Waste of time

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I'm re-watching this in 2018, and I like it even better the second time around. Be warned, this is not a binge-able serial; at least not at the beginning: it's standalone episodes plus an arc with plenty of repetition and reminders. The second episode concerns raising the dead, and thereby throws the pure fantasy premise to the wind, positively setting the comic book/action/superhero tone. Consequently much silliness can be forgiven: their headquarters is in an abandoned subway station, and one of the crack Fed team is a retired subway Engineer. What? I do though love Riley's wall of computers and terminals, this being the first time I'd seen anything like that in 2007. The personal drama is kept to a minimum; the plot of the episodes is driven by the premise of the weeks's case. The wrap-up in the last few episodes seems hurried, as if the writers planned another season initially. It does get easier to binge as the arc picks up,I even see why it got cancelled, It wasn't exactly ahead of is time. I suspect that many folks in 2007 were beginning to expect more drama, more serial. I love that trend myself, but so what? This is old school TV set in the 90s future. Everyone has cellphones; people on the street have cameras in their cellphones, but the team members, who are in nearly constant touch with access to impossible technology, don't actually carry cameras, just flip phones. Flip phones were cool. I actually find it refreshing, that there's no talk of the Iraq War and no military presence, unlike say the move Painkiller Jane. This is not historical fiction, but rather timeless fun.With all those caveats, as far as comic book/action/superhero shows go, this is the best! Kristanna Loken is a big, strong, very tall and beautiful woman, perfectly cast as a hard-as-nails DEA agent-PLUS. She kicks ass in the fight scenes (when she's not getting shot - she does get shot a lot). All the babes in fact look like they work out, even the bimbos. The score by John Sereda is superlative and sets the mood very well. Fights, guns, beautiful women, intense score, crazy sci-fi premises: love it!

It's a shame Sci Fi Channel decided to cancel "Painkiller Jane". It was a good show, with nice plots and a whole universe still to explore. Jane Vasco, played by Kristanna Loken, was a good heroine, with a fast healing ability, but "human" and imperfect. I like heroes to have dark points too, and Jane did so she was more interesting. The other characters could have been developed more, but just one season didn't leave them a lot of time.I liked the pilot and the show became more interesting in later episodes, specially when they fought a Neuro who could see the future and Jane tried to save three of her team partners. One thing I didn't expect was Maureen's death. Despite she wasn't as important as Jane, she was interesting and I wish she had survived and stayed in the show. The second season of the show was worse, and the clips episode was really, really boring. However, "Jane 113" was shocking, and after that, we had the Hungary episodes, which were different and interesting. The last episode joined the Hungary episode with the plot we could see in "Jane 113" and was very nice. The way the show ended was perfect for at least one more season, and I would've certainly enjoyed more "Painkiller Jane" episodes.

I watched Painkiller Jane from the premiere onwards, but stopped watching once Psych came onto USA during the same time slot. Painkiller Jane isn't the best show by far, yet I would still call it one of my favorites on today. If you want sci-fi that doesn't make you think a lot yet still has reasonably interesting characters (Riley and Conner being two of my favorites on the show), then PKJ is for you. I'm glad Sci-Fi at least gave it a full season--it's a shame about the possible cancellation, because I think the cast could have grown into their roles and improvement dramatically with a second season.Overall, I think the show is fine if you don't come into it with high expectations. Take it for what it is: an hour escape from reality. It's not meant to be Pulitzer Prize-winning material, but just a development of an old comic book idea. For all intents and purposes, PKJ provides a entertaining hour full of action.

The show is based off a comic. The show started off in a less than stellar manner with the shaky camera work and revealing all the twists before hand. The voice-over was also excessive in the first episode. These problems were fixed by the second episode. The voice-overs were still slightly excessive but by this week's episode, the third episode, it is fitting. They have it in the beginning and end. I don't know about others. But to me it gives it more of a comic book vibe. There also seems to be some attempt to adding a moral or concept in the beginning and having the episode based around that. I'm not big on moral tales, but this show pulls it off nicely. The show is increasing tremendously every week, with the story lines and character development in each episode, which is another way it relates to comics. I think the actors are getting more comfortable in their roles. This show given time could be a major success.