Review of Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) by Doctor S — 09 Jul 2012

Peculiar time-jumping recount of the Battlestar Pegasus which appeared during the series in the middle of Season 2. This feature-length movie came out after Season 3 was completed, thereby requiring a bit of memory rattling.

I would place this above only the episode 'Black Market' in the annals of BSG over the first three seasons, mainly because we spend most of our time with two largely unlikable characters, the crazy Admiral Cain and steely Major Shaw.

Also, the guy who plays young Bill Adama is terrible, a shame Olmos' real son already filled the flightsuit of Hot Dog. Otherwise this is a pretty solid drama with lots of action. Cool to see the original Cylon and Raider designs from the 1970's used here during the First Cylon War, and Starbuck gets to flex her acting muscle the most of the BSG cast, with Apollo and Adama Senior ranking #2 & 3.

Good but not great BSG.