The Cape is a new drama series that has started on NBC recently, Theres a few of these super hero/vigilante programs just now such as No Ordinary Family, and the cancelled Heroes.
The Cape is more like a Batman character, he has no super powers, instead he has his cape. Like how Batman has his utility belt.
Ive just finished watching the epic 2 hour pilot episode and it shows alot of potential. The best part of it… SUMMER GLAU is in it! and in top form as usual!
A little about the show:
“”The Cape” is a one-hour drama series starring David Lyons (“ER”) as Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife Dana (Jennifer Ferrin, “Life on Mars”) and son, Trip (Ryan Wynott, “Flash Forward”). Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Vince Faraday becomes “The Cape” – his son’s favorite comic book superhero – and takes the law into his own hands.
Rounding out the cast are James Frain (“The Tudors”) as billionaire Peter Fleming, The Cape’s nemesis who moonlights as the twisted killer Chess; Keith David (“Death at a Funeral”) as Max Milani, the ringleader of a circus gang of bank robbers who mentors Vince Faraday and trains him to be The Cape; Summer Glau (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) as Orwell, an investigative blogger who wages war on crime and corruption in Palm City; Dorian Missick (“Six Degrees”) as Marty Voyt, a former police detective and friend to Faraday; Martin Klebba (“Pirates of the Caribbean”) as Rollo, member and unassuming muscle of the circus gang of bank robbers; and Vinnie Jones (“Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”) as Scales, resident thug and cohort of The Cape’s nemesis Chess.” – The Cape’s Minisite over at NBC.com
This has just aired at the right time for me, as No Ordinary Family was starting to dry up and I need my super hero fix. I was pretty impressed with the pilot, Although I felt in part one the plot moved a little fast but it evened out.
If you get a chance give this a watch, you wont be dissapointed.
Trailer:
and if you’ve watched it why not comment with your views.
