Plot: Robocop saves the day once more. This time the half man/half robot takes on ruthless developers who want to evict some people on “their” land.
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Tidy Finish
Story: Robocop 3 starts as we see the city being redeveloped at the hands of Kanemitsu (Mako) and the CEO (Torn) who are rehoming all of the residents. We meet a resistance led by Bertha (Pounder) trying to take the company down from the inside and their newest partners in this are Robocop (Burke) and Lewis (Allen).
When Paul McDaggett (Castle) is leading the rehoming procedure kills Anne this drives Robocop on yet another one of his missions against the authority trying to clean up the streets.
Robocop 3 is a good finish to the series not on the Robocop himself side of the but on the battle for the city side. I did like how that if you were to watch all three the revolution we see happening brews up between the stories without it being just happening. When you watch this side of the story I did like the conclusion but on the Robocop side everything just puts him against a bigger enemy without really being tested. This is easy to watch like all three but never reaches the levels of the first.
Actor Review
Robert John Burke: Robocop is still loyal to Lewis and now he has started to make his own decisions going against orders, this leads him into joining the resistance against the CEO trying to take over the city. Robert does a solid job to fill in the for the exiting Peter Weller.
Nancy Allen: Anne Lewis is the partner of Robocop that will always stay by his side but this time it will be the end of her. Nancy is used for motivation this time around which is good but we don’t see enough of her.
Rip Torn: The CEO is trying to redevelop the city which means moving everyone out of their homes. He is answering to Kanemitsu which means you do anything wrong he will fire you. Rip becomes the solid villain in this film which works well enough.
John Castle: McDaggett is the man cleaning the streets one building at a time and not taking any prisoners in his hunt for anyone in the resistance. John is good in this role where we get to see a villain in a revolution.
Support Cast: Robocop 3 has the biggest supporting cast with members of the resistance, cops as well as the businessmen trying to bring the city down.
Director Review: Fred Dekker – Fred gives us a solid finish to the series where we get to see just how the city has got to the position is has with the Robocop side of the story almost just being a side part.
Action: Robocop 3 has standard action you would expect to see in this style of film.
Crime: Robocop 3 puts us in the middle of the crime world where all of the story is taking part in.
Sci-Fi: Robocop 3 has the robotic cops with this time adding in the robotic ninjas.
Settings: Robocop 3 keeps us in the same city that is now on a revolution.
Special Effects: Robocop 3 doesn’t have the best special effects but they work enough for the film.
Suggestion: Robocop 3 is one you could watch to finish the series off nicely. (Finish the Franchise)
Best Part: Final showdown.
Worst Part: Killing off Anne seems cheap.
Believability: No
Chances of Tears: No
Chances of Sequel: No
Post Credits Scene: No
Oscar Chances: No
Budget: $23.5 Million
Runtime: 1 Hour 44 Minutes
Tagline: He’s back to lay down the law.
Trivia: Was filmed in 1991, but was not released until end of 1993 due to production company Orion going bankrupt.
Overall: Easy to watch finish to the series.
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