Hey dtskp,
Sorry this is happening on all your computers. Here's my suggestion until the programmers can figure out a better solution.
1-In the "PolMachine\Data" folder there's a "Prefs.ini" file. Open that up.
2-Search for a value named "SkipIntro" that is probably set to '0' on your game. Set that to '1'.
3-This will skip the animated intro to the game. If the game still crashes, please use the above link to report your bug.
I'm guessing that the problem lies in compatability between your graphics card(s) and DirectShow, but I'm not positive. Hopefully, at the very least, this will let you get into a game. Please let us know if this worked, and if not, come back on and post your system specs so we can get a better idea what's going in (internally)! Thanks for your help...hopefully this will be solved quickly.