Robocop (DVD)

Advantages: One the best Sci-Fi movies ever made. Period.
Disadvantages: The sequels.

...arm yourself with the entire RoboCop trilogy on a spanking new DVD collection, which emphatically consigns the previous Criterion Edition to the scrapheap. It comes with all the extra features of the Criterion disc including a commentary track from controversial director Paul Verhoeven and writer Ed Neumier, the trailers, storyboards and a 'Shooting RoboCop' feature, plus you also get a brand new documentary on the making of Robo, a handful of deleted ...
...Back in 1987, RoboCop was the film that every teenage boy wanted to see, but was never allowed to because, we were told, it was for grown-ups. However, when a film has an invincible, metal guy stomping around, blowing away villainous scum with a really big gun, wild stallions wouldn't keep most bloodthirsty adolescents away and most of us somehow managed to see it anyway. But don't let the comic-book 'blast-the-bad-guys-kids' philosophy fool you, ... Read review

Advantages: Characters, Intelligence, Humour, Plot.S
Disadvantages: Stop-Start Animation is a little dated by today's standards.

...genre. Along with The Terminator, Robocop is considered to be one of the most definitive movies of Cyberpunk, a subgenre of Science Fiction; an exploration of man with machine. Paul Verhoeven's film is brutally violent, funny, and thought provocative. A classic. It's a scary thought living in the future. "Old Detroit", as it's called, is all about Capitalism and the media, with little regard for the people's lives. The Police Department has become ...
...authorities didn't count on was Robocop regaining memories from his previous life. Going beyond the confines of his programming, he begins hunting down the gang of drug dealers responsible for his brutal execution, as well as bringing justice to the greedy company bosses that created him. And that is indeed one of the main points of the film: the proclaimed "Robocop" appears more humane than a majority of the big company bosses do; forcing us, the ... Read review

Advantages: Good Effects, fun, voilent, blood, gore
Disadvantages: 80's clothes, hair styles, etc

...80's you have to remember Robocop as one of the best action/sci-fi films to come from that era, it had great special effects for the time and quite a humourous script. The story starts by introducing us to Murphy (Peter Weller), an experienced police officer who has just been transfered to the dangerous and crime filled streets of Detroit. While patroling the streets of Detroit in his car with his new partner Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen) they receive ...
...they need to work in, Robocop hits the streets, and is instantly shot to fame by a number of sucessful operations. After attending a robbery at a gas station though, Robocop's old memories start to resurface and with the help of Murphys old partner Lewis he goes about getting the criminals that ended his human life. Robocop is a well filmed and told story, often flash and bold but managing to keep the viewer attention all the way though. Like a lot ... Read review

Advantages: Great First Film, Good Extras, Directors Cut
Disadvantages: You have to have the sequels, not seamless branching

...action flicks with cool characters. Robocop is that as well but has much more going on underneath the surface. Thanks to Director Paul Verhoven, this is a film that acts as part action, part comedy and 100% satire. Peter Weller stars as Alex Murphy, a cop who relocates to Detroit. The city is in the midst of crime, most of it stemming from arch criminal and all round bad guy Clarence Boddicker. One day Murphy and his new partner Lewis (Nancy Allen) ...
...name - Robocop. Robocop frankly takes no prisoners and soon crime in on the decrease. However soon submerged memeories of Murphy's past come to haunt Robocop and what was once a machine soo rediscovers some human elements. Needless to say the memory of being killed by Boddicker and his gang means it's bad news for Boddicker. Some may see Robocop as nothing more than mindless violence. In some ways it is but this is also a film that pokes fun at the ... Read review

Advantages: A classic piece of sci-fi - still relevant after almost 15 years, with little of its impact faded by time
Disadvantages: Extremely voilent (perhaps too much so for some), the distinctly 80s feel

...of the other partcipants in RoboCop are there to serve the needs of the story, with little interest given to their deeper personality traits or motives. They are stereotypical movie characters, and in this case it is not a problem. Only Nancy Allen - as Murphy's partner Lewis - is given the scope to invest anything approaching emotions or heart. Even then, it's not a lot to work with, but she gets more out of the role than the script deserved. Granted, ...
...part of Carrie just a decade previously, but on this form her talents and her underlying sexy appeal never deserted her. Rapturously received on its release, two subsequent installments would follow, neither of them - common knowledge will report - coming close to matching the splendour, thrills and narrative integrity. In truth, RoboCop's journey in this first film covers all the ground which could be of dramatic interest. It's all here, so the ... Read review

Advantages: 2 great movies, good action, quite funny in parts
Disadvantages: poor third movie, quite expensive

...ROBOCOP TRILOGY DVD ------------------- Back in the late 1980's we finally saw a change in the way robot movies were made. Up until this time Robots were mostly just men dressed in silver painted cardboard boxes, and they were nearly always the enemies. Well that was about to change with Paul Verhoeven's vision of near future Detroit These films were a dream for toy manufacturers everywhere, as soon as you'd seen Robocop or ED-209, you knew that a toy was already in the pipeline, although the children that would play with these wouldn't be old enough to see the movie that they were based on! This box set was released in 2002, and contains 3 dvds, all nicely placed in a smart looking metallic blue folding package, with some nice detailed pictures of Robocop and ED-209 pasted all over it. Each movie comes on its own dvd... Read review

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...I can't see any point in beating around the bush where this movie is concerned. Its crap. That is all you need to know, its crap, don't bother watching it because you'll be totally wasting your time. R3 is a blatant, cynical attempt to cash in on the Rococop name to make a quick buck whilst giving nothing in return. It has zero redeeming features. The plot is simple and ludicrous, because of course nobody wanted to spend money on a screenwriters now did they? Of course not so what we have is the mega corporation OCP trying to throw some residents of some city district out of their homes because it wants the land back to make some more money. In steps Robocop to help, and it all ends happily ever after. Thats it. That is the plot, our friendly law enforcement guy turns squatter basically and fights for the common man against the law... Read review

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Advantages: Some half decent action, slightly sympathetic story
Disadvantages: Story written poorly

...RoboCop 3 is the second sequel in the RoboCop franchise. It seems that over the years the RoboCop films went from retro classic to abismal cash cow. The film is still set in good old Detroit where the massive, capitalist corporation OCP (Omni Consumer Products) owns Detroit and is planning to destroy the old lawless neighbourhoods to make way for the 'New Detroit'. (This premise is in all three movies, this moive is based on them actually doing something about it instead of just talking about it) Mercenaries headed by a heatless captain have been throwing people out of the homes and packing them onto buses to make way for the demolition crews. But RoboCop, programmed to protect and serve the public, joins forces with a small rebel alliance of evicted residents of the neighbourhood that's about to be destroyed. After battling... Read review

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