Day Break: The Complete Series [DVD]

I didn't expect DAY BREAK to be as good as it is. It is not for viewers with IQ's under room temperature. It's tricky as it is risky, sophisticated, avant garde and needs a bit oftime and exposure to get into your head. Once there you'll appreciate the complex script,characters and unorthodox concept.No, it's not a knock off of GROUNDHOGS DAY; DAY BREAK a whole other animal, very sophisticated and put together to draw you in. You will get hooked; buy not right away. Its complexity will challenge you. Unlike many TV plots today, thinking is required. And shrewd observation and the realization that what's obvious isn't all there is.It will take some (very enjoyable) deductions to get into the right mindset. Once there you'll really be challenged and certainly edge-of-your-sofa entertained.Your perception should be, as a bad guy character says, that decisions lead to consequences. Maybe it was Aristotle who first thought up the line, like 'for ever cause there are many effects; for every effect, many causes. There are many clever causes and effects here. All real, all believable and mostly exciting.It took me two viewings to get what was going down. Three to really appreciate the finewriting and so-unique concept and direction. A virtue with DAY BREAK is that you'll be able tosee it many times and each time see, enjoy more. I'm now looking forward very much to re-viewand expect to view again.Production, from acting to editing, posh green LA venues to hot women and either cool or cruelmen is first-class. I lived and working in media writing and never saw better locations. In all, DB is the best mini-series I've seen in a long while. It should've, could've been a major theatrical release. It would have been a sensation with its new actors and attitudes and action. The deep, complex plot'sa wonder.And wonder of wonders, the more the onion's peeled the better it gets. The final denouement isbelievable and hard to believe at the same time. Give it time, you'll see what's what. I watched as I, under my breath kept saying "aha and oh yeah and (expletive deleted)now I get it. DB's an education In the Making Of segments you'll see some dedicated young filmmakers talking about the risks they took and why the risks were worth it, whether they were accepted or not by some viewers. I agreed. For me everything in DB was worth it; surprising and memorable. I'll wait a month or months and see it all again.Surprisingly, seeing it more than once, the surprise quotient stays high. Mostly when surprises are revealed it's a rush. Will you guess the surprises? Many will, many will hit replay to go back to the scene and see what led to the consequences.Taye Diggs is perfectly cast as a hard cop with compassion, one who makes mistakes and accepts the humanity (failings included) of other characters, good or bad people - and those lines are blurred throughout the595 MINUTES. Every character is real and human as can be. They're mostly familiar faces and a great very balanced, true to live ensemble.Okay, enough raving. This fine show lasted one season? The rumors that bean counters lack taste and and feel viewers are are mostly oblivious. DAY BREAK is a bargain now; get to Amazon Marketplace and get it for a lot less than it's worth; it's far more than worth its price.

All I can do is echo what many others have said. The quality of this show is practically unparalled in so many ways. Every character is perfectly cast. And many of that cast we've seen elsewhere many times so they put quite a group together. Writing is exceptional. Story, other than the main concept of the repeating the day part (which to me is fantasy) is gripping and addictive to where I was compelled to binge this over 3 days (I'm not the type to watch a ton of hours straight through in one sitting and 3 days to watch a season I've not done ever for any show). I remembered this show having watched it originally years ago, liked it but it was cancelled mid-season. I didn't know they actually filmed all the shows but did not air them. In the bonus section they talk about how the show was designed to have each season be self-contained. So thankful this was the case since they filmed them all and you see the conclusion of the season which as other reviewers describe as "satisfying". Aptly said indeed. Another thing about Day Break is you don't need to watch a bunch of episodes to get hooked. If you aren't hooked by the 2nd episode then it probably won't happen, but most I'd bet would be hooked on the first episode. If you like TV shows, this one is a must. I don't watch many shows overall due to time and interest and frankly quality of shows these days. But Day Break was more than worth the time.

I was very happy with the price that I paid for this DVD set. I give my thanks to the other reviewers who pointed out that the packaging is cheap, the shows have a lot of compression artifacts, the "extras" are minimal and there are no subtitles for the hard of hearing. That's acceptable given the price. It's a really good show.Day Break (two words, not one like in the product description) was a short lived series on ABC during the 2006 season. ABC pulled it after airing just six episodes but allowed the company to resolve the show and put the remaining show out on the web. It is a really good series and i am baffled about why they cancelled it after just six episodes. Maybe the show was too complex to retain viewers. I can understand that since I had to review prior scenes a few times to understand the plot. Subtitles would have helped with the understanding. Also, the picture was very dark and murky at times. At first I thought that it was from the low-budget compression but it turns out that it was just the way the show was produced.The basic story is simple - Detective Brett Hopper is accused of murdering a district attorney. He says that he's framed and tries to prove his innocence. The twist is that he relives the same day over and over again. Unlike the movie Groundhog Day, his injuries carry through from day to day and he continues to age. nice touches are things like his beard growing and him getting hungry from not eating the "day before."What I liked about this series was the character development. Not only does Brett have to save himself, he has to save the people that he loves. He resolves issues with his family, his girlfriend and his partner. Even characters that in other shows would just be stereotypes to support the plot are given a chance to evolve. For example, his sister Jen's husband is initially presented as an abusive man who happily turns brett over to the bad guys. Over the season we find out that he's actually a scared man trying to protect his family. In one conversation with Jen we see the whole issue turned inside out.What i didn't like about it was the way that Brett's sense of morality degrades throughout the series. at one point Chad (his girlfriend's ex-husband) asks Brett why he just doesn't walk into the station with a sub-machine gun and get what he wants by force. Brett replies, "I don't know, maybe because it would be wrong." On other occasions he tells himself that he is still a cop. But by the last episode, he's allowing people to be murdered. Don't get me wrong - this decline is very believable. He is fighting desperately to save those he cares about. I just would have preferred a less cynical ending.

This originaly appeared on ABC & was cancelled before we could a resolution as the ratings were deemed not satisfactory.This is a very good series (13 episodes)that gives you a premise, story & closure even though there is a small set-up for a possible 1nd season that never came.Very underated but very goodI stgrongly recommend this!

Another in the thankfully relatively short list of excellent TV shows, which for some reason did not grab the viewing public's attention at the time. I watched the series on Bravo (I think) last year and was hooked from the start but had to endure the piecemeal transmission after it was pulled from the schedules. It is admittedly Groundhog Day with attitude but very slick with an attractive cast and I can see it developing a cult following. At least it did manage to find it's way onto DVD, albeit Region 1 and NTSC, unlike other great shows such as the PJ's.PS: The really bad news is that this is now no longer available. The good news however is that you can now get the PJ's on region 1.

This is a brilliant spin on the groundhog day idea. The day repeats itself but different things happen. Some of the actors in this are big. Mitch Pileggi (knight rider2000, x-files, Moon Bloodgood (another cancelled series-journeyman, terminator salvation (adam baldwin is in it too- he went on to appear in 'Chuck'- the guy is hilariously snarly)I cant understand why there isn't a second series,Bravo showed it and pulled it off the air before the end. Morons.One thing though- its region1 so you'll need a r1 dvd player that can handle ntsc- i have a 2nd dvd drive on my pc just for r1- they can handle ntsc.

I watched this programme on TV originally, so I was looking forward to getting the compete set on dvd, and I was not disappointed, however before you purchase any dvd from back in the day check the region! I assumed it would be UK but it is not, no disaster as I am I.T friendly, but for those who are not, you may want to double check your dvd player etc is all regions!

We enjoyed this series and so did our kids (grown). It is a little confusing to begin with, but once you get the idea, it develops nicely and it keeps things active and interesting. A good series.