Diagonaldi Very well executed

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

packrat1 I think the other reviewers are right when they say this is a far underrated movie. What a great job from the writers, crew, director and cast! Definitely a keeper for my DVD collection.I think David Morse was excellent. "Michael" had just enough oddness that people would only think he was eccentric or maybe a bit mentally challenged. His movements were a bit unsteady, yet only in an awkward, overgrown kid sort of way, not mechanical-like.I'd read the quotes here on IMDb about the metal, but I wasn't at all prepared for the actor's voice breaking when he said the line. How heartbreaking!And Christopher Plummer! They scored such a wonderful performer because of the quality of the script, and he truly did it justice.Bravo to everyone involved in this production! A worthy effort.

PullmanPumpy2 But I was quickly reassured. From the moment Christopher Plummer shows himself to be a genuinely irascible old man and not your typical 'hero', and David Morse as the android, in his elongated pants and wide-open baby-face, made their first appearances, I was held. With its' plot -- professor wants to keep his invention out of the hands of the military -- this is nothing new in the plot department but it is written with care, and the cast (including the wonderful Frances Steenhagen as Plummers' feisty wife) and a good director, David Greene, make the most of it. The ending is a stunner, both clever and touching. On my list as one of those films I was expecting nothing of and was delightfully surprised.

Garrett Michael Hayes That Terminator-like metal skull with the pointy teeth and glowing red eye has absolutely nothing to do with this movie. That was obviously just some ad executive's attempt to play on the popularity of "Ahnold's" film successes. Ditto for the tag line "The future is not friendly." Instead, "Prototype" is a thoughtful, well played drama about two character's struggles to understand and deal with the world around them. Christopher Plummer is on solid ground as the scientist who wants his creation to have a chance at life, and David Morse is spectacularly understated as the android prototype of the title.What makes this so compelling is the same thing that makes all of the best science fiction or fantasy work: The principle players take the situation and their part in it as real, without engaging in histrionics. As Michael, Morse indulges in neither the overplayed "childlike wonder" nor the hyper-mechanical stiffness so often poured into similar roles by lesser actors. Michael is "other" without being weird.Well worth a look.

modeltsar This is one of the most compelling and heartbreaking redux of the Frankenstein story set in a modern age. Plummer gives a great portrayal of a scientist working to push make his vision come true without realizing why it is so important. David Morse is very good as Michael the Prototype android of the title. His innocent curiousity about the world pulled me into the story. And his realization about the way things are in the end tore my heart. When Michael says, Don't hold me. You can feel the metal." The pain was shared between the three of us, Dr. Forrester, Michael and me.