Product Description

A Vancouver cop turned coroner searches for truth and justice with the help of his friends.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #84930 in DVD
• Formats: Color, Import
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 598 minutes

Customer Reviews

High Quality crime series from Canada
For those of us in the U.S. who are fortunate enough to have access to Canadian CBC programming on cable television, DaVinci's Inquest will be a familiar offering. It is typical of the literate and sophisticated television offerings which are wholly produced in Canada largely for Canadian audiences. This series involves the Vancouver coroner's department as well as the police department in a series of death investigations which involve serious and often philosophical looks at the contemporary crime scene. The characters are well defined and believable while the acting is uniformly excellent. In particular, the coroner, Domenic DaVinci, played by Nicholas Campbell,is extremely well played. None of your typical U.S. serial pap here. Rather a sensitive and vulnerable coroner with his own personal hang ups, a recovering alchoholic, recently divorced, with a teen age daughter, who is trying to make sense of his personal life as well as provide compassionate understanding to those who find their lives down on the seamy side of Vancouver.

Many will already know that Canada treats drug abuse and prostitution quite differently than is the case in the U.S. This well acted series provides ample discussion of the isues surrounding the handling of social ills in Canada. I believe that it is a must see for those who want not only to be entertained but wish to understand the basis behind the more liberal Canadian thinking on these matters.

Da Vinci's Inquest is a treasure.
Several months ago, quite by accident, I came across the Da Vinci's Inquest TV show and was instantly hooked. The show is set in Vancouver, British Columbia, and features an ensemble cast of police, pathologists, criminals, and other denizens of the city, headed up by the Vancouver coroner, Dominick DaVinci, who takes his job seriously indeed. As he says, his job is to speak for the dead. Acting, plotting, casting, writing and photography are all excellent. Now the first season is finally available on DVD for all of us who can't often catch the show at the odd hours it is shown in the states. I can't say enough good things about this show! As I said, I'm hooked.

One of the Best - Ever
In the past six months I've quickly become obsessed with DaVinci Inquest, which offers a twist on the usual cop genre show by depicting stories of murder and natural death through the eyes of a progressive, hot-tempered, crusading coroner, Dominic DaVinci. Set in Vancouver, BC (Canada), the average US viewer also gets a look at things and thinking that do differentiate our close cousin to the North - for example, the many ethnic cultures that thrive in Vancouver are evident in almost every show, as well as the sad prejudice against the native Canadians (comparable to lingering US prejudice against Indians/Native Americans).

If you've been watching the faded-out, constant re-runs on WGN, it's worth the investment to see these full-color, unedited episodes of the shows.

DaVinci shares his screen time with the equally talented and opinionated stars of the Homicide squad, as well as the peerless forensic investigator "Chick" and the all-female M.E.s. Brimming with a cast of fine actors and compelling, memorable storylines, DaVinci has grabbed me unlike any show since the late, lamented early seasons of Homicide: Life on the Streets, which it resembles in many ways.

It would be horribly unfair to not note the welcome and excellent contributions of DaVinci's long-suffering but incomparable secretary, Helen, who always knows how to speak her mind.

Season One features, in addition to many one-episode stories, three running mysteries: the systematic slaughter of prostitutes; the brutal killings of kidnapped young women throughout the US and Canada; and early development of a long storyline about a dirty Vice cop, Brian.

Unfortunately, this set has no extras other than formatting features for subtitles, etc.