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If the Justice Department stands a chance against the world's most extreme
criminals, it's with this extremely unorthodox Special Operations Group of five
elite undercover agents. For their high-wire work, they get to shoot and drive
some incredible high-tech machinery. They get the secret satisfaction of going
up against the best of the worst. And, if they live, they get to fight another
day. -- www.nbc.com
"To catch a criminal, you have to become one..."
From the co-writer of Shaft and Armageddon comes this complex action-thriller
which focuses on the secret lives and private demons of an elite Justice
Department crime fighting unit that confronts the country's deadliest, most
untouchable lawbreakers by going undercover to bust them.
The unit is headed by authoritative Donovan (Oded Fehr) and comprised of
undercover agents Jake Shaw (Jon Seda) and Alex Cross (Vera Farmiga),
psychological profiler Monica Davis (Bruklin Harris) and young techno-wizard
Cody, (Jarrad Paul), who runs all of the high-tech surveillance operations that
the team conducts. As a federal team, the group can respond to emergencies all
over the country -- taking down elite bank robbers, drug kingpins, domestic
terrorists, spies, jewel thieves and dirty cops.
-- www.tvtome.com
One of several government-espionage series unveiled during the 2001-2002 TV
season, UC: Undercover detailed the exploits of the Special Operations Group, an
elite five-person team answerable only to the Justice Department. Using
up-to-date technology and advanced martial arts skills, the Group was dedicated
to tracking down and capturing supercriminals and terrorists (though several
episodes dealing with the latter were toned down in the wake of the World Trade
Center tragedy). Described by several observers as the Wiseguy of the early 21st
century, the series found its regulars adopting all manner of disguises and new
identities in order to infiltrate the illicit organizations which they'd
targeted for extinction. Originally cast as group leader John Keller, Grant Show
was replaced in the second episode by new leader Frank Donovan (Oded Fehr);
other regulars included Jon Seda as Jake, Vera Farmiga as Alex, Bruklin Harris
as Monica, and Jarrad Paul as Cody. Executive produced by Steve Salerno (one of
the writers of the movie hit Armageddon), UC: Undercover began its weekly,
60-minute NBC run on September 30, 2001.
-- Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Five highly trained, unconventional Justice Dept. operatives in the Special
Operation Group assimilate into the criminal population to nab some no-gooders.
Each employs the use of state-of-the-art technology to achieve their
goal--without stirring suspicion.
-- www.hollywood.com
Wiseguy with a glossy music-video sheen. High-tech operatives in an elite
Justice Department unit risk life and psychological limb as they go deep
undercover to take down thieves, drug lords, terrorists and spies.
-- www.tvguide.com |
