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Dom Robinson reviews

RoboCop 3

Chaos. Corruption. Civil War
He's back to lay down the law.

Distributed by

Columbia TriStar

RoboCop 3 is, as the title would hint, the third in the popular RoboCop series. What you'll also notice is that the certificate is a "15" and not the "18" the previous films received. If you'll note that the TV series videos tended to attract a "12"-rating, in which RoboCop didn't quite *shoot* the bad guys, but rather shoot other things which then fell on the bad guys, then you'll see the direction in which this sequel is heading.

An example: Nearly 40 minutes in, when faced with a horde of baddies toting weapons, the violence is toned down when he first tries to shoot the chief perpetrator, but as he is the rogue OCP officer turned very-rogue and is trying to overplay his hand (yes, that's the plot, folks! One of OCP's operatives is only in it for himself and instead of trying to protect the future of Delta City, he goes against the wishes of his CEO (Rip Torn) and turns the place into a warzone), Robo can't kill him. He shoots the truck behind him, they turn their heads to watch the fireworks, then turn back - unimpressed - and blow Robo into next week.

What does Officer Lewis (Nancy Allen) do? She exits stage left sharpish after taking some bullets, resulting in what looks like gel suddenly oozing out of her breast-area (Don't worry, the trailer points out that she doesn't go the distance.) She looks glad to escape this nonsense too.

In a car-chase scene, the baddies give Robo the slip by throwing loads of money out of their van so some local kids run into the road and try to pick it up. The real Robo would've swerved to avoid them but carry on pursuing. This one just stops, gets out of his car and probably mentally curses, "If it hadn't been for those meddling kids".

The observant among you will notice that Peter Weller, who played the original metal man, is not in the suit this time. That honour, such that it is, goes to Hal Hartley favourite Robert Burke (credited here with his middle name for the first time I've ever seen). On the plus side, his motionless face perfectly mimics the expressions trademarked by his predecessor. On the minus side, Weller obvious read the script first before signing on the dotted line which proves why he wasn't in it.

About the only consistency between this and its previous incarnations is the appearance of Mario Machado as newscaster Casey Wong.

So does this film have any redeeming qualities? Well, Robo has a nifty jetpack that he uses to fly around and assist in his criminal-catching duties and the film also spawned a fairly decent, but difficult in places, computer game for the Atari ST and Amiga.

The picture is okay, but not outstanding. It's presented in a matted 1.85:1 ratio and is anamorphic with an average bitrate of 5.48Mb/s, occasionally peaking over 9Mb/s. As the whole film looks like a straight-to-video production, any extra resolution gained by DVD doesn't have much of an effect on the transfer.

The sound is also fine, but nothing to shout about. Explosions are loud enough and dialogue is clear, but that don't impress me much.

Extras :

Chapters :

Only 21 chapters this time round, instead of the usual 28 that typically adorns a Columbia release, but it still fits in with my one-chapter-per-five-minutes standard. The US trailer is also included.

Languages/Subtitles :

While 1992's Batman Returns became the first Dolby Digital 5.1 film to be made, Dekker was still living in surround-sound land. Someone else whose head was in the clouds was the person who put the details on the back cover. It states the disc contains dialogue in five languages, but it only has English, plus 19 subtitled languages. It doesn't. It has none.

Considering that another Columbia title, Stepmom, was delayed for months because the front cover dared proclaim that it contained both widescreen and fullscreen versions of the film, whereas it only wisely contained the former, was recalled and similarly, Universal's (nee Polygram) A Life Less Ordinary was rapped for completely missing the BBFC's '15' certificate off the front cover, I can only assume the VPRC were having an off-day when this title happened by.

Menu :

An static and silent menu with options to select a scene, start the film or watch the trailer.

Overall, "Carry On RoboCop" sums up this film entirely and no scene shows it up more than the one where a little girl disables an ultra-powerful ED-209 with a laptop. Instead of a challenging, "You have 20 seconds to comply", it suddenly loses its appetite for destruction and tells them it will be "as loyal as a puppy". Purlease!

I know Columbia will have to bring out some back-catalogue stuff as well as new titles, but this one won't exactly sell by the bucketload when priced at twenty notes as Laser Disc Distribution probably found out when their 12" platter offering was put on the market for £34.99, especially when the video must have been in budget country for some time now. 

FILM	 		: ½
PICTURE QUALITY		: ***
SOUND QUALITY		: ***
EXTRAS			: *
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OVERALL			: **

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2000.

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