Viper: The Complete Collection

Great series for fans!

This is a series about a car that is used to protect a city that is ravaged by crime and the local authorities can do nothing to stop the rampant crime wave. In the pilot Michael Peyton is a criminal but when he hits the side of a bus he is given plastic surgery by the mayor and given a new identity of Joe Astor who works for the police. While he is recovering in the hospital, a man that is wheelchair bound creates a car that is able to change from a Dodge Viper into the Defender, a car with features that make catching criminals very easy. Joe is chosen to be the driver of the car and he goes about the town protecting the citizens. He learns the truth about his past and who he used to be and he has to chose which side of the law he will be on. He realizes that he is given a great opportunity to be the person who was meant to be so he decides to stay with the project and defend the city. Throughout the first season he learns more about his alter ego and faces people from his past that he does not remember which helps him to piece together some of his past. Season 2 introduces Tom Cole who becomes the driver when the Viper Project is taken tot he next level by testing it in a city that has a high crime rate. He gets partnered with Cameron Westlake when her partner is killed in a shootout. They work very closely together to bring criminals to justice. Season Four the mechanic that works on the Viper Project asks Joe Astor to drive again because everyone that gives it a test drive fails to control the car. He decides to take his job back and becomes partnered with Cameron Westlake. Throughout the season they grow close the more they work together and in the final episode they express the feelings toward each other. The final episode Joe becomes Michael Peyton again and the chip that was put in his brain to block his memory has to be removed otherwise he will die. Joe has to decide again whether he will stay Michael Peyton a criminal or become Joe Astor a police official and he has to learn to deal with and live with the memories of both of the people he is.

It brought back memories

Great movie

very good

I have been waiting for this show to be on DVD forever so when it showed up on my Amazon suggested list I bought it immediately and I was expecting basically VHS quality video. What I got was passable DVD quality video kind of like the quality of the first few seasons of Stargate sg1 on DVD. The show hasn't been remastered although i wish they would do so and put it on Blu-ray. I'm watching on a 4k OLED so the picture is being significantly upscaled and still looks ok so I can't complain really. Although I do wish the audio was in 5.1 and not stereo. The only oddity is the way they designed the case itself. It's a large plastic clamshell with these plastic pockets inside like you would find in a DVD or CD holder that you carry around with you (back when we actually did that) Oh and the show is actually good! I hadn't seen it since I was a kid so I was a little worried that maybe it's quality would be lacking and while it's not the best written show of all time it's actually not bad so the enjoyment I get from watching isn't just because of nostalgia I'm genuinely enjoying the show and I'll get to see TONS of episodes I missed because it kept changing channels and time slots when I was younger

Packaging and presentation is 5⭐. Video quality is as it was in '94-'98.

This is a fun 90’s TV show.