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My Own Worst Enemy: Complete Series (DVD)
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Rating: MA
Release Date: December 01, 2010
Distributor: Universal
The Film: 4.0
The Disc: Zero
FILMINK rates DVDs and Blu-rays out of 5"...one of the freshest, most exciting series by a major studio in recent memory."
Henry Spivey (Christian Slater) is a business consultant and devoted family man who lives a tranquil suburban existence. Lately though, Henry has had the nagging suspicion that his body is home to more than one identity. And his worst fears are soon realised when he discovers that, at any given time and place, Henry makes way for cold-blooded operative, Edward Albright.
Over the course of nine episodes, My Own Worst Enemy seeks to unravel the many mysteries and dilemmas that this tantalising premise raises - not the least of which is that the random switching between identities inevitably occurs at the least opportune moments for both Henry and Edward.
Sadly, following the axing of his superb thriller series Kidnapped (2006), creator Jason Smilovic has now suffered the ignominy of having a second television series meet a premature end. The irony is that My Own Worst Enemy is one of the freshest, most exciting series by a major studio in recent memory, with first-rate production values, and delicious builds to cliffhanger moments prior to the intermissions.
In the acting stakes, Slater's return to our screens is a very welcome one indeed, and time has been kind to the one time ‘90s pin-up boy. Saffron Burrows has a lovely presence as Henry/Edward's shrink- a role with comic potential that is milked for all its worth, while Alfre Woodard and James Cromwell lend gravitas as Edward's superiors.
Overall, the opportunity to view this gem is one that should not be passed up.
