{"id":14524,"date":"2017-03-05T23:10:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T07:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=14524"},"modified":"2017-03-05T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T07:11:08","slug":"review-robocop3-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/03\/review-robocop3-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: RoboCop 3 BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>While my opinion of RoboCop 2<\/em> dramatically changed, RoboCop 3<\/em><\/strong> is still a crappy movie made by well intentioned filmmakers. The story itself is fine but the loss of Peter Weller was felt and like most movies that add kids into the mix (Alien 3<\/em>), it\u2019s rarely a good thing.<\/p>\n

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RoboCop 3
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\n(1993)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Science Fiction
\nShout Factory | PG13 \u2013 105 min. \u2013 $34.93 | March 21, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 03\/04\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Fred Dekker
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Edward Neimeier & Michael Miner (characters); Frank Miller (story), Frank Miller and Fred Dekker (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, Jill Hennessy, CCH Pounder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurettes, Theatrical Trailer, Still Gallery
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>NA
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 1.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Note: <\/strong>This portion taken from my 2010 review, but my thoughts, unlike those of RoboCop 2<\/em>, reflects my opinions today…<\/p>\n

The third and final movie in the RoboCop<\/em><\/strong> trilogy ends with a whimper rather than a roar. Funny thing is, this entry only serves to highlight the good things from RC2<\/em> than anything else and makes that one look like a sci-fi action classic by comparison.<\/p>\n

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The story and antagonist for our favorite law enforcement cyborg focuses still on the evil OCP Corporation which is going ahead with plans to level Detroit in favor of Delta City by throwing people out of their homes and detaining them at centers to fulfill the corporate utopia. The business\u2019s CEO (RIP TORN) is moving forward with his predecessor\u2019s vision. The dirty work for the evictions is carried out by OCP\u2019s military wing led by Paul McDaggett (JOHN CASTLE).<\/p>\n

A rebel group has formed to oppose OCP who work underground and try to disrupt the evictions for a few days because afterward the company would go into default and lose out… or something along those lines, I wasn\u2019t entirely clear on how that all would work out. The rebels are headed by Bertha (played by the underutilized CCH POUNDER) and her purpose is saving a young girl named Nikko (REMY RYAN) whose mom and dad are captured but\u00a0 she has her own value as she\u2019s a cracker computer genius and is able to hack an ED-209 as well as a new Japanese model towards the end of the film. Of course, since they made RoboCop fly, that little golden nugget wasn\u2019t a big deal as a whole.<\/p>\n

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Oh, I forgot about RoboCop, didn\u2019t I? Yeah, the title character is actually in the film and although he doesn\u2019t appear in full until the 20-minute mark \u2013 and in most ridiculous fashion shooting through the top of his car rather than just opening the driver-side door \u2013 but he spends most of the movie getting his ass whooped than fighting crime. Yeah, he blows away a few bad guys but since this was a PG-13 rated picture, the violence was toned way down and thus the body count was also lowered. And you know what? PG-13 is fine so long as the script came through as many movies with that rating have succeeded (see: The Dark Knight<\/em> and the Bourne<\/em> franchise) but the screenplay does the film no favors.<\/p>\n

This is also not to mention that Peter Weller, due to other obligations (and I doubt he wanted to do it anyway) did not reprise his role and it was instead played by Robert Burke. However, really outside of a few minutes I\u2019m not sure if I really missed Weller as RoboCop primarily appeared with his helmet on, so outside of continuity, I can\u2019t think how even someone with Weller\u2019s presence could have saved RoboCop 3<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Overall, the first part of the film wasn\u2019t too bad and there are some nice moments but the ridiculousness of certain scenes vastly outweighs any good from RoboCop 3<\/em><\/strong>. With its PG-13 rating and the fact it was filmed in 1991 (a year after the sequel), this was yet another project more concerned with grabbing money than putting out a quality project.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a matted slip cover<\/strong>. The interior cover reveals the original poster artwork.<\/p>\n

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