Robocop/Robocop 2/Robocop 3 DVD (2014) Peter Weller, Verhoeven (DIR) cert 18 3 Title: Robocop/Robocop 2/Robocop 3 Leading Actor: Peter Weller Region: Region 2 Duration: 311 mins Format: DVD / Box Set Type: DVD No. of Discs: 3 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Warner Bros. Home Ent. UK Release Date: 26 May 2014 Edition: Box Set A triple bill of sci-fi cops. The first film, ‘Robocop’, is set in the near future and Detroit’s soaring crime rate is unsuccessfully policed by a corporation which plans to build a city, if its workers can go about unmolested. When its ’enforcement droid’ proves unworkable, a murdered cop (Peter Weller) is wired into a computer-controlled titanium body and set to the task at hand. Unimpressed, ‘Robocop’ seeks vengeance on all sides in this violent but often funny tale. In the second film, ‘Robocop 2’, a model, Robocop 2 (Tom Noonan), is built while Robocop 1 still patrols the streets of Detroit. Robocop 2 is given a maniac’s ‘soul’, thereby setting the stage for a showdown between the two computer constables. Finally, in ‘Robocop 3’ Robocop is befriended by a young girl whose parents have been killed, and after his partner is killed by the head of a private security firm, he joins a group of rebels to fight back against the evil businessmen. There is a notable fight sequence between a plastic-like robot Ninja and the sluggish metal Robocop, which, together with the rebels hiding out in the derelict General Motors Factory, constitutes a thinly veiled critique of the Japanese car industry from the heart of Detroit - the original motor city.
