Review of Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) by Walter M — 27 Nov 2007

[font=Century Gothic]"Battlestar Galactica: Razor" takes place shortly after Lee "Apollo" Adama(Jamie Bamber) becomes captain of the Battlestar Pegasus. His first choice for executive officer is Kendra Shaw(Stephanie Jacobsen) who had disciplinary issues with Apollo's two predecessors and is working kitchen duty when she is promoted. But she thrived under her first commander, Admiral Helena Cain(the underrated Michelle Forbes), after the Cylon genocide of the human race.[/font].

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[font=Century Gothic]"Battlestar Galactica: Razor" only has four regular characters - Apollo, Cylon Six, Starbuck and Bill Adama - play central roles in this excellent and intelligent television movie which gives full attention to events on board the Pegasus both under Apollo and Admiral Cain. While the movie does a superb job of filling in the gaps, it also gives hints to the future. It is interesting to watch the characters as they make impossible decisions and then the consequences of those actions.(For example, Kendra injects drugs to dull the memories.) In times of war, there are no easy answers(the series' internal conflicts have always been as strong as the ongoing human-Cylon war) and there should be no rush to judgment until all the information is known which is a continuation of the series' complex themes. [/font].