I have been a big fan of Alias since Season 1, so much so that I order all the DVD boxsets from Amazon.com so I get them before they are released here! I think Alias Series 5 had both low points and high points, so here goes my review.
Series 5 was announced to be the last season of Alias ... Read review
In Season 5, Sydney learns that Vaughn is under investigation and suspected of being a ... more
double agent. When Sydney discovers that she is pregnant with Vaughn's baby, she becomes determined to uncover the truth about him.Sydney's father Jack must deal wit...
Series 1:Golden Globe Award-winning actress Jennifer Garner is Sydney Bristow. Syd's not ... more
exactly your average college student. Her life might appear normal, but she really is hiding a secret life working as a spy for the CIA. Her mission is to root out evil. But her world is turned upside down when she learns she may work for the very enemy she thought she was fighting. Now, she's entangled in a covert lifestyle where she is forced to question the allegiances of everyone, including those closest to her - her family and friends.Series 2:The action gets even hotter in Alias' sensational second series. Double agent Sydney Bristow faces the greatest challenge of her life when her mother, an enemy long thought dead, turns herself in to the CIA. As family relationships change and Sydney's friends take on new roles, her life becomes even more tangled and dangerous.Experience all 22 scintillating episodes of series two with exclusive bonus features that take you inside the world of Alias. Your favourite characters are back, joined by special guest stars, as Sydney fights to reclaim her life and the action builds to a spectacular climax.Series 3:The mystery and excitement reach unimaginable heights in Alias spectacular third series. Special Agent Sydney Bristow awakens to an all-new world of intrigue from the very first moment of episode one, and her life is turned upside down as the action accelerates through the season's final frame. It's addictive television at its best.Series 4:When Sydney leaves the CIA to join a powerful new Black Ops unit, she has no idea of the reunion in store for her. Old friends (and enemies) come together for a year of nonstop excitement. From the two-hour pilot episode to the mind-blowing surprises of the series finale.Series 5:Experience all the stunning action of the show's final year as Sydney discovers that she is pregnant with Agent Vaughn's baby, and tragedy strikes before he can reveal more about his secret past. From the mind-blowing opening episode, through each twist and turn, join Sydney as she completes the journey she set out on five years ago.
Production Year: 2005 - Action/Adventure - Director: Ridley Scott - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Marton Csokas
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 2003 - Action/Adventure - Director: John Singleton - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring:Paul Walker, Eva Mendes, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser, Ludacris, James Remar, Devon Aoki
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Advantages: Great acting by Jen Garner and cast Disadvantages: Missed Vaughn's characters, ending felt somewhat rushed
...been a big fan of Alias since Season 1, so much so that I order all the DVD boxsets from Amazon.com so I get them before they are released here! I think Alias Series 5 had both low points and high points, so here goes my review.
Series 5 was announced to be the last season of Alias , so I was hoping for a big spectacular finish, nice wrapping up all of the storylines that have developing through the entire show. It starts off by incorporating ... ...it retails for over 30 pounds in the UK.
All in all, a good end to a magnificent show, Jennifer Garner should be proud for her role in this show. Still a must have for any Alias fan, you must find out how it all ends!! ... more
I have been a big fan of Alias since Season 1, so much so that I order all the DVD boxsets from Amazon.com so I get them before they are released here! I think Alias Series 5 had both low points and high points, so here goes my review.
Series 5 was announced to be the last season of Alias , so I was hoping for a big spectacular finish, nice wrapping up all of the storylines that have developing through the entire show. It starts off by incorporating Jennifer Garner's real life pregnancy into the show by making her CIA Spy character Sydney Bristow pregnant. This was a fact many fans thought would ruin the show as Sydney was always an action character.
However, I think that they did a good job developing the character, turning her from a super spy, to a teacher to a new recruit. I personally wasnt keen on the introduction of 3 or 4 new characters, I just don't like change, especially for the final season.
The season tries hard throughout to bring back some of the recurring themes such as Rambadi and it also brings back the wonderful character of Irina Derevko, played by the great Lena Olin. A lot of loose ends are tied up, some far too abruptly in my opinion, such as the relationship between Nadia and her father Arvin Sloane.
It does solve the puzzle of Rambaldi, using the characters Jack, Vaughn, Sydney and Sloane, but I think they could have done a lot more with the story had they not cut the amount of episodes in Season 5. Another huge difference thhis season was the notable absence for a large chunk of episodes of Michael Vartan's character Vaughn. i think Sydney's characters felt somewhat lost without her Vaughn around.
But the character of Sydney of a mother shows they have made an effort to humanise the character, and Garner's acting was simply superb. I loved this season for the acting of the wonderfu lcast, I just find it a shame that they rushed the ending and that the shows creator JJ Abrams was not more involed, perhaps they could have had more direction with his input.
I did buy my edition from Amazon.com and it worked out that I paid only 16 pounds for it, delivered! A real bargain considering it retails for over 30 pounds in the UK.
All in all, a good end to a magnificent show, Jennifer Garner should be proud for her role in this show. Still a must have for any Alias fan, you must find out how it all ends!!
Advantages: completes the Alias series Disadvantages: Will leave you feeling somewhat dissapointed
...yyour set. If however you do not own any of the alias series yet I would strongly recommend you purchase the complete Alias box set (see review) as this is a lot better value for your money as this box set is 35% the cost of the complete series. ...
James.Egginton 24.12.2006
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Created by the wonderful J.J Abrams (the creator of Lost), Alias is an American spy-fi television series. It followed the pretty much unknown Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow as she dealt with being a CIA agent. It almost immediately shot her to stardom.
The Plot
Sydney Bristow seems like your normal 20 something, however her life is a lot more complicated than just being a English grad student. Sydney is actually a spy for a cell called SD-6, but later finds out that it's not a cell of the CIA but she is working for the very people she's been trying to take down. She becomes a secret agent for the CIA to take down SD-6.
The Cast
Jennifer Garner plays the double agent Sydney Bristow. She and her father have got a very estranged relationship as his job takes him out of the country for weeks at a time since her ...
Advantages: all the seasons are found together and come with a bonus disc Disadvantages: No New DVD packaging in the UK release
This set contains all the episodes across the entire 5 seasons of Alias. The packaging itself it quite nice as it does a good job at depicticting the work of Rambaldi, which is an important theme throughout the entire series. The main dissapoint I found with this set is that even though the box itself is well designed the individual seasons inside are exactly the same as the ones you can buy individually and so dont exactly match, unlike the same set in the US which have all the individual seasons repackaged so the entrie set matches.
The quality of the actual DVDs are what you would expect for the format. Season 5 has a very good transfer, probably helped by the fact that season 5 was filmed in HD format. Season 5 does have its problems though in the fact that it is only 17 episode long compared with the usual 22 that are found ...
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Release date
24/10/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
BUA 0031601
Barcode
8717418094737
Languages
Main Language
English
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Special Features
Deleted scenes, Featurettes
Aspect Ratio
1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD Description
The entire fifth season of the beloved hit show ALIAS is contained on this collection. Jennifer Garner once again stars as Sydney Bristow, a 26-year-old graduate student working for a secret division of the CIA. The mission of this arm of the CIA is to combat SD-6, a secret terrorist organization whose agents believe that they, in fact, work for a secret organization within the CIA that combats terrorism. Quite possibly the most entertaining network television show of the last decade, ALIAS is a fast-paced thrill ride buoyed by Garner's performance as well as her taste for some outrageously risqué disguises on her missions.
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