the series was never made. Had they made the hero less grunty and more like a real human being, it might have worked. And, had they made villains who seemed real in any way, that, too would have helped!
By the way, I learned from this show is that if you have a bullet-proof coat, baddies with machine guns will only shoot the coat...never the unprotected head or hands. Imagine...opening up on him at close range and never once hitting his head!
