StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

xamtaro Three movies, a live action TV series and two cartoons later, ROBOCOP returns with a made-for-TV miniseries "ROBOCOP: PRIME DIRECTIVES". This miniseries consisted of four movies which attempted to bring back the gritty and darker tone of the first movie, as well as some social satire. For all intents and purposes, what we have is an ambitious project limited by lack of budget and inexperience of the creative team.Our story begins 10 years after the first movie (ignoring the continuity of the other movies and TV series). Robocop is obsolete and weary of his years trying to bring peace to the crime ridden Delta City. The megacorporation OCP, who runs the city, is experiencing inner turmoil among the management. Due to new policies preventing use of lethal force by the police, a crime wave is sweeping the city. From Kamikaze gangs to a psycho in Halloween armour armed with machine guns and rockets, this town is going to hell. Fortunately, they have a new kick ass police commander JohnCable; a dual pistol wielding ol fashioned cowboy cop. Oh, and Robocop, the supposedly invincible enforcer of law who spends the entire miniseries getting owned.Every character goes on about how awesome Robocop is, every criminal mentions his name in fear, you never see that. What you get is Robocop being blasted, kicked down, smashed, electrocuted and pummeled in every other combat scene. He only manages to take down people who refuse to take cover in a firefight.This brings me the portrayal of Robocop himself played by Page Fletcher. Fletcher is a fine actor, able to convey heavy emotions with his voice and mannerism. He is not, however, I anyway suited to the role. For starters, he is short. As in really short. And the bulky oversized armour only makes him look shorter. Everyone including the old female scientist is taller than him. His Robocop is a stumbling dwarf, always marching with his fists balled up. On the flip side, with his helmet off, Robocop looks like an old man and even acts like one. Nothing is done to make him machine-like. He very visibly pants when tired, swallows hard when scared, he even sweats.So a crappy Robocop headlines 4 made-for-TV movie length episodes of the miniseries. On the bright side, what the 4 episodes do is attempt to remake and redo some very classic elements from Robocop media history. You have a new more advanced Robocop, something Robocop 2 should have been about. You have a advanced Artificial Intelligence meant to automate the entire city, like th pilot episode of the 90s TV series. Lastly, you have a tale of a machine regaining his humanity. Throughout this story is the tale of James Murphy, son of Alex Murphy, who is now a young executive caught up in the turmoil in OCP. James must come to terms with the discovery of his father's identity as Robocop as father slowly reunites with son.The overall story is good for its drama. The actors are spot on in their portrayals and it is generally well written with many of the themes inherent in the original films. Of particular note is the hammy Kaydick and the absolutely obnoxious Damien. A huge plus is the miniseries return to R-Rated violence rather than the kid friendly style of fighting in the TV series and Robocop 3.Sadly the execution is less than sub-par. Director Julian Grant brings a lazy hand to the directing and seems to have this obsession with skip-frame slo mo (the kind of jerky slo mo you get when shooting something at half the usual Frames Per Second). The overall low budget look to the production is heightened by dated special effects, unremarkable camera-work and crappy costumes. The New cyber terrorist villains have the fashion sense of the Matrix characters, all tight, black and trench coats. They have cartoony electrical powers and can move at super speed with a basic blur effect. The low budget is most obvious in the Robopcop suits. During action scenes, they come apart at the seams letting you clearly see the black leotard underneath.With this, Prime Directives sounded the death knell of the classic Robocop franchise. Perhaps in this new century of movies with fast kicking kung fu combat, high tech special effects and tighter narratives, the concept of classic Robocop as a walking tank is in itself obsolete. With this sad closure to a once remarkably original franchise, perhaps the new reboot in 2014 would be a much welcome revival of the concept.

terkel-2 This is apparently made as a series of movies. It does NOT work at all! Wrong Robo, for one thing. Page Fletcher acts nice as Murphy, but as Robo he'll be laughed at by street-dancers, me and the ORIGINAL Robo, Peter Weller. He moves as a 9-year-old, trying to act as a robot. As you may have guessed, I'm NOT impressed. I'm NOT a gore-violence-kill-freak, but this were some 90 minutes of my life, I'd like to get back. So boring, and long-winded - but there's apparently 3 more after this. I'm not watching!Robo 1 & 2 with Peter Weller were fantastic. First time I saw Robocop,I was shocked! Really! I'd never seen a more violent, graphic disgusting movie. And I've seen a lot of horror flicks *LOL* Years later, I found out it was meant to be sarcastic - and 1 & 2 were.Avoid this sh*t if you can.

thebigeasy555 I have never claimed to be a fan of the robocop series and after watching this,I would please ask that he be killed off once and for all.To say this film is absolutely terrible dosen't even come close.The wooden acting by everyone,the inconceivable storyline.As soon as you finish watching this you ask yourself "WHY?".Being tortured for 90 minutes would be much more pleasurable.I only watched it entirely in the hope it might possibly get better or resemble something that wasn't total excrement.I made a huge mistake thinking that.The character of John Cable is without a doubt the worst I've ever encountered in any film.Robocop and James Murphy are credible in comparison-now that's saying something.For the sake of your sanity avoid this woeful creation at all costs

Nick Zbu After suffering through the miscarriage that was Robocop 2 and the complete comic book homage that was Robocop 3, it was good to see that the writers of the original finally put Robocop down once and for all.While the story seems a bit on the goofy side, it's important to remember that the whole premise of Robocop is comic bookish to an extent. But it works: Bone Machine, the mysterious invisible people, RoboCable all form a coherent and somehow satisfying end to the Robocop saga. Murphy regains his humanity once again (a plot thread that was always ignored in each Robocop movie) and establishes ties to his son and walks into the sunset. The only fault I can find is that the miniseries is one part too long. If it was cut the miniseries would flow better. But this is a minor flaw.Clearly the best offshoot for Robocop since the original by far.