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Paul Verhoeven's American breakthrough film Robocop is an exceedingly violent blend of black comedy, science fiction, and crime thriller. Set in Detroit sometime in the near-future, the film is about a policeman (Peter Weller) killed in the line of duty, who the department decides to resurrect as a half-human, half-robot supercop. The robocop is indestructible, and within a matter of weeks he has removed crime from the streets of Detroit. However, his human side is tortured by his past, and he wants revenge on the thugs who killed him. The film was later followed by two feature-length sequels and a live-action television series, neither of which were as successful as the original film ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
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Despite the absence of series star Peter Weller, Robocop 3 is a much more satisfying follow-up than the first sequel. The lack of humor and all-around nastiness of the second one has been replaced by a more adventure-oriented vibe. Director Fred Dekker (who ... co-wrote) brings a good amount of style to the film, an element that was sorely lacking in Robocop 2 (that film had all the style of a sitcom). As a result, the movie has a distinctly family-friendly feel - despite the fact that Robo still shoots to kill. The transformation from ultra-violent gorefest to comparatively docile kiddie flick isn't nearly as jarring as it could've been, thanks primarily to the disastrous second installment (just about anything is preferable to that).
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Robocop soon begins to act irrationally as he begins to have dreams, memories and thoughts (He is now beginning to retrieve some of the individual characteristics that made him human in the first place). The scientists governing him have no idea what has happened as they are no longer able to control him. In one telling scene near the end of the film, Robocop removes his mask and fights without it, revealing the face of Murphy. It is a very shocking sight since Murphy’s human face is fused with the mechanical properties of a machine. The very fact that he begins to speak, think and feel as a human once again during this sequence represents his quest to separate himself from the machine that is now in control of him.
When it comes to graphics, Robocop just doesn't look good at all. Every environment in the game is drab, ugly, and extremely poorly textured. Save for a few of the more rare and more difficult baddies, such as the infamous ED-209 and the giant sewer rat that shows up at one point (though we haven't figured out why), the rest of the game's bad guys look like a bunch of Final Fight rejects, with every cheap and generic physical attribute you can think of for a gang member. The Robocop model itself actually looks pretty good, though since the game is a first-person shooter, you rarely ever see it, except in the few cutscenes that present themselves. The game's sound is of even worse quality, especially when it comes to the audio mixing. Much of the cutscene dialogue is extremely quiet, and you'll have to turn up your TV pretty loud to hear what's going on--but moments later you'll be grabbing the remote as the blazingly loud gunshots start going off as the mission begins.
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At first the Robocop is relatively emotionless but as time goes by the man inside the machine begins to come through more and more. Robocop is a smart script, that was delivering some interesting concepts to mainstream 1987 audiences, yes its been 18 years since Robocop was released in theaters. The acting, the action sequences and the creativity of the concept all make Robocop a winner. How can you not love an indestructible version of Dirty Harry?
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Robocop has to be considered one of the essential films of the cyberpunk genre. Some of the action scenes could have been better choreographed (a lot of the bad-guy deaths had the worthless storm trooper feel to them), but truly, the quibbles with this film are minor. Unlike the sequels, which largely come across as pathetic attempts to cash in on the original’s success, Robocop takes itself seriously from beginning to end. Because of this, it really does rise to something special. Even though Best Buy no longer considers Robocop worthy of carrying, don’t let this fool you – assuming you can stand the violence, Robocop deserves to be watched.
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