Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Am I Missing Something?

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Hmmm, this series doesn't seem to be very popular but on closer inspection the criticism seems to be from the "watched the first 10 minutes then turned off" crew. I'm unsure how you can fully judge something without watching it but that's the level of mentality here.Anyway, I think Prime Directives is a great slice of binge entertainment. Nearly 6 hours of action and story set in the Robocop universe and the stories are very interesting too. The usual Robocop themes of family and greed are here but they throw in some plot points about obsoletion as well which I found very cool.This is a TV production so don't expect any great special effects here but the cinematography is top notch and very moody and it's all absorbing enough to hook you in.Now it has some bad points and most of that comes from the acting. It's pretty bad right across the board with maybe only one or two standouts but yep, it's really corny. Page Fletcher looks like a poor man's Dennis Hopper and far too short to be Robocop in the first place. He's "ok" as Alex Murphy but honestly he bungles about in the Robo suit looking constipated and his shoulders are so hunched up it loos like he could explode. The rest of the cast fare better but honestly, not by much.It's surprising because the script, while not the snappiest is really quite good and fuses well with the extended stories and even throws in a some memorable lines here and there.The best thing about it is that this is the extended runtime. Here we have FOUR feature length episodes all connected to the same skeleton story and it's great fun immersing yourself in the Robocop universe for that amount of time. The 6 hour running time means that the story and plots can really breathe and be fleshed out quite a bit so this adds tremendously to the connection between audience and program.I honestly think that some people watch this and expect the same quality as the films and that just isn't going to happen.Regardless aside from some bad acting and Robo himself being somewhat miscast this is a great pieces of quality entertainment that lasts a good while and there is PLENTY to enjoy here believe me so give it all of it) a shot and if you keep in mind it's production you shouldn't be disappointed.Terrific for tearing into on a binge after the first three films.

I think, unlike some people that this TV series is good in its category: low budget TV film with more or less unknown actors and actresses, who are not absolutely bad here. for example page fletcher is surprisingly good especially in those few scenes, where Murphy's previous life is shown, before being killed. the action sequences are correct, I like in them the simplicity: no overemphasized visuality, just shooting, chasing etc. The only problem with the story, that I could have missed the saint-mad scientist elements. Having the other conflicts ( two robocops against each other, the family drama between alex and jimmy murphy, a wanted robocop, etc) would have been enough. and the very very few visual effects were unnecessary: they made people notice the cheapness of the film. that's all what I think...

When my friends and I rented this movie, we were hoping for a badly-made heckle fest. The kind that's so horribly bad that it just makes it funnier to watch, whether it was meant for comedy or not. This movie was even worse than that. It was basically unwatchable, except for the train wreck effect, as people call it. You know, when there's something so bleeding awful that you can't seem to turn your sight away, yet it only gets worse as you watch. This was that on a DVD for all to lose self respect from. In any case, we stuck it out till the end in hopes it would redeem itself at *some point*. We would have saved a few Kleenex from confusion/anger-induced nosebleeds, had that been the case.It was as though nothing had anything to do with anything else. The movie begins to go into some detail establishing one plot device or another, and then you don't hear ANYTHING about it again. One minute there's this little girl talking to Robocop - the next, she runs AT LIGHT-SPEED, super-powers-style, down an alley - for no reason whatsoever, much less any explanation or relevance to anything in the rest of the movie. There were countless moments of visual miscarriage in this movie but the so-called climax may have been one of the worst, where for approximately 15 minutes straight, you have a bunch of SWAT team members or something fighting against Robocop (for no reason at all, it seemed), while this little girl is screaming, and Robocop kneeling over her to protect her. For 15 minutes. With NO CHANGE. What the hell.I was going to rant about a couple more of the asinine moments in the "movie" (or as I call it, 'What the devil's autistic little brother, Steve-o might subject you to if you're a sinner when you die') but I'm pretty much starting to get annoyed all over again about the 90 minutes that movie will never let me have back. I hate you budget Robocop. Please die again.

I saw this series the first time it was aired on TV. I watched and recorded the entire thing. The first thing I found upsetting was that Mini Me was cast as Robo, the second being the costume was all cheap looking. But as a huge fan of all of the Robo's, I had to find a way to like it.. I was like 6 years old when I saw the first, and I thought it was one of the best movies I had ever seen, Not the kind of movie that can make another that is as good or even better, but part two stands next to it flawless in every way!! (you can't argue this, don't try!!) Then when Peter didn't do the 3rd and it was rated PG-13 I didn't know what was going to happen. But as I watched it the first time I started off not knowing what to think, then I heard him speak, they computered over his voice a little too much but I could tell he was even more of a fan of robo than I. His every move was as if Peter was really the one inside of the costume! They could make another, and Robert John Burke could do it, and it would kick ass by me!! All in all it will never be as good as the first 2 but it is a close second to them. And now I find myself with the thought that I will never see another big budget full production live action feature film with the name Robocop ever again, so these 4 DVD's have to do.. I can't turn on my super heros, so I have to stay true to what ever holds the name.. So after that is said, the Prime Directives series is just a continuation of a killer story... I wish it would never end.......