Robocop 2

Robocop 2

Early on in Robocop 3, an action figure of our metal hero on the nightstand in a little girl's room informs us that he's now become a children's toy. The image is right on the money; despite following up two of the most violent, hilarious sci-fi/action films ever made, Robocop 3 is strictly for the kiddies. It's not just that the gore has been toned down considerably to make for a PG-13 rating; also excised is the straight-faced portrait of a world run by corporate fascism. When evil corporation OCP, and its even more evil Japanese parent company, plan to raze a Detroit neighborhood to put up the shining new Delta City, the residents (including the aforementioned adolescent, who conveniently happens to be a computer expert) gang up to fight back, just like the angry neighbors in Death Wish V. Robocop (played this time out by Robert John Burke, Peter Weller having wisely passed) could be a hindrance to the companies' plans, so a ninja android is sent in to deal with him. Even all this could have been enjoyable, in a campy sort of way, but nothing pays off as either comedy or action--tellingly, the two big showdowns with the ninja start exhilaratingly (Robocop's clunky movements hilariously counterpoised by the android's acrobatic leaps), only to end just when they're getting good. Director Fred Dekker has some nice stylistic touches scattered about, but not nearly enough to save the film. One high note, though: The animated "Johnny Rehab" spot may be the funniest ad in the whole series. --Bruce Reid

Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Production: MGM
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
R
Year:
1990
117
1,962 Views
He's back to protect the innocents.
Even in the future of law enforcement there is room for improvement.

[Officer Duffy has been tied on a hospital gurney and taken to a room where Cain, Hob and Angie are waiting]

Officer Duffy:
Hey, Cain! Hey, it's good to see you. Thanks for getting me out. [Struggles to move] I can't get up.

Hob:
[Smugly] You noticed that one.

Officer Duffy:
[Nervously] Cain, I don't know what that kid told you...

Angie:
You told them, Duffy. You told them where we were.

Officer Duffy:
[Quickly] NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE!

Hob:
We know all about it, Duffy.

Angie:
You think you're the only cop we have?

[A surgeon walks in with a tray carrying surgical tools]

Officer Duffy:
[Frightened] OH, SH*T!!! Cain. Cain, come on. Man, I'm begging you, man! Look, I'll do anything! [Tries to laugh it off] Okay. You're kidding, right? Yeah, you're just kidding. You scaring me. You taught me a lesson, man. I'd never f*** with you, because I really love you guys. Really! I really do!

Hob:
Shut up!

Officer Duffy:
I've been loyal. I know sh*t that I still haven't even told you, Cain!

Angie:
You deserve this, Duffy! Cain might've been killed!

Officer Duffy:
Okay, okay.

Surgeon:
[To Cain] You know, maybe you ought to have the kid leave. [Duffy, worried, glances at the surgeon then to Cain]

Cain:
[Flatly] Why?? [The surgeon shrugs]

Officer Duffy:
What do you mean, "have the kid leave"? [Tries to laugh it off] That's a good touch. That's a good touch. "Have the kid leave." That's good. [Mockingly] "Have the kid leave." "Why?" [Cain glares down at him, while Angie's smile fades into a worried pout] Come on. It's over. [The Surgeon takes a scalpel and prepares to cut open his chest] Come on, Cain! Come on, man. What are you doing? COME ON!!!

[The surgeon begins carving Duffy's chest while a terrified Hob looks away]

Angie:
[Gasps in terror] You said you were just gonna scare him!

Cain:
[Flatly] Doesn't he look scared? [He grabs Hob's head and forces him to watch]


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