By that same token, the Empire in this series isn't depicted at the level of Darth Vader running rampant across the galaxy. In this show, the dastardly Imperial villains are literally pencil-pushing desk jockeys--delusional, privileged bureaucrats who can't remotely relate to the plight of common people and so could care less about the far reaching consequences their actions have on millions of lives.

lol dude, this is reddit, where every widely known fairly successful movie or TV series is an underrated cinematic masterclass in auteur filmmaking, whatever that means.

Hopefully not direct to video. I wouldn't mind, however, seeing Van Damme show up in a slightly bigger budget Netflix type movie, and it doesn't always have to be a boilerplate action movie like this one appears to be. Between JCVD and Jean Claude Van Johnson, he's showcased a lot of range.