Robocop 3

Rating:
Summary: RoboCop 3 wouldn't have been half-bad...
Review: ...had Orion Pictures not decided to:

- ...use cyber-ninjas as the new nigh-indestructible baddies for RoboCop to battle against in this go-round. Talk about hackneyed! Let's face facts: the whole ninja schtick was practically over and done with by the time this hit the screens, no thanks to the animated and cinematic exploits of a certain quartet of mutated terrapins. But if the cyber-ninjas weren't bad enough, the ways in which all of 'em were dispatched were so preposterous, the groans of utter disgust I let out after watching each "ninja-kill" could be heard three blocks away!

- Then there's the corny dialogue in some parts that sounded like they were ripped right outta some awful 80s weekday afternoon action 'toon! Which leads me to...

- ...the PG-13 rating, which meant a big-time tone-down of the good, clean 'R'-rated shenanigans that "RoboCop" is all about. You know, deplorable over-the-top violence and naughty language with a bit of nudity and illicit substance abuse thrown in for kicks. You take that all away-- or most of it away in this instance-- and you make sci-fi cinema's baddest cyborg this side of the Terminator into a relatively wimpy girly-man. Ya know, if they really wanted the kiddies to see this, they shoulda' made it R-rated, then let 'em catch it after its theatrical run on late-night premium cable TV while the 'rents are away. This method of restricted movie-watching was good enough for me when I was a minor-- it sure as #ell is good enough for today's youg'uns!

On the upside, I kinda liked Robo's new weapon attachments and jet pack. It's just a shame that his new weaponry wasn't unleashed upon a really large crowd of bad guys, the ordnance ripping through their flesh and causing them to yell out obscenities while erupting into veritable fountains of blood and viscera, their gore spattering on the shocked faces of nearby bystanders as... huh. I dunno why, but alluva sudden I've got a hankerin' for a medium-rare t-bone steak...

Final note: aside from the theatrical trailer for the film, special features on this platter are nonexistent. Which is pretty much what this sad excuse for a 'RoboCop' movie deserves...

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Rating:
Summary: should have been an MGM double feature with Robocop 2
Review: Believe me I'm not one of those people who have dismissed a sequel before it's even released. I do love many, many sequel's but the Robocop sequels where major flops to me. Robocop 2 was a big disappointment to me when I first saw it, and the review I gave it as soon as it finished hasn't changed the slightest in the few times I have watched it since. It is a movie that starts off looking very promising, but fails to have the same greatness of the original. And Robocop 3 I would put into my list of worst movie's of all time category with no questions asked. The movie was not thought out and had completely taken the impression that "This could happen in real life" to "This is just an unrealistic comic book made into a movie". The first movie was an action/horror kind of movie and easily rated R. The sequels got tamer as they went along trying to make them into a kid's film. But what I have always wondered about that is, "WHY?" The first movie has an R rating. So kids wouldn't be watching that one, so why bother to make sequels that kids can watch. They ruined what could have been great sequels the same way they ruined the Batman saga, by forgetting who the original audience was and ditching the dark side to lighten it up into a flick for kids as a PG rated movie. Robocop 2 I would give 1 and a half stars to. But that's very generous because I give Robocop 3 no stars.

What MGM should have done with Robocop 2 & 3 is put them on the same disc and sold them that way as one of there MGM Double Feature DVD's. And then retailed them at a very cheap price as 2 for 1 on the same disc, or flip side, whatever, but I would give both movies an extra star for being on the same disc so that it wouldn't take up much room if you just decided to get them just to complete the Robocop collection. Or, maybe when H.D.D.V.D comes out Robocop 1, 2, 3 will be released on the one disc. But when you have 2 movies with no bonus features and aren't great movies, only to die hard Robo fans or people who watch them now `cause it's a reminder for something from there child hood then no one's gonnah buy the 2 sequels individually on purpose. But add both of them together on one disc, and maybe 2 bad movies might sneak into an, "ok, maybe I'll get this" category.


Rating:
Summary: Great DVD set!
Review: I watched Robocop a long time ago and loved it. Watching it again now is even better. What a great movie!!! There was so much in it that I didn't pick up when I was a teenager, but now, watching it from a man's prospective, it's a totally different experience. I really get sucked into it!

The version of Robocop in this set is the "un-rated" version. Some of the scenes are extremely grusome. A lot more grusome than they were in the "R" rated version. (After seeing these scenes, I actually thought twice about eating red meat.) I would definitely keep kids away from watching it. Robocop 3 on the other hand (rated PG-13), is very strangely more family oriented. A lot less violent, with no use of the "F" bomb. Not as good as the other two movies, but it has it's moments.

If you remember and liked the Robocop movies (especially the first one), this set is worth picking up. The movies were ahead of there time and have aged very well. A "must have" DVD set for me, and maybe for you too!

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Summary: He's back and read to serve the public
Review: Robocop 3 is a good movie. While it loses some of the darker edge of the first two it makes up for it with a good story, equel amounts of action, cool new gadgets, and decent acting to boot.

The story here is that OCP has officially taken over Detroit. However in the process they are being taken over by a Japanese Company (what goes around comes around), their founder is dead and a bumbling fool is in his place. OCP has set up a band of Mercenaries to clear out the urban areas of Detroit so they can build Delta City. However to do so they need to clear out the people living there. In the process thousands are left homeless and seperated from their families. Evenutally Robocop takes a stand against this and in the process becomes a fugitive from the law. However in the end he exposes the evil that is going on and saves the day as he once again serves and protects.

This is a better movie than #2 mostly because they did tone down the violence level and focused on the story. While there is plenty of action and even some funny moments (like the little girl Niko controlling an Ed209) this movie is more story driven. You actually start to care about the people losing their homes and it gives hope for the franchise. Definently recomended.

Rating:
Summary: Down with O.C.P.!
Review: Robocop returns in Robocop 3, but Peter Weller's presence is missed. This is the final confrontation between the citizens of Detroit and the evil corporation Omni Consumer Products. Robocop has to decide whether he's with OCP or the citizens fighting for their homes. Due to the PG-13 rating the action and violence is a little more toned down, and Robocop is more of a superhero in this movie than a supercop.

Rating:
Summary: Wow...Really Not Good
Review: Robocop: Great, great sci-fi action film, famous mostly for it's extreme graphicness. Rated R.

Robocop 2: Manages to be just as, if not more, graphic than Robocop. You can tell they try to be controversial too. (Kid as a drug lord, man holds a gun to a baby's head) Rated R.

Robocop 3: New actor, Robocop learns to fly...almost no blood the entire film. Rated PG13.

What the $#!@ happened?!

Rating:
Summary: Well,
Review: This film got alot of negative reviews. Notice the five stars I'm giving it? That means positive.

This was actually the first Robocop movie I ever watched (The other 2 were rated R, and at the time I was only 10), and Robocop shot right up there with Batman and Spiderman. So, I suppose I'm a bit biased, and prolly should rate it lower, but I just couldnt do that to one of my all-time favorites (and one of my first) action movies.

Rating:
Summary: Robocop 3
Review: This is a fun B movie and a nice sequel! No one loves this movies but me!

Rating:
Summary: Not the best of the series, but still fun!
Review: This is clearly the weakest of the 3 Robocop movies. Robo 1 and 2 are truly thrilling. This one is over-the-edge in believability, and it does not have Peter Weller, so therefore, we get less of his humanity, since the new actor is not very talkative.

There are some very good performances in this movie, however. Particularly by Remy Ryan as the smart little girl who assists Robo and CCH Pounder who is the heroine of sorts. Both are very good in their parts.

Rating:
Summary: A Knight in Shining Titanium
Review: This is the first time I remember the third film in a series being the absolute best. Maybe it is because this is the film where Robocop finally gets his priorities straight- as well as the rest of the Detroit PD. I always saw the character as more of a knight in shining armor than a cop, and here he comes across as all that. As a matter of fact, with his new flight pack he comes across as a shining avenging angel.

I especially enjoyed the scenes where the corporate managers of the OCP Corp (Offensive Capitalist Pigs) offed thenselves by jumping out of windows and shooting themselves. Too bad life doesn't follow art more often. After all, this film only slightly exagerates the attitude of multinational corporate managers towards the American people. They sold us out to their corporate masters....

There were scenes in this movie that I actually stood and cheered for, and other scenes that brought a lump to my throat. That doesn't happen very often to me these days. Then I notice who wrote the screenplay- the great Frank Miller ("Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" and "Sin City.") That explained everything.

I really loved this film.