Review of The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

It funny about the original run of the SMDM, as it simply disappeared with a lot of loose ends. This movie tries to tie them together, but leaves the door open for future adventures. Its ten years later; Steve and Jamie are both retired from the OSI (even though they're both only in their mid 40's (I'd kind of like that option!)) and have moved to quieter surroundings. Steve's estranged son is horrifically injured in jet crash; a villian from the past shows up (Martin Landau in a throw away role); and Jamie & Steve bump into each other at a restaurant. In all it sounds kind of cheesey, BUT in this case it works. This movie was written, directed, and most of all acted with a great deal of heart. You can actually relate to Steve and Jamie's uneasiness about seeing each other, reconciling feelings, and working for Oscar Goldman again. Anyway; Steve's son gets rebuilt (the $7 Million Dollar Man?) by Oscar and Rudy, and Steve and Jamie catch up to the bad guy (Landau) and save the world. As I mentioned before, this movie has a great deal of heart and depth to it, and the producers should have stopped there. The two further sequel movies (Bionic Showdown, and Bionic Ever After) were pretty lame.