The short- lived and not very good show, that along with the downright awful movie: Vertical Limit, kept Nicholas Lea too busy to appear more on The X-files as my all time favorite villain: Alex Krycek. Now I dont blame Lea for taking more steady work, as Krycek was only a supporting character, appearing in two or three episodes of The X-files per year. But I would have loved to have seen more episodes with Krycek.
As for Once A Thief: its really dumb, the actionscenes (despite the show, being created by John Woo) comes off as cheap. No blood squibs , when someone is "hit"(this was back when tv shows were still innocent and bloodless. And lots of slow motion and things being shattered by bullets. And of course lots of badly choreographed fist fights with over the top punching sound effects. Now I know all of this was fully intended, as its meant to be comedy, but it wasnt even funny. Its filled with weird annoying characters, played by mostly unknown canadian actors (not counting Lea's character) which for the most part hasnt been in anything else since.
I only watched the whole season, because of Lea. He is good in the show and his character is well written, but the character deserved a better show. Sandrine Holt and Ivan Sergej, were also good. Jennifer Dale was really good as the director. But the show was not.
I cant really recommend this show, except to fans of one or all three of the leads.
As for Once A Thief: its really dumb, the actionscenes (despite the show, being created by John Woo) comes off as cheap. No blood squibs , when someone is "hit"(this was back when tv shows were still innocent and bloodless. And lots of slow motion and things being shattered by bullets. And of course lots of badly choreographed fist fights with over the top punching sound effects. Now I know all of this was fully intended, as its meant to be comedy, but it wasnt even funny. Its filled with weird annoying characters, played by mostly unknown canadian actors (not counting Lea's character) which for the most part hasnt been in anything else since.
I only watched the whole season, because of Lea. He is good in the show and his character is well written, but the character deserved a better show. Sandrine Holt and Ivan Sergej, were also good. Jennifer Dale was really good as the director. But the show was not.
I cant really recommend this show, except to fans of one or all three of the leads.