I just finished watching Robocop: Dark Justice, the first part of a four-part made for TV miniseries, Robocop: Prime Directives.
It's not bad, but its TV budget shows. Dark Justice has a lot of flashbacks of Alex Murphy in his pre-Robocop phase, which feels like a cheap police procedural drama from TV. The plot has a lot of setup with a nice pay-off in the end and has a villain that it delightfully comic-bookish in an over the top fashion.
Oddly enough, the best part of it managed to be the snarky news segments which are hilarious yet accurate in their portrayal of a CNN-style station. Every brief clip is over-run with stock quotes, text advertisements, and lasts no more than 15 seconds.
It ends on a cliff-hanger, so I'll rent the second part, Robocop: Meltdown, to see if it improves at all. I'm hoping for a little bit more Robo-action next time around.
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