Leverage – DVD Release 10.08.09 – EpisodeOne

Check your wallet and upgrade your computer spyware as the new high-octane drama series, Leverage – Season One, starring Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) is released on DVD. Joining Hutton are Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf and Aldis Hodge as a team of thieves, hackers and grifters who join forces to take revenge against those who use power and wealth to victimize others.

In Leverage, Hutton plays former insurance investigator Nate Ford, a once-loyal corporate employee who recovered millions of dollars in stolen goods for his employer. After the employer denied his son’s insurance claims and allowed the boy to die, Ford realized he could no longer work for the company.

Out of work and unable to get past his grief, Ford is hired by an aeronautics executive to recover airplane designs the executive claims were stolen by a rival. He assembles four highly skilled team members: Parker (Riesgraf), an expert thief; Alec Hardison (Hodge), a specialist in Internet and computer fraud; Eliot Spencer (Kane), a high-octane “retrieval specialist” who can take out a gang of henchmen without breaking a sweat; and Sophie Devereaux (Bellman), a grifter who could win awards for her acting skills during difficult scams.

At first, the newly formed team is hesitant to trust each other after so many years of working alone. When they are double-crossed, however, the dynamic changes, ultimately forcing them to unite. They emerge from the job realizing they are far better working together than apart. Once they discover they can trust each other, the group targets the richest, greediest and most unjust.

Behind the scenes of Leverage

The series is gritty, compelling drama and you can become addicted from the first episode.

Leverage – Season 1 DVD’s are available from all good DVD stores including Kmart

Target, Big W, JB HI-FI, Sanity, Virgin and HMV from August 10th. The RRP is $39.95