7.086 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestThe amnesiac hunts down and kills the ops soldiers one by one as he searches for answers to help him restore his memory.
The first female US President Sally Sheridan is shot dead by a sniper during her Veterans Day speech. Her assassin narrowly escapes the scene with his life, national security hot on his heels - or so it seems. Three months later, an elderly couple discover the body of a wounded man in a tree, wearing a parachute. The young man cannot remember the slightest thing about his own identity.
Practical Effects
Val Kilmer's inexplicable French accent deserves its own study.
Production
Shot in Canada pretending to be everywhere else, badly.
Costume
That tattooed 'XIII' logo — peak 2000s graphic novel adaptation energy.
Stephen McHattie
General Carrington
Jessalyn Gilsig
Kim Rowland
Val Kilmer
La Mangouste
Stephen Dorff
Ross Tanner
Caterina Murino
Sam
Jacqueline Pillon
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John Bourgeois
President Galbrain
Hrant Alianak
Mimi Kuzyk
Sally Sheridan
Julian Richings
Mr. Cody
Daniel DeSanto
Tech Agent
Cedric Smith
Abe Miller
Andrew Jackson
Greg Bryk
Colonel Amos
Nigel Shawn Williams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a Belgian comic series that sold millions in Europe but barely registered in the US — this miniseries was France and Canada's attempt to crack the Bourne market with 1/50th the budget.
The 2008 timing is wild: first female president assassinated onscreen while Hillary Clinton was running her first primary campaign. The 'XIII' tattoo itself became a brief meme in French gaming circles before vanishing entirely.
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