Critic Reviews
| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
Moody and fast-paced, this is good, only minimally pretentious, sci-fi fun. |
| 60 |
Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart
The effects-laden pilot of “Painkiller Jane” is certainly watchable. |
| 60 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
"Painkiller Jane" doesn't soar to the dramatic heights of "Battlestar," but it is a step above some of the network's other programs, a procedural thriller with a sense of humor and stylish action scenes. |
| 42 |
Entertainment Weekly Clark Collis
This creaky, cliché-strewn, and pretty cheap-looking sub-X-Files enterprise needs to drastically improve if it wants to become as death-proof as its lead character. [13 Apr 2007, p.69] |
| 40 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
Think CSI or Cold Case with a bionic woman tossed into the mix. |
| 30 |
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
No, they're not ripping off "Heroes" - "Jane" was there first - but looking at the two shows side by side demonstrates how much execution matters to even the most promising concept. |
| 30 |
The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
The stories are flat, and the repartee between Jane and her teammates isn’t zippy enough to amuse even the comic-book crowd. |
| 30 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
[A] colorless angstfest. |
| 20 |
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
"Painkiller Jane" has been reincarnated as a far lamer show than it was on first view more than a year ago. |
| 20 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
The series doesn't come close to capturing the edgy tone and visual style of the print original. |
| 10 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
The imaginations behind "Painkiller Jane" are so thin, and each hour's progression so randomly executed, that one imagines the scripts were written using the Mad Libs method. |
| 10 |
LA Weekly Robert Abele
Not helping matters... are the wretched dialogue, indiscriminately moody lighting, stock characters (gruff boss, dweeby tech guy, ripped chauvinist colleague), and crushing lack of suspense. |
| 10 |
Variety Brian Lowry
The show's mired in stiff dialogue, clunky voiceover narration, uneven performances and indifferently staged action sequences. |
| 0 |
Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara
The show is long on concept and short on execution which would actually be OK if the writing and acting were not so simply terrible. |
| 0 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
What’s most mind-boggling about this show is how it manages to get every single thing wrong. |
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