Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

superangelofglory What I actually learned from this series is that, allover the world, steam trains are still used and no one, except America and Scotland, ever heard of electric trains. Also, outside America, England, Germany and France, people are still using 1950s cars as a mean of transportation, especially when it comes to taxi cars. Speaking of cars, this is how I know that the Romania related episodes were not actually filmed in Romania, as there was no Dacia 1310 car on the streets, plus the plate numbers were not Romanian style. However, the banners from "Bucharest" were in Romanian and also those used on Hungary related episodes were in Hungarian. Other than that, it was a pretty good show, although I was pretty curious to see, in the end, how Sydney would destroy the infamous Gurel Nataz.

ebiros2 The series is made by a Canadian company, and has a different look and feel from its Hollywood adventure / action counterparts.The series may have been inspired by Eidos' "Tomb Raider" game that was popular around the time this series was made.Professor Sydney Fox works for the archeology department at Trinity College - a fictitious school in "north east" area of Americas (which can be either in Canada, or the US). She spends most of her time relic hunting that takes her to many exotic locations around the world. She's an expert in ancient cultures, and martial arts. She's accompanied by her assistant Nigel Baley who's intelligent, but aren't nearly as tough as she is. In most episodes she goes into a somewhat scary situation where she and Nigel has to fend for their lives using their charm, intelligence, and martial arts skills. The episodes are much more story driven compared to American made TV series of this type. Ethnic mixture of part Hawaiian Tia Cerrerie, British Christien Anholt, and Canadian Lindy Booth (Tanja Reichert in the third season) is also unique in TV series.What's stellar about this series is it's production. The producers of this series knew what they were doing. The characters, the stories, and the location are all superbly in good taste that holds up to repeat viewing. One very honorable mention goes to the series' cinematographer. You can freeze frame any part of the episode, and they all look like a perfectly framed, and exposed Kodachrome shot. No messed up computer graphics, or effects to kill the atmosphere of the story, and this in my opinion is one of the attraction of this series.Stories are great, acting is great, so no wonder there's still a fan base to this series that's requesting more episodes to be made. If they are going to make another series, I'd like to request the original team that made these episodes come back, because the look and feel of the series was superb.This is one of the best television series, and deserves further development in the future.

sisko_md I watched the series with interest for several episodes, being a great fan of adventure movies...and I lost interest. Acting was horrible, stories unconvincing and historical details disastrous. Take, for example, 10th century viking tomb, in which, among others, whole ears of corn, modern hybrid maize (plant of American origins) can be found.Not to mention that Tia doesn't bear her years quite well, and simply does not look as hot as authors would want us to believe. Someone flipped through history books and images and decided "Wow!, this looks nice, let, s make a script out of it!" It's full of miscomprehensions and historical inaccuracies. In the end, I started hating it and never saw another episode again. All in all, nothing more than a picture book, for public below 14 exclusively.

eiliki This is magnificent fairy-tale. Almost everything is perfect:characters ( a strong, beautiful, smart and independent woman and little clumsy, slow, but yet so intelligent and highly capable man - modern people), actions, every episode story and also that cynical humour... But there is one thing, that kind of bothers me - Sidney Fox is just a human, at least I believe she is, but she seems sometimes so cold, too strong and too "I don`t need anyone" kind of person. A little bit of emotions would make her even more hero, that she is.