The American-Canadian TV series "Edge" is a salvation for serialists who are tired of solving Twin Peaks, have watched the dusty "X-Files" to the holes and consider the "Supernatural" useless mystical "chewing gum". Here there is intrigue, and paranormal phenomena, and an excellent study of the characters, and even a little humor. This is the very professional science fiction with a powerful mysterious plot, which for a long time was missing on the screens.
Briefly about the main thing
The series saw the light thanks to a trinity of not the last figures for world cinema. These are JJ Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orsi. It was they who brought their fantastic ideas to life and allowed the audience to "imagine the impossible." Initially, the series was broadcast on the popular FOX television channel, in Russia this duty fell on TV3, which was secretly recognized by the king in the field of everything mystical and inexplicable.
The life of the series "Edge": 2008-2013. During its existence, he managed to acquire a huge number of real loyal fans, obsessed with all sorts of supernatural things in a convenient screen format.
Important numbers
A total of 5 seasons were shot, almost in each of them about 20 episodes, with the exception of the last - it has 13 final episodes. Timing is familiar and sufficient to enjoy the action and not get bored - 43 minutes. An interesting fact: if you count how many episodes there are in the Gran series, then exactly 100 is released. It is unlikely that this is pure coincidence. Perhaps the creators deliberately sought to shoot the jubilee hundred. This can explain the uneven breakdown of the series in each season.
Plot
The plot of the series "The Edge" - a fearless and hungry for investigations FBI agent Olivia Dunham. She is a workaholic, a loner and a personality traumatized in childhood. Once during work, she is faced with inexplicable things. Two links of the future team come to the rescue: a half-mad scientist and his son, moonlighting as a scam.
Together, they are fighting an impending threat that could undermine the tranquility of mankind. However, it turns out that playing against omnipotent physics is not so simple.
Gorgeous Olivia Dunham
Actress Anna Torv plays the role of Olivia Dunham, who cannot imagine her life without this work. The projects in which Anna starred are mostly serial. Her game could be enjoyed in the TV shows “Pacific Ocean” and “Mistresses” worthy of viewing.
The girl was born in Australia, but she has Estonian roots. She has a younger brother. Anna was married once - to actor Mark Valley. After The Facet, she began to shine not only in multi-series projects, but was also invited to a couple of full-length films. Among them are “Only Love” (2014) and “Daughter” (2015). In addition to acting, the actress is also interested in the voice acting of animated projects.
Senior Bishop, aka Denethor
The remaining members of the team of Olivia Dunham, with whom they work to save the world from nightmarish things, or rather, the rest of the cast of the series "Edge", are also worthy of special attention. For example, Dr. Bishop is played by actor John Noble. And who would have thought that this slightly touched old man is the very Denethor from The Lord of the Rings. This is one of the highlights of the filmography of the actor.
Over all the years of his career, he played in dozens of different films and series, mostly dramatic and detective. He also voiced Leland Monroe in the popular computer game LA Noire.
Bishop Jr
The character of Peter Bishop (the son of Dr. Bishop), who almost randomly got involved in all this logicless struggle against the paranormal, was played by Joshua Jackson. He was born in Canada and grew up among creative people, one way or another connected with film production and public speaking.
Joshua can rightfully be called almost Batman, because he, along with other famous actors, auditioned for the lead role in the film "Batman: The Beginning." As a result, it did not grow together, but the filmography did not suffer at all from this. The actor managed to play in a lot of interesting projects. The most famous are the films "Gossip", "Capable Student", "One Week", "Shadows in the Sun" and the series "Lovers", "Beyond the Possible."
Other stars
All action, of course, is far from being based on these three lucky ones. Secondary roles are played by such actors of the TV series "Edge" as Jessica Nicole, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown and others. By the way, the acting talent of Mark Valley, who is now Anna Torv's ex-husband, was also involved.
Separately, it is worth noting Leonard Nimoy, who played a scientist named William Bell and part-time old friend Walter Bishop. After all, he is the star of the cult "Star Trek" or the same captain Spock, whom everyone knows without exception, if not from an authentic multi-part masterpiece, then at least from pictures on the Internet. Unfortunately, the great actor left this world in 2015.
Interesting? Very!
In the series, the heroes have to fight and survive on the expanses of parallel universes, unravel the origin of creatures not known to any encyclopedia, travel in time and space, look into the future and balance on the verge of life and death. At first, each episode has its own strange occurrence. As they accumulate, they form a single whole, like a mosaic. Thanks to the professionalism and perseverance of the FBI agent, the sharp mind of the scientist and the clever skills of his son, all this ultimately leads to exciting confrontations in the name of saving the world.
Three good reasons for
Lovers of TV shows who are not accustomed to take risks will find it much easier to make a positive choice with some strong evidence. Very much speaks in favor of the series "Edge": from actors who are very impressive in their performance to enthusiastic spectators who have survived all seasons with bated breath.
- High rating. He is a little less than 8 points on the domestic "KinoPoisk" and a little more than 8 points on the foreign IMDb. These are, without a doubt, the most respected movie portals trusted by thousands of people.
- Actors The cast is up to par here. What is the only "cherry on the cake" Anna Torv. They only talk about her in reviews of the series "The Edge". Equally praiseworthy are Joshua Jackson and John Noble.
- There are more supporters. Reviewers who praise the series on different Internet portals, as a rule, are always several times more than those who were dissatisfied with the viewing. There are many times more positive reviews for the series "Fringe" than negative reviews.
Eventually
In general, it turned out an interesting, exciting and catchy episode with each episode with an unexpected, but quite logical outcome. They are ruled by a tense atmosphere, a powerful plot intrigue and a competent approach to the disclosure of not only the main, but also secondary characters. Separately, there are mesmerizing effects, a gloomy picture, professional make-up and an extremely believable game of the actors of the series "Edge". You can, of course, not trust film critics and amateur reviewers, but most viewers say this objective yes to this series.
If, nevertheless, the prospect of looking at the mystical upheavals in a similar format does not appeal, you want something more classic and “easier”, then you should turn to the timeless series “The X-Files”, “Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal” or “ Twilight zone "(of which several were removed at different periods of time). And to leave the confused "Edge" for the right mood - more risky and ready for action and cool plot turns.