RoboCop: Prime Directives 

Thirteen years after the original Robocop, Delta City, considered to be "The Safest Place On Earth!", has become a futuristic city owned and operated by OCP, and RoboCop, Alex Murphy has ... See full summary »

Stars:

Page Fletcher, Maurice Dean Wint, Maria del Mar

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Page Fletcher	...	Alex J. Murphy / ... 4 episodes, 2001
Maurice Dean Wint	...	John Terrence Cable / ... 4 episodes, 2001
Maria del Mar	...	Sara Cable 4 episodes, 2001
Anthony Lemke	...	James Murphy 4 episodes, 2001
Kevin Jubinville	...	Damian Lowe 4 episodes, 2001
David Fraser	...	Ed Hobley 4 episodes, 2001
Rogue Johnston	...	Malcolm X-Plosion 4 episodes, 2001
Mif	...	Chuck Conflagration 4 episodes, 2001
Ted Ludzik	...	Johnny Nitro 4 episodes, 2001
James Purcell	...	Motor City Mangler 4 episodes, 2001
James Downing	...	Trooper Kirk DC 4 episodes, 2001
Brendan Wall	...	Lead OCP Trooper 4 episodes, 2001
Brian Paul	...	Chief of Police 4 episodes, 2001
Daniel Levinson	...	DC Trooper 4 episodes, 2001
Kevin Rushton	...	Trooper McCoy DC 4 episodes, 2001
Brittney Banks	...	Trooper Wilma DC 4 episodes, 2001
Carlos Diaz	...	Jenkins OCP 4 episodes, 2001
James Binkley	...	Quill 4 episodes, 2001
John Jay Hebert	...	Officer Down DC 4 episodes, 2001
Kenny Robinson	...	Ned Shyster 4 episodes, 2001
Kelly Fiddick	...	Benni 4 episodes, 2001
Neville Edwards	...	Ned Gummel 4 episodes, 2001
François Klanfer	...	Dr. Lester Worth 4 episodes, 2001
Philip DeWilde	...	Meeker 4 episodes, 2001
Rosalie Mcdougall	...	Mother 4 episodes, 2001
Garfield Andrews	...	OCP Executive 4 episodes, 2001
Murray McRae	...	Board Member 4 episodes, 2001
Panou	...	Man 4 episodes, 2001
Jodi Pape	...	Woman 4 episodes, 2001
Daisy White	...	Elderly Woman 4 episodes, 2001
Adam Large	...	Construction Worker 4 episodes, 2001
David Macniven	...	Lawyer 4 episodes, 2001
Heather Mathieson	...	Young Woman 4 episodes, 2001
Patricia Aldridge	...	Exotic Dancer #1 4 episodes, 2001
Brook Patterson	...	Exotic Dancer #2 4 episodes, 2001
Erica Dahm	...	Mandy #1 4 episodes, 2001
Jaclyn Dahm	...	Mandy #2 4 episodes, 2001
Nicole Dahm	...	Mandy #3 4 episodes, 2001
Emanuel Arruda	...	Executive 4 episodes, 2001
Michael Louis Johnson	...	Squadron Leader 4 episodes, 2001
Michael Stevens	...	Exotic Girl Trader 4 episodes, 2001
Geraint Wyn Davies	...	David Kaydick / ... 3 episodes, 2001
Leslie Hope	...	Ann R. Key 3 episodes, 2001
Rebeka Coles-Budrys	...	Jordan 3 episodes, 2001
Marni Thompson	...	Abby Normal 2 episodes, 2001
Françoise Yip	...	Lexx Icon 2 episodes, 2001
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Albert Bixler / ... 2 episodes, 2001
Tedde Moore	...	The Old Woman (CEO) 2 episodes, 2001
Ellen Dubin	...	Sandra Smyles 2 episodes, 2001
Meg Hogarth	...	Dr. Colleen Frost 1 episode, 2001
Eugene Clark	...	Carver RH 1 episode, 2001
Leslie Ann Coles	...	Ashley St. John-Smyth 1 episode, 2001
Juliette Powell	...	Bunny Bustamente 1 episode, 2001
Marie Ward	...	Rikki Oh 1 episode, 2001
Sara Sahr	...	P.J. Flinders 1 episode, 2001
Mark Breslin	...	Archie Nemesis 1 episode, 2001
Bobby Johnston	...	Carl Buck 1 episode, 2001
Angelo Tucci	...	Officer Green RH 1 episode, 2001
Stephen Fretwell	...	Lead Trooper DC 1 episode, 2001
Jack Duffy	...	Dr. Hill 1 episode, 2001
Trevor Owens	...	Todd 1 episode, 2001
Reiko Elio	...	Police Officer / ... 1 episode, 2001
Sarah Campbell	...	Gadget (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
Peter Costigan	...	Jimmy Murphy (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
Dan Duran	...	Bo Harlan (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
Erica Ehm	...	Rocky Crenshaw (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
David Gardner	...	OCP Chairman (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
Jenn Griffin	...	Nancy Murphy (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
Blu Mankuma	...	Seargent Parks (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
Yvette Nipar	...	Detective Lisa Madigan (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
Andrea Roth	...	Neurobrain (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
Ed Sahely	...	Charlie Lippencott (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001
Kurtwood Smith	...	Clarence Boddicker (archive footage) 4 episodes, 2001

Storyline

Thirteen years after the original Robocop, Delta City, considered to be "The Safest Place On Earth!", has become a futuristic city owned and operated by OCP, and RoboCop, Alex Murphy has begun to feel his age. Murphy finds himself nearly obsolete, and must deal with the fact that his now-grown son James is an OCP executive, unaware that his father is still alive. Also, Murphy's former partner, John Cable, has returned to Delta City as its new Security Commander. But slowly, new enemies arise, and Murphy and Cable begin an investigation into a mysterious villain known as the Bone Machine, unaware that they are coming dangerously close to exposing an evil group of OCP executives known as The Trust... which James Murphy is a part of. Desperate to prevent their sinister plans from being revealed, The Trust programs Murphy to kill John Cable...

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Plot Keywords:

robocop | humanoid cyborg | police cyborg | police shootout | street shootout | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 July 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Robocop 4

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Robocop Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

375 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Page Fletcher is the fourth actor to play the title role of 'Alex Murphy/RoboCop,' preceded by Peter Weller, Robert John Burke and Richard Eden.

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Goofs

At the end of the second part, Meltdown, this quote is given: "The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots." The film credits it to Thoreau, which is impossible, as the word "robot" did not enter the English language until more than sixty years after Thoreau's death. This quote is actually from Erich Fromm.

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Quotes

[Alex Murphy and John Cable are playing chess, Murphy laughs at Cable's move]
John Cable: What?
[Murphy makes his move]
John Cable: What the hell is that?
Alex Murphy: That's the hell I got you beat your next move.
John Cable: [grinning] Sure you do.
[Cable makes his move]
Alex Murphy: [frowning] Now what the hell is that?
John Cable: That's the hell checkmate... partner.

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Alternate Versions

When the movie first aired in Canada, it didn't have the scene when RoboCop deletes the past files out of his memory. This scene was first shown when it aired in the US.

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Connections

References Young Frankenstein (1974)

User Reviews

A worthy effort.

It's clear that Julian Grant, Brad Abraham and Joseph O'Brien are fans of Robocop. They have updated the series for the new millenium and spin on a few ideas of their own.

John Cable was an excellent addition to Robocop. Him and Alex Murphy are great to see in action. Cable is similar to Murphy in many ways: family man, law man, takes no nonsense. Full credit to Maurice Dean Wint. His wife, Sara Cable, reminds me of Clarance Boddiker in a few ways as well.

However, some things just don't work: Page Fletcher is physically wrong for Murphy. He's 5 ft 7. Hardly intimidating. Even his son towers over him and his nose is massive, although he does a good job of handling the emotions. The idea to have Robocop constantly shutting down and jumping when shot like an epileptic gets tiring after a while.

Ultimately, a worthy effort.