RoboCop (franchise) RoboCop (franchise) RoboCop is an American superhero cyberpunk media franchise featuring the futuristic adventures of Alex Murphy, a Detroit, Michigan police officer, who is mortally wounded in the line of duty and transformed into a powerful cyborg, brand-named Robocop, at the behest of a powerful mega-corporation, Omni Consumer Products. Thus equipped, Murphy battles both violent crime in a severely decayed city and the blatantly corrupt machinations within OCP. The franchise began in 1987 with the film "RoboCop". "RoboCop 2" followed in 1990, and "RoboCop 3" in 1993. There have also been various television series, video game and comic book tie-ins.
RoboCop 3 rates the film as 2½ stars, stating, "The best one could hope for is a movie that's not an ordeal to sit through, and on that level, "RoboCop 3" certainly excels. When placed side-by-side with the original, the film doesn't quite hold up. But, at the very least, "RoboCop 3" works as a popcorn movie—something part two couldn't even manage." Other points of criticism in this movie include curtailing the graphic violence of the first two films (deliberately done in order to be more family friendly), less humor, and the absence of Peter Weller in the title role. RoboCop 3