Bionic Highlights: "Bionic Women" Best Fight Scenes of the Week: Episode 1.04 "Face Off"
Episode 1.04, “Face Off” didn’t have quite as much action as last week’s episode, but the two major fight scenes were great.
My pick of the week for the best sequence actually isn’t the longest, but the most clever. It involves Jaime Sommers and Anthony Pope escaping from terrorists holding them captive at an undisclosed location in Paraguay. They have flown there to rescue a CIA agent in possession of encrypted data about Sommers and the Berkut Group’s bionics research. The scene is fun because Michelle Ryan’s Sommers is tied up and fights the guys literally with her hands tied behind her back.
The second fight scene is fun because we see Sommers get into a brawl with Anthony Pope. Pope has just tried to assassinate the CIA agent he and Sommers were sent to rescue and protect. Once Pope realizes the operative has compromised the Berkut Group’s bionic secrets, he deems him untrustworthy and collateral damage to the bionic cause. Jaime refuses to trade her life for his. She kicks Washington’s Pope’s ass. As Rob over at coolscifi.com explains, “it is cool see a bigot get the crap beat out of him.” Yeah, Rob, we agree.
Video after the jump.




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