Burn Notice - Season One |  | Actors: Jeffrey Donovan, Sharon Gless, Bruce Campbell, Gabrielle Anwar
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Rating:  187 reviews
Sales Rank: 867
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 535 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 2251931
UPC: 024543519317
EAN: 0024543519317
ASIN: B0015RRNMA
Release Date: June 17, 2008
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| • | Michael Westen is a trained spy who receives a "burn notice" for an unstated reason & effectively is fired. Penniless, he returns to his hometown in Miami and freelances while trying to find who burned him. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 024543519317 UPC: 024543519317 Manufacturer No: 2251931 |
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Burn Notice is a canny, clever comedy-thriller show about a covert operative with a heart of gold. Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) is in the middle of a top-secret mission when he discovers he's been "burned"--basically, fired without warning. After barely extricating himself from danger, he wakes up in Miami, where the government has abandoned him and locked him out of his own bank account. To make ends meet, he takes on private detective jobs (helping an old lady who's fallen victim to a con artist; rescuing a young girl who's being tricked into white slavery; helping a mother whose son has been kidnapped by the boy's father... only it turns out the father is the rightful parent and the "mom" is an assassin sent to kill him--a nice guest star appearance by Lucy Lawless, Xena: Warrior Princess), while trying to figure out who burned him and why. Westen tries to remain clinical in his approach to these problems, but he always ends up protecting the helpless with his sophisticated spy skills. Over the course of the first season, he gradually uncovers a mysterious conspiracy that plans to use his talents for their own nefarious ends. Burn Notice deftly mixes the old and the new. The old: Our hero has a hot ex-girlfriend (Gabrielle Anwar, Scent of a Woman), a goofy sidekick (cult hero Bruce Campbell of the Evil Dead movies), and a meddling mom (Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey) who help and hinder him in his investigations, as well as a MacGyver-esque skill for making deadly devices out of common household products. The new: A media-savvy way of deconstructing the tricks and techniques of spies and government agencies, often resulting in smart and highly entertaining plot twists. Donovan, handsome but cheeky, combines a light comic touch with a convincing secret agent cool, and the supporting cast fill their niches with aplomb. Their escapades are pretty breezy and occasionally skirt being glib, but most of the time the show finds an extremely entertaining balance between action, romance, and humor. The extras are few (some montages of characteristic moments from the series, including one of the many bikini-clad girls the Miami locale provides) and the commentaries, rather than covering entire episodes, just discuss a few select scenes from each show. Fortunately, the series itself holds up; imagine a cross between Magnum, P.I. and The Wild Wild West (the classic series, not the insulting Will Smith movie) and you're on the right track. --Bret Fetzer
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 187
 Wow. Most overrated show ever? November 24, 2009
A Customer
I cannot believe the number of four and five-star reviews for this show. It's everything wrong with television: formulaic scripts that lack anything even remotely resembling originality. The acting is horrible, and I'm a huge Bruce Campbell fan. Sadly, even the Great Ash can't save this hunk of junk, and it's clear he knows it; he's just there for the paycheck. Formula shows seem to dominate today's landscape (okay, maybe 'reality' is number one, but formula is right behind), but this one takes formula to a new low, with one episode completely indistinguishable from the next. It aspires to be Alias but only manages to be a one-man (plus one woman) A-Team/MacGyver ripoff, without the interesting characters, good times and classic charms of those shows. Don't waste your time.
 Burn Notice Season 1 October 24, 2009
Richard Fox (San Diego, CA USA)
Season 1 opens as Micheal is trying to do a deal in the Middle East, he gets a phone call saying he's burned, then soon wakes up in Miami. Lucky for him he has people there... his ex-girlfriend Fiona, ex-Navy Seal friend Sam, his Brother & Mother, to help him out or get in the way. Lots of fun times for the viewer with one liners, explosions, pretty people & just original plots. Go get your copy, I did and Season 2, can hardly wait for Season 3!!!
 Watchable if nothing else October 13, 2009
Grant B. (Delaware)
The show is formulaic, but extremely fun to watch. The scenery is very pretty, and the dialogue is witty at times. You won't be thinking the entire time, but you'll enjoy yourself.
Burn Notice-season one September 15, 2009
Gene M. Benner (Casa Grande, AZ USA)
Good characters and lots of action. This is fun to watch and interesting to follow the plot lines. A lot of imagination went into the making of this series. I rate the series A-1.
Excellent September 4, 2009
video teacher (Ann Arbor, MI)
One of the best series around. Not only are the stories well plotted but the editing and pacing of the shooting is excellent as well. I love this show! Great for all ages!
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