Robocop Collection (3pc)

Buy This Item Robocop Collection (3pc) by MGM (Video & DVD)  Available from Amazon  $24.98  on 11-4-2008     The first <I>Robocop</I> was thrilling, hilarious, and totally original--none of which has as much to do with the film's spawning two sequels (plus two separate television shows) as its $50 million-plus take at the box office. Though the Law of Diminishing Returns inevitably applies to the theatrical trilogy, the central premise is so strong that each of the lesser sequels has at least a few moments worth catching. That's because the original (wherein Detroit cop Peter Weller, killed in the line of duty, gets transformed into a crime-fighting cyborg) set up an entire world. Director Paul Verhoeven spends as much time lampooning television news, commercial products, and big business as he does on the story; however violent or gory things get (and they get quite icky), the tone throughout is comic, even giddy. <I>Robocop 2</I>, helmed by Irvin Kershner of <I>The Empire Strikes Back</I> fame, sobers up considerably. The film is rather underrated; sure, there are fewer ads and newsbreaks this time around, but there are several inventive touches--Robocop is briefly reprogrammed into a homily-spouting Dudley Do-Right; drug dealers step in to bail out the financially strapped city--and the villains (including the most foul-mouthed, amoral 12-year-old in movie history) are less outrageous than in the first installment. <I>Robocop 3</I>, however, is profit-driven hash. Having Robocop (now acted by Robert John Burke) join a citizens' uprising is a nice idea, and even the ninja android could have been fun, but the movie tries too often to be heartwarming, an emotion thoroughly out of place in this wickedly satirical series. <I>--Bruce Reid</I> Reader Reviews Well, I was skeptikal, and no this is a real person and not some dude that works for the company or a company involved in the release of this product, im real indeed. So yeah, I was skeptikal. Usually, trilogy packages leave out special features and such, so thats the norm im used to. This trilogy package however was everything and more you would want from the 3 movies that reinvented the cathphrase man of steel. I think the last movie sucks, but thats just me. The first 2 are good, and the robocop classy cheesyness that only they could pull off and still be a viable good movie stays intant. OCP baby! For Life! 2 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Buy this, if you like robo, cuz its as good as it gets.

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