Robocop 2

Starring:Belinda Bauer, John Glover, Mario Machado, Leeza Gibbons, John Ingle, Tom Noonan, Roger Aaron Brown, Gabriel Damon, Mark Rolston, Lila Finn, John Hateley, Gage Tarrant, Thomas Rosales Jr., Brandon Smith, Wallace Merck, Peter Weller, Michael Medeiros, Galyn Görg, Linda Thompson, Lily Chen
Director: Irvin Kershner
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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With the surprise success--both critical and commercial--of Robocop, it was inevitable that a sequel would emerge (actually, two sequels). But this follow-up lacked the dyspeptically funny vision of filmmaker Paul Verhoeven and wound up skimming the surface to repeat only the most superficial elements of the original: the big, clunky hero (played by Peter Weller), the ultra-violence (minus a dark sense of humor), and the plethora of action sequences. What plot there is deals with the corporation that runs the cops and its two-pronged attempt to squeeze every dime out of the populace and the city: create a new drug crisis (with an incredibly addictive synthetic drug the corporation manufactures, spread by a charismatic drug lord) and then attack with a bigger robot, one that eliminates Robocop at the same time. Would that they had. --Marshall Fine
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Starring: John Glover , Belinda Bauer , Mario Machado , Leeza Gibbons , and John Ingle
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Release Date: 2004-06-08 |
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With the surprise success--both critical and commercial--of Robocop, it was inevitable that a sequel would emerge (actually, two sequels). But this follow-up lacked the dyspeptically funny vision of filmmaker Paul Verhoeven and wound up skimming the surface to repeat only the most superficial elements of the original: the big, clunky hero (played by Peter Weller), the ultra-violence (minus a dark sense of humor), and the plethora of action sequences. What plot there is deals with the corporation that runs the cops and its two-pronged attempt to squeeze every dime out of the populace and the city: create a new drug crisis (with an incredibly addictive synthetic drug the corporation manufactures, spread by a charismatic drug lord) and then attack with a bigger robot, one that eliminates Robocop at the same time. Would that they had. --Marshall Fine
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When Detroit's descent into chaos is further compounded by a police department strike and a new designer drug called Nuke, only Robocop can stop the mayhem. But in his way are an evil corporation that profits from Motor City crime and a bigger and tougher cyborg with a deadly directive: Take out Robocop. Containing the latest in gadgetry and weaponry as well as the brain of the madman who designed Nuke, this new cyborg isn't just more sophisticated than his predecessor...he's psychotic and out of control! And it's going to take everything Robocop has- maybe even his life-to save Detroit from complete and utter anarchy.
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Robocop fan.......2007-05-14
Not usual to see a sequel live up to the first but this one does the trick.
"Thank you for not smoking!".......2006-07-15
Robocop returns to serve the public trust, protect the innocent, and uphold the law, in the 1990 sequel to the 1987 classic original.
Peter Weller revives his role as the futuristic Detroit cop turned cyborg, as does Nancy Allen (Blow Out) as Ann Lewis, and Dan O'Herlihy as OCP's president. Onboard this time around is director Irvin Kershner (Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back) replacing Paul Verhoeven.
Robocop is now battling a drug kingpin named Cain, played by Tom Noonan (Last Action Hero), who also leads the Nuke cult, a popular drug in the crime-ridden streets of Detroit. In the meantime, OCP is attempting to build a new cyborg to fight crime; the Old Man assigns a sexy young psychiatrist to overlook the project, who eventually recruits Cain as a new powerful cyborg, and turns a heavily damaged and destroyed Robocop into a wuss!
The movie retrieves the quirkiness of the original, with all the fictional TV ads, headline news, and shows, along with the gruesome violence and all-out chaos. However, the violence is tuned down from the original. The movie's highlight moments is watching Robocop commenting on the moon looking wonderful, lecturing young thugs on morals, and pulling his gun on a man smoking in a crowded area.
Robocop 2 is definitely not as good as Robocop, but, compared to the horrible Robocop 3 (in which Peter Weller does not star), is a worthwhile sequel.
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Robocop 2,still a great Sci-Fi film.......2006-06-21
Robocop 2, the inevitable sequal to the first blockbuster Robcop film.Not nearlly as good as the first one,but entertaining to say the least. This film takes a more comic bookish means of showing the film so it is a little campy,but all intentional.At times, Robocop 2 is pointlessly violent,but I wouldn't categorize it as greusome unless you have a really weak stomach and nature.My only complaint is there is too much swearing in this film,but it is rated for it.It is just tiresome to here a 12yr. old kid with a gutter mouth nonstop throughout the film.I wanted him to shut up,or be shot/die sooner.The special effects are top notch for its day,remember this was made before all FX houses scrambled to become CGI artists to stay in business.I actually prefer more of the old school way FX facilities durring the times accomplished visual effects,and more often than not,look better than some of the overdone films of now that rely completely on CGI to tell a story which inevitably ruins the film most times.Nothing like being bored to death by a film that is just a special effects extraviganza. Depiste Robocop 2 not meeting the expectations,it is still a great/entertaining film.Murphy is still struggling with past,fragmented memories of who he used to be,but driven to fight crime and be the ultimate police officer despite the odds of pollitical manipulation and his own turning on him.This was a great film,the only regret is that this DVD offers no featurettes which would have been a nice touch.Well worth owning for the price and adding to your collection if you are a Sci-Fi fan.
Shockingly Gruesome and Pointless Sequel .......2006-06-04
The acts of violence and gruesomely graphic cybernetic experimentations performed in this film border on some morbid fascination of grotesque disfiguration of human beings. ROBOCOP 2 starts with a brilliantly filmed exposition stylishly photographed, scored and edited and though violent in nature in demonstrates the moral decay of society where only the fittest can truly survive. Peter Weller as officer Murphy now destined to remain RoboCop is still able to emote sympathy and compassion for his character. Murphy continually drives past the house of where his family resides and he is no longer part of. He wants his identity and his life back. Unfortunately, this aspect of the story is abruptly dropped in favor of Murphy tracking down a lowest of the low drug guru Cain played by Tom Noonan. OCP run by Daniel O'Herlihy is out to replace all human police officers with cyborgs. Detroit never had it so bad. Unfortunately OCP tries to upgrade the RoboCop model with a new cyborg with essentially just the brain and spinal cord of Noonan inserted into a massive and intimidating robot. In the process of this film Murphy's RoboCop becomes an ineffectual tool to the absurd nature of his superiors. He is not even a hero or a blunt instrument. He is just a pawn with total lack of motivation. His confrontation with Cain is anticlimactic and just too over-the-top. The confrontation is not even about good and evil. It is pointless. The entire film is beyond good taste and reason. Who would even want to live in such a dismal society of such moral decay where human beings are reduced to being biological components cut up for parts and inserted into steal and chrome mechanisms. Even Leonard Rosenman's score echoes this depressing outlook and bolsters the idea that there is something quite wrong here. If you are looking for some gratuitous violence of the most perverse, look no further. Luckily ROBOCOP 3 returned at least to a nobler outing for our hero.
Repulsive Violent Film.......2006-05-31
This is a below average film in every respect. Repulsive things here. The acting is not good at all. Pretty bad in fact. I did like the film very much. The violence is beyond poor taste. It is below average in every department and I did not enjoy it. The first 10 minutes of the film are good. It looked like it was going to be a good movie. But the film fell into violent after violent episodes. The concept creating another bio-robot was just revolting and turned me off.
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- Robocop fan
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- Robocop 2,still a great Sci-Fi film
- Shockingly Gruesome and Pointless Sequel
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Starring: John Glover , Belinda Bauer , Mario Machado , Leeza Gibbons , and John Ingle
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Release Date: 1997-10-22 |
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With the surprise success--both critical and commercial--of Robocop, it was inevitable that a sequel would emerge (actually, two sequels). But this follow-up lacked the dyspeptically funny vision of filmmaker Paul Verhoeven and wound up skimming the surface to repeat only the most superficial elements of the original: the big, clunky hero (played by Peter Weller), the ultra-violence (minus a dark sense of humor), and the plethora of action sequences. What plot there is deals with the corporation that runs the cops and its two-pronged attempt to squeeze every dime out of the populace and the city: create a new drug crisis (with an incredibly addictive synthetic drug the corporation manufactures, spread by a charismatic drug lord) and then attack with a bigger robot, one that eliminates Robocop at the same time. Would that they had. --Marshall Fine
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Peter Weller and Nancy Allen return for more crime-fighting action in the sequel to the sci-fi fantasy, "Robocop." This time, the "Future of Law Enforcement" is pitted against his newer, bigger and more powerful replacement.
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Robocop fan.......2007-05-14
Not usual to see a sequel live up to the first but this one does the trick.
"Thank you for not smoking!".......2006-07-15
Robocop returns to serve the public trust, protect the innocent, and uphold the law, in the 1990 sequel to the 1987 classic original.
Peter Weller revives his role as the futuristic Detroit cop turned cyborg, as does Nancy Allen (Blow Out) as Ann Lewis, and Dan O'Herlihy as OCP's president. Onboard this time around is director Irvin Kershner (Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back) replacing Paul Verhoeven.
Robocop is now battling a drug kingpin named Cain, played by Tom Noonan (Last Action Hero), who also leads the Nuke cult, a popular drug in the crime-ridden streets of Detroit. In the meantime, OCP is attempting to build a new cyborg to fight crime; the Old Man assigns a sexy young psychiatrist to overlook the project, who eventually recruits Cain as a new powerful cyborg, and turns a heavily damaged and destroyed Robocop into a wuss!
The movie retrieves the quirkiness of the original, with all the fictional TV ads, headline news, and shows, along with the gruesome violence and all-out chaos. However, the violence is tuned down from the original. The movie's highlight moments is watching Robocop commenting on the moon looking wonderful, lecturing young thugs on morals, and pulling his gun on a man smoking in a crowded area.
Robocop 2 is definitely not as good as Robocop, but, compared to the horrible Robocop 3 (in which Peter Weller does not star), is a worthwhile sequel.
Recommended
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Robocop 2,still a great Sci-Fi film.......2006-06-21
Robocop 2, the inevitable sequal to the first blockbuster Robcop film.Not nearlly as good as the first one,but entertaining to say the least. This film takes a more comic bookish means of showing the film so it is a little campy,but all intentional.At times, Robocop 2 is pointlessly violent,but I wouldn't categorize it as greusome unless you have a really weak stomach and nature.My only complaint is there is too much swearing in this film,but it is rated for it.It is just tiresome to here a 12yr. old kid with a gutter mouth nonstop throughout the film.I wanted him to shut up,or be shot/die sooner.The special effects are top notch for its day,remember this was made before all FX houses scrambled to become CGI artists to stay in business.I actually prefer more of the old school way FX facilities durring the times accomplished visual effects,and more often than not,look better than some of the overdone films of now that rely completely on CGI to tell a story which inevitably ruins the film most times.Nothing like being bored to death by a film that is just a special effects extraviganza. Depiste Robocop 2 not meeting the expectations,it is still a great/entertaining film.Murphy is still struggling with past,fragmented memories of who he used to be,but driven to fight crime and be the ultimate police officer despite the odds of pollitical manipulation and his own turning on him.This was a great film,the only regret is that this DVD offers no featurettes which would have been a nice touch.Well worth owning for the price and adding to your collection if you are a Sci-Fi fan.
Shockingly Gruesome and Pointless Sequel .......2006-06-04
The acts of violence and gruesomely graphic cybernetic experimentations performed in this film border on some morbid fascination of grotesque disfiguration of human beings. ROBOCOP 2 starts with a brilliantly filmed exposition stylishly photographed, scored and edited and though violent in nature in demonstrates the moral decay of society where only the fittest can truly survive. Peter Weller as officer Murphy now destined to remain RoboCop is still able to emote sympathy and compassion for his character. Murphy continually drives past the house of where his family resides and he is no longer part of. He wants his identity and his life back. Unfortunately, this aspect of the story is abruptly dropped in favor of Murphy tracking down a lowest of the low drug guru Cain played by Tom Noonan. OCP run by Daniel O'Herlihy is out to replace all human police officers with cyborgs. Detroit never had it so bad. Unfortunately OCP tries to upgrade the RoboCop model with a new cyborg with essentially just the brain and spinal cord of Noonan inserted into a massive and intimidating robot. In the process of this film Murphy's RoboCop becomes an ineffectual tool to the absurd nature of his superiors. He is not even a hero or a blunt instrument. He is just a pawn with total lack of motivation. His confrontation with Cain is anticlimactic and just too over-the-top. The confrontation is not even about good and evil. It is pointless. The entire film is beyond good taste and reason. Who would even want to live in such a dismal society of such moral decay where human beings are reduced to being biological components cut up for parts and inserted into steal and chrome mechanisms. Even Leonard Rosenman's score echoes this depressing outlook and bolsters the idea that there is something quite wrong here. If you are looking for some gratuitous violence of the most perverse, look no further. Luckily ROBOCOP 3 returned at least to a nobler outing for our hero.
Repulsive Violent Film.......2006-05-31
This is a below average film in every respect. Repulsive things here. The acting is not good at all. Pretty bad in fact. I did like the film very much. The violence is beyond poor taste. It is below average in every department and I did not enjoy it. The first 10 minutes of the film are good. It looked like it was going to be a good movie. But the film fell into violent after violent episodes. The concept creating another bio-robot was just revolting and turned me off.
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Starring: Peter Weller , Nancy Allen , Dan O'Herlihy , Ronny Cox , and Kurtwood Smith
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When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic books, this original RoboCop is still the best by far, largely due to the audacity and unbridled bloodlust of director Verhoeven. However, the reasons many enjoyed the film are also the reasons some will surely wish to avoid it. Critic Pauline Kael called the movie a dubious example of "gallows pulp," and there's no denying that its view of mankind is bleak, depraved, and graphically violent. In the Detroit of the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is brutally gunned down by drug-dealing thugs and left for dead, but he survives (half of him, at least) and is integrated with state-of-the-art technology to become a half-robotic cop of the future, designed to revolutionize law enforcement. As RoboCop holds tight to his last remaining shred of humanity, he relentlessly pursues the criminals who "killed" him. All the while, Verhoeven (from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) injects this high-intensity tale with wickedly pointed humor and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control. --Jeff Shannon
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Not a timeless classic!.......2007-01-19
Don't get me wrong.I enjoyed watching Robo-Cop.I've seen it more than once,and if I had nothing better to do on a weekday night with friends,I would probably watch it again. That being said;this is not a timeless classic which deserves to be a Criterion Collection Standard. This movie should only last as long as popular,topical entertainment value films inevitably do. There is nothing ground-breaking here,nothing particularly interesting cinemagraphically,just a C+ to B average piece of entertainment. When held against the stature of Verhoeven's 4th Man,(Robert Englund's favorite horror movie),and Soldier of Orange,this film even takes a HUGE step down from entertaining,to a personal embarrassment for Paul!
Part of the Holy Pantheon of 80's Sci Fi.......2007-01-14
This movie is one of those films that so many dismiss as part of that overtly violent stage that Hollywood flirted with throughout the 80's. Terminator (the first one), Aliens, and Predator. And of these, Robocop is close to being the most masterful. Injecting black humor about a crime ridden city run by corporations, and an automaton that finds his humanity again, Robocop is beautifully directed by the still relatively unknown Paul Verhoeven. It may have been his first real footprint onto a North American audience but it is perhaps his most complete film. The script is not particularly clever, nor does it need to be. It whisks the audience through at a deliberate pace and never lets up until the final moments of the film. It's unfortunate that the studios decided to continue the franchise with sequels as this is definately one of those ideas that is best suited as a single film. Highly recommended.
BANG BANG, YOU'RE ALL DEAD. BUT YOU WERE DEAD BEFORE ANYWAY........2006-12-12
In the near future a big money US manufacturing and management services company OmniConsumerProducts is running a city, including its police force, Detroit is due for a makeover, and OCP are set to do it. The criminals and the corporates have got their hands in each others pockets, and its the cops getting creamed out there. Perhaps a droid cop to stand in the breach? Nope, its prototype software is a little buggy yet, shame about the bullet-riddled executive on the 95th floor.
Enter the 21st century solution: part man, part machine, usual titanium-kevlar armour, supergun, etc. The shot-up human wreck of a streetcop got his arms and legs taken off, and now he is mostly head, heart, and guts inside a carapace. Just how human is the thing left? I suppose that is one of the questions you might want to ask yourself if you want to think about this one. And he can deal with a store robber or an entire drugs factory warehouse, all great set pieces. We are now in Frankenstein, Blade Runner, Six Million Dollar Man territory--not sufficiently freakoid for The Matrix or other fully jacked-in stories, but very close to `The Terminal Man' by Michael Crichton, an underrated book (and I think it was a film, but if so it could do with a modern re-make). The soul-lessness of the modern man's postmodern technoblitz ersatz existenz reaches its ultimate conclusion, or is that a nadir of exhaustion? Maybe the director just read too much Sartre and tried to get it out of his head by snorting coke. The OCP company guys are delusionally self-centred like the hoods, just better manners and sharper suits. The cops are hapless grunts. All the human values that make us so touchy-feely are just out of grasp in this city. The women are all believable, and it's not like a non-stop model parade, so he scores good there.
Now the criminals are absolutely believably psychopathic, ugly, and unlovable--but the question still is, do the good guys get our sympathy? Is it any more than a gunfight at the Old Detroit corral? The action is good (altho' very gruesome in places), but are the hapless blue suits so much more attractive than the bandits here? I like to see the perpetrators get lined up, but is the lone manmachine enough to make me want to root for the forces of good, and is his tragic plight enough to touch me? Mmmm.
There are regular good humorous touches throughout, but not enough to lift the whole film. I don't feel that this film bears repeated viewings. (Except perhaps the mindless TV show with the catchline, `I'll buy that for a dollar' that everyone watches.) I cannot put my finger on why, but this is one action film that just does not work on the small screen: bigger is not better, it is the way it has to be. I think when you see this film and don't think about it, your memory plays tricks and re-humanises it with all the stuff that's not in here. Just not. So, either 1) Don't see it. Or, 2) Realise that it says a lot by being so heartless. Cyberpunks of the world goodnite.
Uncut scenes.......2006-11-28
If anyone cares, there are 3 additional scenes in this version. The dude who is shot by the robot at the board meeting-there is a gruesome scene of him falling backwards on a table while being shot with blood spraying everywhere. It's only a few seconds and doesn't add much, but it's a cool scene. The next scene is only about 3 seconds long. During the cop chase, there is a close up of Murphy shooting one of the robbers 2x in the leg. The R version just shows a distant shot of him being hit once. Murpheys death is a bit longer also. You see blood pour out of his lost hand, watch his entire left arm get shot off (not just the hand), and he gets shot at a bit longer. You do feel worse for Murphy after watching this version-especially the scene where blood is pouring from his hand stump. Overall, maybe 20 seconds of cut material. I wouldn't spend extra to see it, but if you get the choice, this is the version to get.
I'd buy that for a dollar!.......2006-10-25
In my opinion, at least with regards to Verhoeven's two other sci-fi favorites of mine -- 'Total Recall' and 'Starship Troopers' -- nobody in Hollywood orchestrates a better action sequence than the guy. Yet, I find 'Robocop''s action scenes a bit on the primitive side, with too many individual, sustained shots that lack the energy and mesmerizing choreography of his awaited work in the future. Adding to this pretty indolent display of action is Basil Poledouris' score, which just doesn't do it for me (and I'm a huge fan of the composer); the theme is heroic and cheesy, and the underlying cues for the film's explosion riddled action are kind of lifeless and unexciting.
But know this! -- I only criticize this aspect of the film because it's so freakin' prominent. Easily I find this to be 'Robocop''s biggest fault; the last half is too thin on story and idea, and way too concerned with sustaining a satisfying amount of action (as it was marketed, of course). There's just too much of it, with no real sense of purpose. And it's disappointing, for sure, because the first half is set up with interesting sci-fi concepts, social commentary, questions of identity, and for a little bit, a dive into an emotional pool which I have yet to see Verhoeven return to in his career. Yet, suddenly the film's thoughtfulness is cut off, never expanding on the material; in place of the substance, we're left with a pretty boring "revenge" motive that determines nearly half the film -- meh. Now that I think about it, this result is probably more representative of all Verhoeven's films than I'd like to admit... so I'm going to stop thinking about it.
Overall, though, the movie's a goodie. From the moment Murphy appears, all the way up to Robocop's initial journey of justice on the mean streets of Jersey, it's brilliant. The scenes in the Security Concept building are especially entertaining, with Miguel Ferrer and Ronny Cox as the ambitious but greed-driven corporate scum, battling for power amongst the whole decaying system. And the montage of Robocop coming to life is just awesomely composed, progressing, in a series of about five disconnected scenes, from Murphy in the hospital to his machine-hybrid birthing (great use of point-of-view, especially). And, though I don't care a great deal for a lot of the action sequences, by and large the film has beautiful cinematography with a great use of lighting and, to me, feels fresh and undated (again... by and large; surely I wouldn't say such a thing in the face of the dance club scene.. heh). A lot of it (first half primarily) also feels very raw and distinctly European, which I think Verhoeven, with time, sort of lost a grip on (the Euro feel, which I'm guessing he studied and admired, coming from that side of the world -- but I'm no film connoisseur). So, in summary to my inability to write without graceful transition between sentences (!), the film is really technically stellar in many respects, and as much as I find myself apathetic about the action scenes overall, I still admire so much filmically, whenever I happen to watch the movie.
It's interesting to meditate on what in the world made 'Robocop' so popular; the only thing I can hypothesize is on the basic level of guns and gore (especially since it was made, and is remembered within that Schwarzenegger/Stallone era). For sure it's vaguely seen as an action classic by the collective, but I think too the idea of a 'Robo'cop is just too titillating, even on the most unelaborated level, especially when the visual design and execution of the man-machine is so exquisitely done, as is the case here. And I'm thinking right now that what I just wrote probably seems lopsided and all over the place, so I'm going to try to summarize quickly why I give the film four stars: half of it is great; half of it is good. It's scholarly in many senses, and for anyone who derives joy out of film technicality there is so much to admire. The story is absorbing, though ultimately a bit on the empty side, but I find it impossible to be too harsh on the film because it reeks of individuality and the distinct flair Verhoeven would garnish so much American attention for in the future.............. Yeah.................
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Early on in Robocop 3, an action figure of our metal hero on the nightstand in a little girl's room informs us that he's now become a children's toy. The image is right on the money; despite following up two of the most violent, hilarious sci-fi/action films ever made, Robocop 3 is strictly for the kiddies. It's not just that the gore has been toned down considerably to make for a PG-13 rating; also excised is the straight-faced portrait of a world run by corporate fascism. When evil corporation OCP, and its even more evil Japanese parent company, plan to raze a Detroit neighborhood to put up the shining new Delta City, the residents (including the aforementioned adolescent, who conveniently happens to be a computer expert) gang up to fight back, just like the angry neighbors in Death Wish V. Robocop (played this time out by Robert John Burke, Peter Weller having wisely passed) could be a hindrance to the companies' plans, so a ninja android is sent in to deal with him. Even all this could have been enjoyable, in a campy sort of way, but nothing pays off as either comedy or action--tellingly, the two big showdowns with the ninja start exhilaratingly (Robocop's clunky movements hilariously counterpoised by the android's acrobatic leaps), only to end just when they're getting good. Director Fred Dekker has some nice stylistic touches scattered about, but not nearly enough to save the film. One high note, though: The animated "Johnny Rehab" spot may be the funniest ad in the whole series. --Bruce Reid
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Robocop 3- Protect the innocent from this movie!!.......2005-04-28
"Ahh finally, robocop 3" was the first thought that popped up in my mind as I sat down in my room to watch the movie. I loved the two first movies (Peter Weller is awsome as Murphy/Robocop) and I was really excited to see him in action again, wearing the metal plated armour suit... But wait a minute? What is this? No Peter Weller? Damn, well hope I live through this... I barely came out alive of my room that night...
This is perhaps one of (maybe the worst) "3rd movie in a series of good movies"-films I have ever encountered... The Plot is bad,probably written by a five-year old child, the actors disgusts me, reminds me of bad soap-opera acting, and the whole thing smells like a movie for children... I can only say one thing about this movie: If you love Robocop 1 & 2 and have no experience with this movie, well, do not see it, okay?! It will ruin your life... It has ruined mine...
This is Painfully SH*T!!!.......2004-06-12
After the high quality of the first two films there's only one way to go...downhill and fast.
This film put plain and simply is pants! A crappy japanese cyborg is created as the new nemesis for robocop, & it looks exactly like a human.
A piss-take of the first two films rolled into one, what a disaster...ignore this film.
Oh man!.......2004-03-17
What a crap film this is!
Some films are so bad that they are funny. This isn't one of them. It's just plain bad.
I have nothing more to say on the subject cept make sure that your holding a loaded gun to your head before you start watching this film.That way you can put yourself out of your misery in the fastest possible way.
Lead in for TV Series and lame tv movies.......2004-01-29
This movie must have been made as a pilot for the series that followed. This would explain the lack of wit and social commentary as well as the toning down of the violence. This movie had a serious continuity problem. Nobody seems to have noticed that in the first two movies Robocop had a son, yet in the 3rd movie during the flashbacks he had a daughter. This was truly a bad sequel.
THIS IS KINDA INSULTING TO THE FIRST TWO MOVIES.......2003-12-16
OCP PLANS ON DESTROYING DETROIT TO BUILD DELTA CITY. BUT, WHEN A GANG OF ANGERED RESIDENTS DECIDE TO FIGHT OCP BACK, PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY BEGIN. TO ADD TO THE PROBLEMS, ROBOCOP [PLAYED HERE BY ROBERT JOHN BURKE] JOINS THE PEOPLE IN THEIR QUEST FOR FREEDOM. NOT AS VIOLENT AS THE FIRST TWO MOVIES, AND IT'S ALSO NOT AS GOOD. THE BIGGEST MISTAKE THEY MADE WITH THIS MOVIE WAS TO REPLACE PETER WELLER AS ROBOCOP. ROBERT JOHN BURKE JUST SEEMS LOST AS ROBOCOP. THIS SERIES WAS SERIOUSLY STARTING TO RUN OUT OF STEAM TOWARD THIS POINT. WHY COULDN'T THEY JUST KEEP THIS ONE ON THE SHELF? ANYWAY, ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE THEY MADE WAS TO HAVE ANN, ROBO'S PARTNER FROM THE FIRST TWO MOVIES, GET KILLED. HAS A FEW GOOD ACTION SEQUENCES, BUT IT'S SERIOUSLY LACKING THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT CAME WITH THE FIRST TWO MOVIES. IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BUT YOU WANNA SEE IT, RENT THIS, BUT DON'T BUY THIS. FOLLOWED BY FOUR DIRECT-TO-VIDEO MOVIES.
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- Oh man!
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RoboCop 3 [Region 2]
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Early on in Robocop 3, an action figure of our metal hero on the nightstand in a little girl's room informs us that he's now become a children's toy. The image is right on the money; despite following up two of the most violent, hilarious sci-fi/action films ever made, Robocop 3 is strictly for the kiddies. It's not just that the gore has been toned down considerably to make for a PG-13 rating; also excised is the straight-faced portrait of a world run by corporate fascism. When evil corporation OCP, and its even more evil Japanese parent company, plan to raze a Detroit neighborhood to put up the shining new Delta City, the residents (including the aforementioned adolescent, who conveniently happens to be a computer expert) gang up to fight back, just like the angry neighbors in Death Wish V. Robocop (played this time out by Robert John Burke, Peter Weller having wisely passed) could be a hindrance to the companies' plans, so a ninja android is sent in to deal with him. Even all this could have been enjoyable, in a campy sort of way, but nothing pays off as either comedy or action--tellingly, the two big showdowns with the ninja start exhilaratingly (Robocop's clunky movements hilariously counterpoised by the android's acrobatic leaps), only to end just when they're getting good. Director Fred Dekker has some nice stylistic touches scattered about, but not nearly enough to save the film. One high note, though: The animated "Johnny Rehab" spot may be the funniest ad in the whole series. --Bruce Reid
Customer Reviews:
Robocop 3- Protect the innocent from this movie!!.......2005-04-28
"Ahh finally, robocop 3" was the first thought that popped up in my mind as I sat down in my room to watch the movie. I loved the two first movies (Peter Weller is awsome as Murphy/Robocop) and I was really excited to see him in action again, wearing the metal plated armour suit... But wait a minute? What is this? No Peter Weller? Damn, well hope I live through this... I barely came out alive of my room that night...
This is perhaps one of (maybe the worst) "3rd movie in a series of good movies"-films I have ever encountered... The Plot is bad,probably written by a five-year old child, the actors disgusts me, reminds me of bad soap-opera acting, and the whole thing smells like a movie for children... I can only say one thing about this movie: If you love Robocop 1 & 2 and have no experience with this movie, well, do not see it, okay?! It will ruin your life... It has ruined mine...
This is Painfully SH*T!!!.......2004-06-12
After the high quality of the first two films there's only one way to go...downhill and fast.
This film put plain and simply is pants! A crappy japanese cyborg is created as the new nemesis for robocop, & it looks exactly like a human.
A piss-take of the first two films rolled into one, what a disaster...ignore this film.
Oh man!.......2004-03-17
What a crap film this is!
Some films are so bad that they are funny. This isn't one of them. It's just plain bad.
I have nothing more to say on the subject cept make sure that your holding a loaded gun to your head before you start watching this film.That way you can put yourself out of your misery in the fastest possible way.
Lead in for TV Series and lame tv movies.......2004-01-29
This movie must have been made as a pilot for the series that followed. This would explain the lack of wit and social commentary as well as the toning down of the violence. This movie had a serious continuity problem. Nobody seems to have noticed that in the first two movies Robocop had a son, yet in the 3rd movie during the flashbacks he had a daughter. This was truly a bad sequel.
THIS IS KINDA INSULTING TO THE FIRST TWO MOVIES.......2003-12-16
OCP PLANS ON DESTROYING DETROIT TO BUILD DELTA CITY. BUT, WHEN A GANG OF ANGERED RESIDENTS DECIDE TO FIGHT OCP BACK, PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY BEGIN. TO ADD TO THE PROBLEMS, ROBOCOP [PLAYED HERE BY ROBERT JOHN BURKE] JOINS THE PEOPLE IN THEIR QUEST FOR FREEDOM. NOT AS VIOLENT AS THE FIRST TWO MOVIES, AND IT'S ALSO NOT AS GOOD. THE BIGGEST MISTAKE THEY MADE WITH THIS MOVIE WAS TO REPLACE PETER WELLER AS ROBOCOP. ROBERT JOHN BURKE JUST SEEMS LOST AS ROBOCOP. THIS SERIES WAS SERIOUSLY STARTING TO RUN OUT OF STEAM TOWARD THIS POINT. WHY COULDN'T THEY JUST KEEP THIS ONE ON THE SHELF? ANYWAY, ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE THEY MADE WAS TO HAVE ANN, ROBO'S PARTNER FROM THE FIRST TWO MOVIES, GET KILLED. HAS A FEW GOOD ACTION SEQUENCES, BUT IT'S SERIOUSLY LACKING THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT CAME WITH THE FIRST TWO MOVIES. IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BUT YOU WANNA SEE IT, RENT THIS, BUT DON'T BUY THIS. FOLLOWED BY FOUR DIRECT-TO-VIDEO MOVIES.
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