Robocop Trilogy

Starring:Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Felton Perry, Paul McCrane, Jesse D. Goins, Del Zamora, Calvin Jung, Rick Lieberman, Lee de Broux, Mark Carlton, Edward Edwards, Michael Gregory, Freddie Hice, Neil Summers
Director: Paul Verhoeven, Irvin Kershner, Fred Dekker
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

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The first Robocop was thrilling, hilarious, and totally original--none of which has as much to do with the film's spawning two sequels (plus two separate television shows) as its $50 million-plus take at the box office. Though the Law of Diminishing Returns inevitably applies to the theatrical trilogy, the central premise is so strong that each of the lesser sequels has at least a few moments worth catching. That's because the original (wherein Detroit cop Peter Weller, killed in the line of duty, gets transformed into a crime-fighting cyborg) set up an entire world. Director Paul Verhoeven spends as much time lampooning television news, commercial products, and big business as he does on the story; however violent or gory things get (and they get quite icky), the tone throughout is comic, even giddy. Robocop 2, helmed by Irvin Kershner of The Empire Strikes Back fame, sobers up considerably. The film is rather underrated; sure, there are fewer ads and newsbreaks this time around, but there are several inventive touches--Robocop is briefly reprogrammed into a homily-spouting Dudley Do-Right; drug dealers step in to bail out the financially strapped city--and the villains (including the most foul-mouthed, amoral 12-year-old in movie history) are less outrageous than in the first installment. Robocop 3, however, is profit-driven hash. Having Robocop (now acted by Robert John Burke) join a citizens' uprising is a nice idea, and even the ninja android could have been fun, but the movie tries too often to be heartwarming, an emotion thoroughly out of place in this wickedly satirical series. --Bruce Reid

Customer Reviews:

Its Robocop!.......2007-03-30

Its Robocop, who doesnt like them, evreyone should just have them. So go buy it ! lol It even has an extended version of the first movie.

It's Robocop, enough said........2007-01-19

The rating is for the overall package you get here. Now I don't need to go into details, as you already know what Robocop is all about. You get all three Robocop movies with excellent picture and sound in one nicely put package. The first one is the unrated cut. A lot of people don't really care for the sequals, but I think they are ok. I liked part three, two was ok. The thing I like about this trilogy is the continuity. The other one picks up where the previous one left off,a nd you still see the characters from the old ones.Excellent trilogy. Great presentation, great price. Get it now before it becomes rare.

Robocop FTW.......2007-01-04

Robocop is the best, I mean who doesnt like robocop. Peter Weller is the best one in my opinion.

Worth more than the Sum of its RoboParts.......2006-11-17

RoboCop: 1987
It's almost funny how close this is to being a bad movie or even a TERRIBLE movie. All the overzelous "punks" are here, the dated presentation, and some fairly aged stop motion animation would appear to add up to a RoboFlop. But dig deeper. Peter Weller practically single handedly turns this movie into something of legend. I will stop there. I don't want to give this movie too much praise because it does have some deep problems, but when you toll up the human element, the longing, the memory of family, his detachment, it practically is a modern day Frankenstein. The lead baddies are actually well represented and fleshed out, which is very important and the actual RoboCop "gear" still looks sweet and actually holds up well. I do get the feeling there were budget contraints but I'm shocked at this movie succeeding on many levels the Terminator misses. Throw in many dvd extras and the excellant box art and I can safely say this movie alone was worth the $15 I spent for the entire set. 8.5/10

RoboCop 2: 1990
For the first 45 minutes or so I was marveling at what may be a true stellar dark horse series. This second movie opened up getting everything right I liked about the first one... then at about that point the wheels fell off and the story suddenly went south with the telling of a second RoboCop... a drug addicted convict. Peter Weller may have been absent from half this movie! Which is really a shame because believe it or not most of cast isn't really that bad it's just that the story is so poorly constructed it's hard to even tell who, what, and mostly why. It's easier to digest once you realize this series seems to be purposely "B movie" material but it doesn't make it any more entertaining. I did find it interesting to see Robo riding a Harley... 2 years before Arnold. 6/10

RoboCop 3: 1992
Sort of works as a "bad movie". The Neo Punk look and most of the actors range from horrid to so-so. Peter Weller is no longer RoboCop which surprisingly doesn't affect this movie as much as I thought it would. Still how can you have a RoboCop movie where, again, he is missing from half the movie and you spend that time watching uninteresting "rebel movements" and even worse, bad robot ninjas? I really cannot understand how the script was approved. Through it all it was marginally entertaining but definitely the worst of the three. It does have some decent human moments, but mostly it just shouldn't have been made... like this. 4.5/10

The ROBOBOX version is LAME........2006-06-16

Amazon is confusing, they put the SAME reviews for two DIFFERENT DVD Boxsets. Make sure you DO NOT get the ROBOBOX and are looking at the Robocop MGM Trilogy. The great version of the Robocop collection is the MGM version with Robocop 1 UNCUT. The Robocop 1 in the ROBOBOX collection is EDITED! I was mislead by all the positive reviews so I ended up getting the lame Robobox which simply just has the movies, no extras, and a butchered/edited masterpiece (yep, there are a couple minutes missing from Robocop). Avoid the blue Robobox, it's not the same DVD set everyone here is praising, it's DIFFERENT, not the definitive version of these classic movies. I wish somebody made that clear before I made a big mistake.

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