Birds of Prey

2002

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6.4| 0h30m| TV-14| en
Synopsis

The series is set in New Gotham City, several years after it has been apparently abandoned by Batman. In his absence, Huntress, Oracle and Dinah are now the protectors of New Gotham: the Birds of Prey, and had taken over his war on crime. They are joined by Alfred Pennyworth, who serves Helena as she is heir to the Wayne estate; and Detective Jesse Reese, a police officer confronted with crimes and abilities he cannot explain. A central feature of the series is the concept of metahumans: individuals born with powers that cannot be explained. No two metahumans have the same abilities (unless hereditary), and there exists a whole subculture of metahuman society that the outside world knows nothing about.

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TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Aya M we have a super hero with daddy issues in Ashley Scott's Huntress, we have a super hero on wheel chair and a desire to have a normal love life in Dina Meyer's Barbra Gordon,we have a good coming-of-age story in Rachel Skarsten's Dinah Lance,Mia Sara's Harley Quinn is amazing and set a really high standard for any future portrayal of the character (namely the Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad),Shemar Moore's Reese showed the police/vigilante conflict very well, Shawn Christian's Wade are showing the human side of Barbra very well, and Ian Abercrombie's Alfred is the annoyingly lovable parental figure we all know and love,so what went wrong? anyway, I have request for the people who work on comic book based projects or have ideas for such projects, please be careful with our super heroes, and be extra careful if the main characters are female super heroes.
Dave from Ottawa Based on a long running DC comic title (recently canceled after 15 years) this show had a such a short run (about 3 months) prior to its cancellation that it was only just beginning to gather a little industry buzz when it went off the air for good. I was curious to see the show, since I am a fan of the comic book, but the strong female characters and sharp writing of the book are not as evident here. Ron Koslow, one of the main writers of Beauty and Beast, executive produced the series and the show had some similar elements: a slick looking urban fantasy setting, an underground of 'freaks' (in this case 'metahumans') hidden from the eyes of normals, and slightly cartoonish villains, with every episode following a mystery-adventure formula as the main characters try to discover the identity of this week's creep, while taking time out every so often to agonize over their life choices. Somehow the formula works less well here. The mystery villains are often a little too obvious, the well-choreographed fight and stunt scenes get a little repetitive, and the progress of the character arcs is so terribly slow that little happens from week to week. Clearly the producers envisioned a 3 to 5 year run and worked to keep things in check early on, but the slow arc makes things a bit tedious. Plus the early cancellation meant that the series cut off in the middle of nowhere, which made the overall structure of the piece just that much worse. Still, the main actresses (Ashley Scott and Dina Meyer) are good and the whole production is attractive to look at, so it's an okay time-waster provided expectations are kept low. Buffy it's not, but it's not bad. Rates about 6.5/10...
mary-casteel This series had potential if it was brought to the screen right. As a true avid DC reader, I was very upset to watch this. I love Black Canary but what the heck was that about? She looked nothing like Dinah Lance. OMG. And when her mother came? Her mother was the original Black Canary...she didn't hardly even know her mother, because her mother had died early in her life in the comics. I wish whoever wrote this series would at least of looked into it a little more. Oh, Helena Kyle??? The Huntress real name is Helena Bertanelli. Her parents weren't Batman & Catwoman.. in the comics, her parents were killed by a mob when she was 5 years old, right in front of her. At least they got somewhat of Oracle being paralyzed by Joker right. I seriously cannot believe how bad they made this series. Also it is making people who watch it think totally bad of Birds of Prey because of this series & in fact, this series has it completely wrong. I have every issue of BOP, including all new & old. I read this comic religiously & especially with my favorite character Black Canary.. I was not too happy when I watched this... I was very upset!
JoeB131 The problem with TV networks is that they get something that works, they want more of the same. This is why we have four Law and Orders, three CSI's and now two NCIS. Something works, let's make it work again. And Again.The now defunct WB network had a hit with Smallville, so they figured, why not do another comic book TV series. Can't do "Batman the Early Years", that would be too derivative. I know, let's do a Batman series without Batman. Or the Joker. Or any of the cool villains we might want to use in a movie! (Come on, they have to forgive them for George Clooney's Kevlar Nipples eventually!) So they took the spin off comic book, "Birds Of Prey" and did a series based on that. And it flopped after 11 episodes.Now some things I didn't care for. Harley Quinn as a criminal mastermind? Come on! But the interaction of the core trio of heroes was pretty interesting...