Dig: Season 1
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
This is another crazy offering from Tim Kring, who produced “Heroes” — which at first was good, then devolved considerably from its original premise into chasing its own tail.
Okay, so “Dig” is a little different. Its premise seems crazy, but if you know about Dominionists and the Apocalypse as envisioned by Fundamentalist Christians, well, some folks really believe this stuff! That’s the scariest thing about it.
Jason Isaacs and Anne Heche are really good in their roles (as FBI agents Peter Connelly and his supervisor-and-sometime-lover), as is the young man playing an Orthodox Israeli Jew, looking after a red calf. The plot has Mr Isaacs running all over Jerusalem; literally, he got a helluva workout doing this film. The Israeli actor who plays his reluctant police detective partner is also excellent. There’s a young woman with bright red hair who haunts Peter Connelly, because she reminds him of his dead daughter. He suffers with her memory, and there are short phone calls between him and his ex-wife, but this is to point up his loneliness and his desire to find this redhead of Jerusalem.
He’s a dogged detective, but he has to jump through a lot of hoops [as do the viewers, as this is a Kring production]. He’s on the trail of a technical wonderment of ancient times (and much like Thanos of the MCU’s Infinity War, once They find all the magic stones, They will have Everything They Need for you-know-what!), so he must find it before They do. Crazy Religionists!
Finally we get to the end, but for me, it wasn’t an entirely satisfactory ride. It was more like checking off marks on a winding course of events.
I love Jason Isaacs and will watch him in nearly anything. That I finished watching this series is proof positive!
-Marjam
The show started off strong — intriguing plot, beautiful visuals. And gradually, as the season went on, the plot started going to shambles. Every episode was packed with the most ridiculous surprises that dissolved the realism of the characters and any chance at a deeper meaning. I should have seen it coming that the ending would be such an utter letdown. I’m sorry I watched this show.
– Jedd
This was really great until the last episode. It seemed that they did not know how to end the season. One character murders another and I still don’t know why–the reason given was so lame. And the motivations of this murdering character in regard to another character did not make any real sense. The whole story just fell apart in my opinion. Not sure if I’ll watch season two because of this.
– Kibeth
DVD Wholesale Main Features :
Actors: Jason Isaacs, Anne Heche
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Release Date: August 11, 2015
Run Time: 523 minutes
