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After witnessing a violent crime, a tech billionaire purchases a troubled police precinct, rebooting it as a private police force. The story is loosely based on the New York Times Magazine article 'Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans?'
8 May 1980, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
30 November 1981, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
14 June 1996, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
22 September 1979, Germany
17 December 1945, Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
1 June 1972, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
February 07, 2017
APB is just an empty, run-of-the-mill cop show that separates itself from the hundreds upon hundreds of previous TV cop shows by having an app that citizens of Chicago use, thus circumventing 911. That's not an advancement of the genre - it's just stupid.February 08, 2017
APB is a fun show, but it missed out being anything more than light escapism.February 07, 2017
The "good, dumb fun" approach doesn't really work for a series that's so steeped in real-world problems. Subject matter like this demands a more nuanced, thoughtful approach.February 07, 2017
APB is as generic as its title, failing to give us characters or stories that feel remotely realistic.February 06, 2017
Unless your show is Knight Rider, a TV series based on technology rarely works -- it needs to be built around human drama, not fancy gadgets.February 06, 2017
It's almost like someone remade a Paul Verhoeven movie but didn't understand the satire.February 07, 2017
Unfortunately, the gimmicks and the solid cast aren't enough to elevate the ho-hum storytelling.February 06, 2017
A not nearly as bad (as you feared) cop procedural, plus toys that go boom.February 06, 2017
APB never settles its own version of its existential dilemma: man or machine? It argues for both. But as this uninspiring drama proves, sometimes when you split the difference, you end up with nothing.