RoboCop 3 (1993)

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.

Director:

Fred Dekker

Writers:

Edward Neumeier (characters), Michael Miner (characters)

Stars:

Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Mario Machado

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert John Burke	...	RoboCop (as Robert Burke)
Mario Machado	...	Casey Wong
Remy Ryan	...	Nikko
Jodi Long	...	Nikko's Mom
John Posey	...	Nikko's Dad
Rip Torn	...	The CEO
Mako	...	Kanemitsu
John Castle	...	Paul McDaggett
S.D. Nemeth	...	Bixby Snyder
Edith Ivey	...	Elderly Woman in Bathrobe
Curtis Taylor	...	Rehab #1
CCH Pounder	...	Bertha
Judson Vaughn	...	Seltz
Ken Strong	...	Rehab Patrol
Stanley Anderson	...	Zack

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

robocop | christmas | robocop character | broadcast signal intrusion | red wine | 

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Taglines:

He's back. Back online, back on duty.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

The role of RoboCop was recast with Robert John Burke due to Peter Weller being unavailable. The scene where RoboCop receives facial reconstruction after being badly damaged and burned was written in to explain why RoboCop no longer looked like Weller in his scenes without his helmet.

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Goofs

Marie is locked in a store room at OCP building, with a guard standing outside. Later, couple of the Rehabs come to get her. Instead of simply unlocking the door, one of them tells the guard to move, then he needlessly slams his shoulder at the door several times and kicks it open.

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Quotes

Bixby Snyder: I'll buy that for a dollar!

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Alternate Versions

Although less violent than the two preceding Robocop films, the BBFC still cut 4 seconds from the UK cinema and video versions, possibly to remove a brief glimpse of nun chucks.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 R-Rated Movie Franchises That Went PG-13 (2020)

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Soundtracks

Keep It To Yourself
Written by Alan Mirikitani
Performed by B.B. King (as B.B. Chung King)
Courtesy of Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co.

User Reviews

Robocrap!

This highly-disappointing sequel finds our hero going against law and order by siding with a group of down-and-outers who stand to lose their neighborhood because of evil corporate interests. Along the way Robo crashes cars, battles robot ninjas and flies through the air like a six-ton Superman. Alas, none of it can save ROBOCOP 3, a film into which very little real effort seems to have gone.

When watching ROBOCOP 3, one can't help but think the producers lazily expected the well-established Robocop brand would simply sell itself this time around. Making matters worse, they tried to move away from a more adult-style of action and sci-fi and deliver something you might watch with older kiddies. I mean, robot ninjas??? What is this, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? This thing even attempts to deliver a do-the-right-thing message, but the whole effort is so muddled and ridiculous it can't succeed (nor should a movie like this even try).

I am willing to cut movies a lot of slack, but this one's a stinker. No wonder Robo was reduced to a cheap Canadian-filmed TV series following this disaster.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

5 November 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

RoboCop 3

Filming Locations:

Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,304,829, 7 November 1993

Gross USA:

$10,696,210

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,696,210

Company Credits

Production Co:

Orion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1