In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet...even though it just wants to binge soap operas.
Creator
Creator
Murderbot
Mensah
Gurathin
Pin Lee
Ratthi
Bharadwaj
Arada
Whilst there's a degree of likeability to this tale, its handling lets it down. "Murderbot" has a rather eccentric, black comedy vibe. The idea of a robot that's liberated itself from its programmed restraints, quietly observing humanity from its own unique viewpoint, is intriguing. Having Alexander Skarsgård in the lead, isn't a bad move either. He does well in somewhat " out there" drama's, as he did with "True Blood". Regrettably, the incessant, almost obsessive need these days to tick, by now drearily predictable, DEI boxes, gets in the way. The result is peripheral characte...
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Status Returning Series
Network
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish