RoboCop: Prime Directives (2001): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2001, RoboCop: Prime Directives is an action, thriller, crime and science fiction film directed by Julian Grant, running about 95 minutes.

What it’s about. 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...

Who’s in it. RoboCop: Prime Directives stars Page Fletcher as Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop, Maurice Dean Wint as John Terrence Cable / RoboCable, Maria del Mar as Sara Cable and Geraint Wyn Davies as David Kaydick, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 4.4/10, RoboCop: Prime Directives has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch RoboCop: Prime Directives page.

If you liked it. Fans of RoboCop: Prime Directives tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.