Finally got around to watching Soldier of Vengeance as it was only three quid! Haven't even seen the remainder of Season 1 but it's not all available here, which takes me to the most retarded thing ever about True Justice. On the disc it has - TRUE JUSTICE - THE GHOST - VENGEANCE IS MINE - (SOLDIER OF VENGEANCE.)
The movie has the title True Justice with the words "The Ghost" appearing next to it in the titles, then when the movie begins it has the title "Vengeance is Mine." Wtf is all that about, seriously why have they done this? They couldn't have possibly screwed that up anymore. There are still people on amazon who don't realise these are all part of a TV series.
Let me just get this out. Seagal is likable in many of his movies. He's great in Half Past Dead, constantly laughing and joking, great in Exit Wounds and all his earlier movies and even in stuff like Driven to Kill. But in True Justice? Particularly here, he is a total dick. Not Seagal, his character. Elijah Kane is a totally unreasonable dude, he's just a dick to the point of you aren't actually rooting for him, he's just a bully. That for me takes some of the watchability away. That Sarah chick is also an annoying bitch, she needs some gratuitous sex to lighter her up again, she's tediously dour.
Overall though, the first part of Series 2 was a lot better than 1 and a lot more hard hitting. The direction, editing, titles and general quality of it was a lot tighter so they are finding their feet. The story was a tad more interesting too and not the usual shitty twenty minute scenes in strip clubs. Looks more expensive too. Baddie from Driven to Kill is good, saw him recently in Statham's "Safe." Their fight here was shit though, much better in Driven to Kill where the bad guy actually did some damage.
Unfortunately the fights are shot far too close and Seagal just whips his hands around in an incoherent manner. But the explosions and shooting are much better. He says his lines with a little more fire too, but he is sometimes huffy and uninterested unless he is rattling off a one liner. Again, an improvement on the previous series, which I sorta hated and is much more violent and competent. But Seagal should stick to movies, I don't want to see True Justice becoming a long running series like Walker, Texas Ranger. Excuse the language but fuck that.