RoboCop 3

"He's back. Back on line. Back on duty."

1993 1h 45m EN

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★4.9TMDB · 1,506

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Synopsis

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The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, RoboCop must decide where his loyalties lie.

“He's back. Back on line. Back on duty.”

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Cast

Robert John Burke
Robocop
Nancy Allen
Anne Lewis
Rip Torn
The CEO
John Castle
McDaggett
Jill Hennessy
Dr. Marie Lazarus
CCH Pounder
Bertha
Mako
Kanemitsu
Robert DoQui
Sergeant Reed

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Fred Dekker
Writers: Fred Dekker, Frank Miller, Frank Miller
Languages: English, Japanese
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 49% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "RoboCop Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Fred Dekker, shot by Gary B. Kibbe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Basil Poledouris. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Bert Lovitt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Robert John Burke and Nancy Allen and Rip Torn carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Fred Dekker directs. Gary B. Kibbe behind the camera. Basil Poledouris scores. Bert Lovitt cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 49% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
233 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
4Part of the "RoboCop Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Fred Dekker, shot by Gary B. Kibbe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Basil Poledouris. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Bert Lovitt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Robert John Burke and Nancy Allen and Rip Torn carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "He's back. Back on line. Back on duty.".
10IMDB entry: tt0107978 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "police", "cyborg", "dystopia", "superhero".

The technical file

Cinematography: Gary B. Kibbe
Original score: Basil Poledouris
Editing: Bert Lovitt
Makeup / hair: Sarah Mays
Stunt coordinator: Dick Hancock
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $22,000,000
Box office: $10,696,210
Return: 49% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: RoboCop 3 (1993)

Part of

RoboCop Collection

RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy who is brutally shot to death by a gang of criminals and subsequently revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as "RoboCop". Collection includes 2 sequels.

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Gimly2018-09-08
★ 4/10
RoboCop 2 might pale in comparison to the original, but RoboCop 3 is the sequel that's genuinely bad. Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
CinemaSerf2022-06-13
★ 4/10
Nancy Allen ("Lewis") is pretty much the sole survivor from the original in this, frankly, terrible conclusion to the series. Dan O'Herlihy must have read the script and so passed on control of his technology company ("OCP") to the even more ruthless "Casey Wong" (Mario Machado) who uses Hollywood veteran Rip Torn ("the CEO") and his para-military pal "McDaggett" (John Castle) do demotivate what is left of the Detroit police force; replace them with a bunch of criminal enforcers - the "Rehabs" and do for the city what Nero did for Rome - glass and steel phoenix from the ashes sort of thing. Luckily, our half-man half tin-opener lawman is on hand to fight the good fight and thwart this most evil of plans. There is plenty of action, to be fair, but the dialogue really does put the "b" in anal, the acting is really wooden and what innovation there was from 1987 has long gone. It is a pretty shameless attempt to capitalise on a dying franchise that is really nobody's finest work either behind or in front of the camera. Really, just a shocking waste of celluloid.
justhappytobehere2024-01-23
★ 4/10
This certainly is not RoboCop and its not even RoboCop2, its, sad to say, RoboCop3. An embarrassment for everyone involved. It is the same level of failure as the third Mad Max movie, where he goes off to play with kids in the desert and then Tina Turner does a little dance or something. He has a jet pack in this one, idiotic. Fourteen thumbs down.