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No matter how hard you look, the brutal truth of the Robocop Trilogy is that there’s only one film in there that’s consistently worthy of your attention. Yet this keenly priced boxset does offer a chance to look at the two subsequent sequels with the benefit of a high-definition upgrade. And while both have major problems, they still make for intriguing viewing.
The original first, though. Robocop is a bone-fide science fiction masterpiece, an hour and a half of satire, violence, humour and the future of law enforcement. There’s a fairly conventional good vs evil story at the heart of it, yet this is nonetheless an ambitious film, gloriously realised on a low budget.
The sequel, Robocop 2, tries its damnedest to mirror the original, but it stumbles several times, not least for failing to carve out an identity of its own. So keen is it to be reverent to what went before, that the film suffers. But there are ideas here, and moments that make the movie well worth sitting through.
The third? Well, Robocop 3 is car crash cinema, sadly. Shoddy effects, and a decision to tame down the violent edge for a more child-friendly rating costs the film dear. It’s entertaining, albeit not for the right reasons.
Yet this remains a fascinating trilogy, boasting one excellent movie, one intriguing failure, and one film that’s as far removed from what made Robocop so interesting in the first place that it’s almost hard to resist. --Jon Foster
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Part man. Part machine. All cop. The future of law enforcement.
Robocop (Dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1987): He's RoboCop. And in the near future, he's law enforcement's only hope. A sadistic crime wave is sweeping across America. In Old Detroit, the situation is so bad a private corporation, Security Concepts, Inc., has assumed control of the police force. The executives at the company think they have the answer - until the enforcement droid they create kills one of their own. Then an ambitious young executive seizes the opportunity. He and his research team create a law enforcement cyborg from the body of a slain officer. All goes well at first. Robocop stops every sleazeball he encounters with deadly, piercing, and sometimes gruesome accuracy. But there are forces on the street, and within Security Concepts itself, that will stop at nothing to see this super cyborg violently eliminated. Prepare yourself for non-stop action and adventure in one of the most explosive sci-fi stories you'll ever witness: Robocop.
Robocop 2 (Dir. Irvin Kerschner, 1990): The sizzling sequel to 1987's sci-fi blockbuster brings back "The Future of Law Enforcement," RoboCop, to face his greatest challenge ever! Peter Weller returns as the half man/half machine police officer, this time to rid the lawless streets of Detroit of the deadly new designer drug "Nuke." Unknown to RoboCop, the evil corporate empire which created him wants to take the city "private," and develop RoboCop 2, a newer, bigger and more powerful version to replace the original. The script was - in part - written by comic-book genius, Frank Miller (Ronin, The Dark Knight Returns).
Robocop 3 (Dir. Fred Dekker, 1993): Omni Consumer Products (OCP), the conglomerate that designed RoboCop now owns Detroit. The company plans to demolish one of the city's largest neighborhoods to build a gleaming
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By Pantheon
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Blu-ray
First: Amazon...stop lumping blu-ray and DVD reviews together - it's confusing and it renders many of them meaningless. Also, what's with reviews for VHS???? You can't buy them any more, and they look awful; so who cares about them? Just my opinion.
As for Robocop. I'm so glad I decided to buy this blu-ray box (despite the poor reviews). I've owned this film on VHS and twice on DVD and I can honestly say that this blu-ray is the best this film has ever looked or sounded. It's a dated movie with pretty shoddy special effects and all of that is glaringly obvious when watching this blu-ray; but if you love the film anyway that shouldn't matter to you.
Other people have listed the audio tracks, talked about quality, subtitles and the lack of extras...but what I couldn't find a reference to is which version of Robocop is in this boxset. Well, I've just finished watching it and I can assure everyone that it's the, far superior, Director's Cut on this disc.
So, if you don't care about the lack of extras this is the set to buy.
P.S. A request (or plea) to anyone who thinks about reviewing a blu-ray: Please, please, please, can you give details about picture quality, audio details, extras or your opinion on whether the blu is better than the DVD. These reviews that say "I like this film, it's good" or "I've just got my disc and watched it," mean absolutely nothing and are a waste of space.
As for Robocop. I'm so glad I decided to buy this blu-ray box (despite the poor reviews). I've owned this film on VHS and twice on DVD and I can honestly say that this blu-ray is the best this film has ever looked or sounded. It's a dated movie with pretty shoddy special effects and all of that is glaringly obvious when watching this blu-ray; but if you love the film anyway that shouldn't matter to you.
Other people have listed the audio tracks, talked about quality, subtitles and the lack of extras...but what I couldn't find a reference to is which version of Robocop is in this boxset. Well, I've just finished watching it and I can assure everyone that it's the, far superior, Director's Cut on this disc.
So, if you don't care about the lack of extras this is the set to buy.
P.S. A request (or plea) to anyone who thinks about reviewing a blu-ray: Please, please, please, can you give details about picture quality, audio details, extras or your opinion on whether the blu is better than the DVD. These reviews that say "I like this film, it's good" or "I've just got my disc and watched it," mean absolutely nothing and are a waste of space.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Gail Parnell
VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
This trilogy was the first ever DVD set I brought - i've really expanded my collection since, and I have to say, that I have never grown tired of it.
Robocop, the original directed by blood and guts, nudity loving Paul Verhoven is an absolute masterpiece. For me, once you have seen the Director's Cut version of this film, you'll never go back to the theatrical release. Robocop, for anyone that is unfamiliar with the story is about Alex Murphy. A cop transferred from his peaceful precinct to the distinct hell hole of the one he's in now. (I am writing this quite some time after watching the film, so which Metro district it is escapes me)
He is partnered with a short haired Nancy Allen, who plays Lois, a bubble gum blowing, no nonsense cop who can more than defend herself. It is interesting to view that Lois is almost stripped of her sexuality - the short hair and body armer disguising female curves. If you listen to the excellent audio commentary from Paul Verrhoven, this was because the director didn't want Robocop to have any kind of sexual attraction to Lois, hence the unflattering body armour and very short hairstyle. I have to say, it works very well, and I do prefer it, rather than the idea you have a helmet removed and the cliche of long flowing blonde hair cascading down as she does so. Paul Verhoven thought the same.
Anyway, back to the film. The supporting cast is excellent, and the action is non stop. With the uncut version, the violence is definitely upped, especially within the first half hour - Murphy's "death" and ED209's unfortunate debut involving Mr Kenny are unflinchingly visceral.... Read more ›
Robocop, the original directed by blood and guts, nudity loving Paul Verhoven is an absolute masterpiece. For me, once you have seen the Director's Cut version of this film, you'll never go back to the theatrical release. Robocop, for anyone that is unfamiliar with the story is about Alex Murphy. A cop transferred from his peaceful precinct to the distinct hell hole of the one he's in now. (I am writing this quite some time after watching the film, so which Metro district it is escapes me)
He is partnered with a short haired Nancy Allen, who plays Lois, a bubble gum blowing, no nonsense cop who can more than defend herself. It is interesting to view that Lois is almost stripped of her sexuality - the short hair and body armer disguising female curves. If you listen to the excellent audio commentary from Paul Verrhoven, this was because the director didn't want Robocop to have any kind of sexual attraction to Lois, hence the unflattering body armour and very short hairstyle. I have to say, it works very well, and I do prefer it, rather than the idea you have a helmet removed and the cliche of long flowing blonde hair cascading down as she does so. Paul Verhoven thought the same.
Anyway, back to the film. The supporting cast is excellent, and the action is non stop. With the uncut version, the violence is definitely upped, especially within the first half hour - Murphy's "death" and ED209's unfortunate debut involving Mr Kenny are unflinchingly visceral.... Read more ›
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Robocop! Now there's a blast from the past. I remember watching it on VHS, playing it on my Gameboy, and sneaking into the cinema when Robocop 2 came out. What I didn't remember though, is just how bloody good the films are.
When it came out, Robocop was ground breaking - it was THE film to see. I can't think of a anything like it since that caused as big of a stir, except Terminator 2. It surely is an Icon of the era and a landmark in cinema. Everyone of a certain age will remember him. And for good reason.
I'm a grown man of 33 now and bought this trilogy as it was going cheap at my local HMV - I'd never seen 3 - and hadn't seen the other 2 in nearly 20 years. And I have to say, films 1 & 2 have stood the test of time. The effects still look great and haven't dated at all. The stories are deep and gritty, and they certainly don't pull any punches.
The script in both films are excellent - producing more than a few catch phrases you can repeat over and over, and the vision of the future is handled brilliantly, with adverts for strange and sinister products. The effects are brilliant and all in all, the world the Robocop films create feel scary, plausible, convincing and worst/best of all - very, very possible.
I haven't managed to stay awake yet through Robocop 3 - every time I've put it on I've fallen fast asleep. You know how sleepy you get on your sofa, on a saturday afternoon, around 3 o'clock but I think it's safe to say it's not going to live up the other two films when I do get through it - but that doesn't matter.
Robocop and Robocop 2 are classics. Landmarks in cinema and are just as enjoyable today as they ever were.... Read more ›
When it came out, Robocop was ground breaking - it was THE film to see. I can't think of a anything like it since that caused as big of a stir, except Terminator 2. It surely is an Icon of the era and a landmark in cinema. Everyone of a certain age will remember him. And for good reason.
I'm a grown man of 33 now and bought this trilogy as it was going cheap at my local HMV - I'd never seen 3 - and hadn't seen the other 2 in nearly 20 years. And I have to say, films 1 & 2 have stood the test of time. The effects still look great and haven't dated at all. The stories are deep and gritty, and they certainly don't pull any punches.
The script in both films are excellent - producing more than a few catch phrases you can repeat over and over, and the vision of the future is handled brilliantly, with adverts for strange and sinister products. The effects are brilliant and all in all, the world the Robocop films create feel scary, plausible, convincing and worst/best of all - very, very possible.
I haven't managed to stay awake yet through Robocop 3 - every time I've put it on I've fallen fast asleep. You know how sleepy you get on your sofa, on a saturday afternoon, around 3 o'clock but I think it's safe to say it's not going to live up the other two films when I do get through it - but that doesn't matter.
Robocop and Robocop 2 are classics. Landmarks in cinema and are just as enjoyable today as they ever were.... Read more ›
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By A. Moncrieff
Format:Blu-ray
While clearly Paul Verhoeven's first film is the best movie here (though the one with the least of the transfers, still very good), RoboCop 2 is a slightly-handicapped but vastly underrated sequel, with a scary villain and a lot of fun to have. RoboCop 2 seems to want to do, as a lot of sequels do, to be a counterpoint to the original - this time the satire of big-business is turned up to 11 (OCP are almost entirely evil now, with even the benevolant Chairman evil, and their corperate logo emblazened in a white circle against a red flag...like the Swastika), so much so that you might think it's actually a level beyond satire, satirising left-wing satire itself! It seems to have a pretty dim view of striking cops too and there's other things that make me curious as to what the intent was.
RoboCop 3 isn't really as bad as you remember it when you actually sit down and watch it. It's still got some humour, but the satire is about at the level of Family Guy or, at best, Victor Lewis-Smith. It's still left-wing as anything, but it's more sort of crybaby, childish left-wing. The film is still a lot of fun, altogether. More of a spin-off than a sequel, to be honest.
Lots of extras ported over on the Robo1 blu-ray, almost everything from the DVD EXCEPT the commentary, and Robo 2 and 3 finally get 5.1 mixes (thankfully) but still no real extras.
I recommend the set for RoboCop and RoboCop 2, but if you really want a follow up to RoboCop, I say...make an evening of it and watch Total Recall and Starship Troopers.
RoboCop 3 isn't really as bad as you remember it when you actually sit down and watch it. It's still got some humour, but the satire is about at the level of Family Guy or, at best, Victor Lewis-Smith. It's still left-wing as anything, but it's more sort of crybaby, childish left-wing. The film is still a lot of fun, altogether. More of a spin-off than a sequel, to be honest.
Lots of extras ported over on the Robo1 blu-ray, almost everything from the DVD EXCEPT the commentary, and Robo 2 and 3 finally get 5.1 mixes (thankfully) but still no real extras.
I recommend the set for RoboCop and RoboCop 2, but if you really want a follow up to RoboCop, I say...make an evening of it and watch Total Recall and Starship Troopers.
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robocop !great movie
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Robocop 1
Since Flixster released a new robocop film due out 2013 - the price for robocop has been creeping up and it has been my all te favourite film ever since I was at school
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Murphy is that you????
Drop it dead or alive you are coming with me.
We killed you your dead
Can you fly bobby
Absolute classic lines. Read more
We killed you your dead
Can you fly bobby
Absolute classic lines. Read more
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RoboCop 1
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1 video track, 3 audio tracks, 9 subtitle tracks, 1:43:15, 24p /1.001, Chapters, 16 chapters, MPEG2, 1080p24 /1. Read more
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1 video track, 3 audio tracks, 9 subtitle tracks, 1:43:15, 24p /1.001, Chapters, 16 chapters, MPEG2, 1080p24 /1. Read more
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Kleine Info für deutsche Käufer zu den Audio Optionen
Diese Blue-rays enhalten folgende Audio Optionen:
Robocop 1: keine deutsche Tonspur, English und weitere, ungeschnitten
Robocop 2: deutsche Tonspur, ungeschnitten... Read more
Robocop 1: keine deutsche Tonspur, English und weitere, ungeschnitten
Robocop 2: deutsche Tonspur, ungeschnitten... Read more
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Classic Action Trillogy
The Robocop Trilogy is a classic series of movies allthough predictable and cliche a great weekend watch when you just need some downtime.
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