8/10
"Roses are red, violets are blue. I'm a split personality,and so am I..."
15 October 2008
Warning: Spoilers
These are the words spoken by Henry, played by Christian Slater, the night he gets drunk, after learning the truth about himself. The truth is, he doesn't really exist. He is the result of an experiment performed on Edward Albright, a CIA Operative, where they implanted something in his brain to cause him to have a split personality. This results in the "creation" of Henry 19 years ago. Normally the chip puts Edward asleep and he becomes Henry, and vice versa. But the chip begins malfunctioning and he starts shifting from one to the other at the most inopportune times.

The premise is quite intriguing and I can see would lead to a lot of humorous moments. I haven't seen either movies that the previous reviewers claim were ripped off, so I can't comment to that effect. But I think, after just watching the 1st episode, it was very well done. The camera work was engaging and the pace kept me interested. I thought the location shots in Moscow and Paris looked very realistic - more movie quality than TV series.

Christian Slater is excellent as the 2 characters and seems to jump from one to the other very effortlessly. I look forward to more episodes. I just hope they focus mainly on the spy/action/thriller aspects and don't get raunchy with emphasis on sexual content.
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