Long waiting fans of “Battlestar Galactica” can satisfy a bit of their craving for new material in the latest movie from Sci Fi: "Battlestar Galactica Razor" prior to the fourth and final season of the show.
Mary McDonnell - Battlestar © Glenn Harris / Photorazzi
The film - which airs at 9 p.m. Saturday on Sci Fi - has the same layered and complex feel of the continuing Science fiction series "BG" on television.
"Razor" covers three overlapping stories: one set in the past when a young William Adama first fought the Cylons, the recent past when the Battlestar Pegasus survived the first Cylon onslaught and the "Galactica" present when the Pegasus is under the command of Lee (Apollo) Adama, shortly before the discovery of New Caprica, when Commander Adama takes command of the Battlestar Pegasus.
One of his first command decisions on the Pegasus involves the promotion of Kendra Shaw to Executive Officer.
“Razor” is her story, reaching back to the moments before the attack on the Twelve Colonies. The real heart of "Razor" is the story line involving the Pegasus, a spaceship separated from Galactica and the main fleet in the Cylon attack.
Commanded by the tough cookie Helena Cain, the Pegasus played a big part in Season 2 of the series and now viewers get to see its dark back story.
Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen portrays Shaw with a nuanced performance, necessary to relay the complexity of her character.
The art department, which is overseen by production designer Richard Hudolin and art director Doug McLean, along with cinematographer Stephen McNutt all outdid themselves for "Razor"
"Razor" is rooted in the series’ mythology, and successfully connects the third and upcoming fourth seasons.
In the end, “Razor” delivers solid material of the New Caprica period. It will just leave you sitting on your hands waiting for the fourth and final season, hopefully to air this spring.
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