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The first season is a remake of the Danish -Swedish thriller The Bridge. It was remade in the US, also called the Bridge and was between the US and Mexico. The Tunnel riffs off of British and Franco mutual distrust and grudging respect. Stephan Dillane as DCI Karl Roebuck is terrific, brilliant and flawed, selfish and driven to justice. Clemence Posey is equally wonderful as a French detective with what may be Asperger's but at the very least some social interaction issues. The rest of cast is terrific, each in their own element. And the stories are complex and convoluted, in a good way. I liked the second season more than the first and I'm working my way through the third. Definitely worth watching.

First, it's true that this is a US version of a Brit TV series. But since Brit TV usually has only 4-8 episodes per season as compared to the 13-20 in the US, the stories have to supplemented to stretch out the season. And the characters have to grow more, also. It works for some shows and not for others.

But this show mostly makes it. Sewell comes across as smart but not smarmy, complex but accessible. Shelton is pretty, bright and brave. This doesn't feel like a show where they are going to fall for each other and jump into bed (or over the shark, for that matter). Adding Omar Benson Miller has added another foil and gives some teeth to the kick-ass FBI. He's got the enthusiasm and really plays well with the two leads.

As for the stories, it's partly X-Files with some CSI tossed in. It's a bit lighter than both but genuinely has some sense of impending doom. Some stories work better than others but this show seems to have found a pretty good balance in the last several episodes.

It's worth watching a couple of episodes. I think it could get better with a little more time to develop. I hope it gets a second season because it could develop into a really neat show with more than a cult following. It gets a 7 for now but there is room for an upwards adjustment.

It's definitely faint praise to say it's not as bad as everyone is saying but that's where I have to start.

The plot is very thin, centering on a virus that changed some humans and a possible cure or kill-all. Let's just say that hangs together about as well as any action flick, which we know is not going to be that great.

The future looks like a cleaned up Blade Runner, very slick and clean. Technology looks and work wonderfully. You can collapse weapons into another dimension and carry as many as you want. Very cool.

The best thing going here is the amazing fight choreography, not just the acrobatics but the creativity and depths. Guns, punches, swords, closed space, open space, floor and ceiling, light or dark, it's all here. Jovovich isn't breaking new ground here but she does this character well. The supporting case is fine, offering menace or help as necessary.

Not for everyone but actually kind of fun. I liked it better than I thought I would. For comparison, I thought Underworld: Evolution was much better, probably an 8.