With four full nights and two RoboCops going at it, RoboCop: Prime Directives is an action-packed, exciting mini that also has a heart. The creators have borrowed from a wide variety of sources, including everything from the old western showdowns to The Matrix. While there are plot holes aplenty, the RoboCop series strength was always in staying true to its man-meets-machine theme, and Prime Directives certainly manages that.

Fletcher does a fine job embodying the big, clunky, frozen-faced RoboCop. It doesn't hurt that he's given lots of early flashbacks that take place at a time when he was just another cop on the police force. In those flashbacks, he's able to laugh and do some real acting. It also helps give a sense of who this particular RoboCop was before he was killed and brought back to life to be pressed into RoboService. Prime Directives is well cast, especially regarding Wint as John Cable and Hope as mercenary Ann Key, who is reminiscent of Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix. Wyn Davies does overact as insane genius David Kaydick, but that is what insane geniuses are supposed to do, so he gets away with it.

While it's exciting to see RoboCop face an army of men, survive explosions and fearlessly take on all the bad guys and win, it's the man under the metal who keeps fans coming back.

Prime Directives focuses on RoboCop's humanity, which, after all, is the heart of this particular character. By having RoboCop go up against a superior version of himself, he finally gets to understand who he really is. It's a nice touch that's managed without anything being taken away from the action.

The weakness of this mini lies squarely in the script and the convoluted plotting by the OCP executives. Prime Directives slows down every time the executives show up for more corporate intrigue. Office politics are boring and few have been able to make them interesting to watch. Worse yet, these office politics often make no sense and things seem to happen without logic and simply to convenience the plot.

Sure, it could be better, but that's a minor quibble for RoboFans. Viewers who stay with the mini for all four nights will be treated to a slam-bang conclusion on the final night. There are bullets flying, explosions exploding, car chases, plenty of property damage and a hero standing up for RoboJustice. And isn't that what RoboCop has really always been about?