What is The WORST Robocop Movie? - Hack The Movies

I am back with Tom to talk about MORE Robocop movies! This time we take a look at the theatrically released sequels and remake. Our prime directive is to analyze all three films and decide which one is the WORST Robocop movie of all time!
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[@reddeadspartan]

I like 2 mostly for its meta-narrative about a Robocop sequel. You have the CEOs not understanding what made the original Robocop work, so they get a new person to come in and make a make a BIGGER and BADDER Robocop and literally call it Robocop 2. Meanwhile Robocop himself is getting criticised by parents and is forced to be toned down to be child friendly and marketable by a focus group.

[@Vidiot-Savant]

ROBOCOP 2 is legit great. It may not be as groundbreaking as the first, but it's a worthy sequel and I will die on that hill.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

I like Robocop 2….it’s definitely not as bad as its made out to be

[@Vidiot-Savant]

@@JamesJohnson-tr1gu I wouldn't say it's bad at all. The sequence where ROBOCOP becomes useless because he gets reprogrammed to be more PC is a brilliant bit of satire for instance, that's only become more relevant in this age where Jerry Seinfeld of all comedians is somehow considered "too controversial."

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

@@Vidiot-Savant that was probably the best little sequence of the whole movie too

[@richardrobertsDN38416]

Robocop 2 or robo-cain gave me the most terrifying nightmares as a kid!

[@GNoMe610]

Right up on that hill with ya!

[@EliteEleven11]

Remember when Robocop came to WCW and saved Sting

[@kevinreynolds4851]

And yet not as crazy as Robocop rescuing Pee Wee Herman from ED 209 at the Academy Awards lol

[@Apjooz]

Still real to me darn it.

[@Asu-cr9sb]

Part 2 was more shocking to me, because of the gangsta-boy plotline. He is like part of the gang, kinda plays with the gangsta chick cause she needs a fix, then he gets forced to watch the torture and killing of that informant. There is always the childish component that breaks through here and there (like at the torture scene when he says to the boss: "You said you were only gonna scare him" - "Doesnt he look scared!?!!!!!!!!" - super intense scene), and then later he dies in robocops arms and you feel like so sorry because he had this violent upbringing, but in the end was just a kid. That alone makes the movie super memorable imo.

[@tomcrews1]

Glacier ( Ray Lloyd) is from where my family is from in Georgia..My sister was married to one of Glacier’s cousins for 20 years..i got to meet him several times.

[@hidochung7833]

I'd watch this for a dollar

[@JesusRodriguez-ib8hn]

But no more than a dollar

[@kdusel1991]

​@@JesusRodriguez-ib8hn I'd definitely watch this for a dollar!

[@Aragorn7884]

🤑

[@brooksproductions9573]

Fun fact, 2/3rds of the Crossing Jordans cast consisted of Robocop alumni.

[@SuperBrooklynite007]

Same could be said about 24 with Robocop one Boddicker played a senator, Emile played Jack’s brother, ray wise played a vice president and Peter weller played jacks mentor

[@TiNRiB]

I just realized I've seen Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and i remember absolutely nothing about it!

[@tsartomato]

is it that one that is somehow worse than 1-2 bay?

[@ChaseSchleich]

There's an ape in it and I think everyone almost gets sucked up by a giant vacuum cleaner at the end. That's all I remember lol

[@pcsextravideos4958]

Without a shadow of a doubt it will be part 3!

[@Aragorn7884]

Robocop 2 gets overlooked like Ghostbusters 2

[@Asu-cr9sb]

Thank you!

[@SeanOkita]

Ghostbusters 2 sucks

[@Aragorn7884]

@@SeanOkita 👻

[@johnkallday]

Ghostbusters 2 deserves to be forgotten. Such a boring pile of crap. Anything after the original is just crap.

[@heralduk5839]

Is this because King Charles has had a portrait done like Vigo the Carpathian ?

[@ryanspengler4877]

Might be time to cover up that "Honk Louder" sticker on the display case, there, Tony...😂🦖

[@quarter_cab]

Fun fact, when they animated The Dark Knight Returns, Peter Weller played Batman

[@JM-pm1yb]

Is this actually a “fun” fact?

[@JM-pm1yb]

JK JK

[@quarter_cab]

@@JM-pm1yb it is, because Frank Miller wrote the original Robocop 2 script and TDKR

[@shainewhite2781]

ROBOCOP 3 IS THE WORST AND IT KILLED THE FRANCHISE!

[@nialllappin4159]

Except the franchise still exists

[@kdusel1991]

​@@nialllappin4159 I think the comment above is forgetting that the remake killed the franchise.

[@Ben_Lorentz]

I didn't even make it halfway into the 3rd one and had to turn it off. It's a big chunk of poopy 💩 .

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

The reboot, and those not good TV movies that have I’ve seen a couple of them on Tubi…I’d rather watch Robocop 3 than those

[@jacobthompson6644]

Did anyone point out that robocop and darkman have a similar plot arc

[@johnshaw359]

Cain was insane.

[@jimbowlan5804]

Tom noonan Is a great villian

[@StanWilks]

Personal story regarding Robocop 2: When I was at film school, one of our guest lecturers was Dan Perri - a famous title designer who had worked on The Exorcist, Star Wars and many other classics. In his fifteen minute showreel, Robocop 2 was nowhere to be found. 😂 But he very graciously signed my Robocop 2 DVD despite his experiences working on the film. PS: Robocop 3 is easily the worst. At least the remake has plenty of interesting ideas and a great cast to carry them.

[@darwinespinoza3440]

“Rick” lmfaooooooo

[@charaoki]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one horrified by the same scene of Robocop 2 as a kid. It got so bad that whenever I saw the Orion Films intro I would get scared and change the channel lol

[@SA-zoom1]

The remake was the biggest pile of shit ever. It made me angry in the same way the Predator movie did. I can't say that about many movies. Even no 3, as bad as it is, has some levity, which at least makes it watchable

[@jordanbaker2880]

THIS. The Predator made me so angry I headbutted the seat in front of me in the cinema at certain parts lol

[@orinanime]

RoboCop '14 is infinitely better than RC3 and The Predator

[@aaronlpeck1884]

When you're touching upon robocop's humanity in part 2, I feel like that shines through whenever he's around his partner Anne Lewis as well as a couple other familiar co-workers. But when he's by himself he's in complete robot mode

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

Blue Robocop FTW

[@graphicsgod]

Yeah I like the shiny blue! Would make an awesome paint job on a car!!

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

Robocop 2 is Brutal Like in a good way Nuke, Kid gangsters and honestly low key i like the Blue Robocop suit better 👌 just stylistically he looks sleeker 3 is fun but dumb and over the top

[@teeohdubbledee]

It's always a fun show when the pizza man from tenacious d comes to visit Tony

[@InfiniCalendar]

Caine as Robocop 2 is the best use of stop-motion animation of all time

[@DoomRay666]

3 is absolutely garbage

[@robertlawrence9000]

2014 movie is even worse.

[@tsartomato]

someone wwho have never seen garbage

[@KombatGod]

@@robertlawrence9000 It really isn't.

[@JM-pm1yb]

@@robertlawrence9000 false!!!

[@only257]

@@KombatGodit is 🎉

[@EddieTHead2266]

Robocop 2 is a hell of a lot better than people give it credit. They kill a kid who is the bad guy!!! I love it and glad it doesn't try to be the first film. It just takes its tone and elements and makes popcorn movie out of it. Fun as hell. Another case and day in the life of Murphy. Tony I never took him resetting robotically in the beginning of the movie. I saw it more appearing robotic but essentially more of Murphys "cop" mode. He drops it in a nanosecond when he wants to now.

[@robswan4170]

Tonys head looks gigantic in this episode.

[@JM-pm1yb]

😂😂😂

[@williammatthews693]

Alex Murphy Brown. Well that's a crossover that makes more sense than WCW!

[@heisensaul5538]

29:32 when he talks about Schmitty, I thought he was talking about the same Schmitty from It's always sunny in Philadelphia at first. I was gonna say "wait, Jason Sudeikis was in Robocop 3?" lol

[@wstine79]

The review definitely needs a RoboCrystal.

[@kdusel1991]

Agreed RoboCrystal would be a big improvement for this review! But Tom is fine! I like Tom!

[@theflail]

Yaaay! I like Tom!

[@kdusel1991]

I like Tom too!

[@stephenmiller2544]

the cain robot design is freaking awesome, I dont know what Tony is smokimg.

[@andrewsutton1858]

Yoo Tony found you on rental reviews. But needed some more hack the movies. Your contents great man. I was curious do you ever stream with mike any more. And last thing do you have gaming stream's?

[@HackTheMovies]

I haven't streamed with Mike in a long time, but we still stay in touch. Subscribe to the "hack the movies clips and streams" channel for game streams. There's also a twitch but it's suspended at the moment.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

As much as this Robocop (2014) angered me, I never held it against Joel Kinnaman.

[@YakBat]

Damn it, I forgot, Bruce Locke who played the Japanese android later played the most screen accurate 90's Shang Tsung on Mortal Kombat: K(C)onquest. It was spelled with a K on syndicated channels like WGN but with a C on channels like TBS and TNT.

[@T_R_O_Y_McClure]

Those "Rick" inserts were totally seamless. Great work tony! 😂

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Worst part of Robocop 3 is the way they matter-of-factly killed off Lewis.

[@Kiddism101]

Upgrade is a better RoboCop remake than the RoboCop remake.

[@T_R_O_Y_McClure]

Upgrade is fn awesome. Agree 100%

[@CainNuke]

The villain in Robocop 3 is McDagget, not Sargent Reed…

[@seanlaughlin522]

That collection of all 3 is bad ass tony

[@raulzavala9061]

You pointed out all the familiar faces but didn't mention Jill Hennessey as the new Robo-doctor? Also the OCP Rehab bad guy always reminded me of a British Steve Martin.

[@user-ru4ux7wt8o]

Robocop 2 is just as good as the original the only thing I'd change is make the squibs bigger to match the original

[@jediknightgeo]

Lol, it's nowhere near as good as the original.

[@user-hz5lt7ki2o]

lol not even close. Robocop 2 doesn't even use the Robocop theme.

[@orinanime]

"jUsT aS gOoD" no. It's not.

[@jarvisschaffer3879]

Robocop vs. Terminator should happen.. but they both die so we get proper reboots.

[@blazed85]

"Our RoboCop Remake"

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

I feel your pain on the potential king of the hill revival. Two key voices are dead, ones been replaced, plus it already had a good ending despite the massive dip in quality in later seasons but its cancellation saved it from turning into zombie simpsons. Now its going to be turned into zombie king of the hill if lisa simpson was the head writed

[@raulzavala9061]

Here's a bit of useless trivia, in the beginning of RoboCop 3 when the apartment is getting hit by the wrecking ball the guy who plays the father of Nikko is actor John Posey who was the original Danny Tanner in the unaired pilot for Full House before being re-cast with Bob Saget.

[@cc-vd3oq]

The 3rd movie. That's gonna be the worst.

[@jimbowlan5804]

@cc-vd3oq I agree but I guess since I saw it so young I like it but trying to watch it as an adult is really hard

[@dogdayblues]

RoboCop also saved Pee Wee Herman from ED209 at the '88 academy awards. Fun stuff.

[@What.99]

I want Tom to autograph my copy of The Dark Knight Rises.

[@edmondmartinez9617]

The robocop remake had only one scene worthwhile to me. And thats when he was shone what was left of his body under the robot suit. That stuck with me because it is genuinely horrifying. What they ruined was the plot, because it wasnt about alex murphy trying to find his humanity, he never lost it in the first place. His family knows exacxtly whats going on, he still sees them, they treat it more like a cop who got disabled and is in therapy for his prosthetics. That misses the entire point, which is why the story has no point or impact.

[@Emulous79]

Robocop 2 isn't bad. The actress who played Angie (part of Cain's gang) Galyn Görg was also in Judgment Night (1993) as a baseball bat-swinging angry lady. That's a good movie that I rediscovered recently.

[@jmanclan]

Tony what can you say regarding the rumored robocop reboot / batman sequel that would see your blown up stadium character from DKR rebuilt to hunt down the batman?

[@TiNRiB]

When i was a kid, 3 was awesome, and i got to go see it in the cinema all by myself. Its only when i got older i realized its crap. So i always look at it with rose tinted glasses. Robo2 is awesome though.

[@DirtBoyTrilla]

Yo Tony - There are A LOT of rumors floating around, but recently someone brought it to my attention that Tumblers better than Pumpers - do you agree with this perspective?.. I grew up being told "Pumpers NEED to pump; Pumpers LIKE to pump.." and so to cut them down like this seems.. ABNORMAL.

[@HackTheMovies]

....what?

[@DirtBoyTrilla]

@@HackTheMovies I can't keep lying to my mailman - PLEASE review 'Under Wraps'.

[@DirtBoyTrilla]

@@HackTheMovies PUMPERS > TUMBLERS

[@graphicsgod]

😉

[@NathanTZ]

Hey Tom is back! Nice!

[@Hefewe1zen]

tony, two seinfeld actors in RoboCop 3 - Mr Kruger, played by Daniel von Bargen (sadly now decreased) and Stephen Root is the bank manager who gives $20 to Kramer 😄

[@VansAndHollister]

3 is definitely the worst

[@JonathanStein-kr6qd]

The bad guy in 3 is named McDagget, Sergeant Reed is the black cop

[@HackTheMovies]

Damn! I knew that sounded wrong! I was so busy fixing me saying Scott Steiner instead of Rick Steiner in editing that I forgot to double check that.

[@deontecoleman7047]

You know SOMETHING tells me that second guy didn't like that visor too much...

[@eroye]

Not surprising to see Action Achtung Tom the Badass to review the reprisings of Robocop. Superdope, now let's together bug makers for a Robocop vs Terminator that's never going to happen...oh umm Screw you Tonni...um yea, Tony! 🥶👍

[@wstml555]

In Robocop 2, they missed a huge opportunity for him to reconnect with his wife, and for her to recognize him. Robocop 3 and the recent remake are very bad. Both are very lazily made. The remake has the exact same story as the first.

[@Dim4323]

Robocop 3 and the reboot are the worst

[@lutherheggs451]

Absolutely not! First off NONE of them are worse than Robocop 3 and MGM forcing a PG-13. There is no universe where the 2014 reboot is anything close to resembling bad, awful or garbage. The worst thing about it is that it's toothless and they tried to play too safe with it. Its not some awful abortion like some "special" people pretend it is, if they were going to make it they shouldn't have tried to play it so safe. It just ended up making it generic and alright.

[@graphicsgod]

Agreed!

[@charlesderosas5577]

Even the remake was decent than that. Plus I liked the new suit

[@JM-pm1yb]

Robocop (2014) > Robocop 3 Not even close

[@garrettjvb]

The answer is Robocop 3. It's just bad. At least the reboot has some good performances

[@erathsmedor1]

Well, the reboot had one good performance with Gary Oldman. He was the only thing worth watching about it.

[@mrfixitishere]

Lex luger was lex Luther on the local superman tv show because he was working in wcw/ Charlotte nc at the time.

[@garrettjvb]

I love how much you guys truly get Robocop. It makes me happy

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

One of the things that aged the worst in robocop 3 is the fear of japanese corporations taking over. Some producer must have missed the fax about their bubble economy bursting, heck they had to sell back rockefeller center. That thing worked itself out without any outside help, pretty soon theres barely going to be much japanese and at this rate alot of cities there will be the new detroit but mostly old people

[@NecromancyLabz]

Robocop should have led the Alliance during the WWF/WCW/ECW Invasion angle honestly.

[@nialllappin4159]

I never wanted to see Clarence die. We had the same problem with cops

[@nigeldonaldson1647]

The ONLY spoof advert break that works is the "Magnavolt ad in the beginning (probably the best place to put it) in Robocop 2 it at least captured the black comedy tone of the original film, unlike the rest of it. It was a BIG mistake repeating what had been done in ROBOCOP in the sense of chopping him up, both because its already been done, & it looks visually stupid (the general sfx were less this time also than in the first film, thats obvious) to my eye Robocop looks like...a giant too shiny plastic toy it's not convincing as metal all that much, I'm glad they returned to the original colour in the 3rd film (which to me is an improvement, on the 2nd.

[@Aragorn7884]

The only GD thing redeeming about #3 is that it's so bad, it's good...😅🤷

[@Vidiot-Savant]

The car chase in the pimpmobile at least makes me laugh.

[@graphicsgod]

🤷🤷

[@Rattwap]

WCW had other ripoff Mortal Kombat guys to fight Glacier. You had Mortis (Kanyon) and Wrath (Brian Clark/Adam Bomb)

[@shanewillis316]

I was pissed off that they killed Lewis in 3. I saw 2 first than 1. 3 is by far the worst.

[@poparazvan8491]

José Padilha's Elite Squad movies are fantastic, super gritty and ultra violent, so I was actually hyped when I heard he was going to direct the RoboCop remake. Then I found out it was going to be PG-13, and I just knew they were going to screw it up.

[@jimbowlan5804]

I remember when robocop came out to save sting I was like that looks nothing like robocop

[@MikeVonDoom]

Robo wants an Oreo, Tony.

[@bwagz8966]

Your cohost voice reminds me of John C Riley

[@LordWolfenstein]

My first contact with Robocop was the cartoon.

[@theamericanheathen2608]

Gotta agree with him on the remake tho the business stuff was more interesting part

[@bsimms3686]

Mummy Cop: Prime Directive...when?

[@RaDicAL808]

Imagine if they remade Robocop now, they’d probably have baby ED-209s. lol

[@urrutiap]

Tony and the other guy making the weird moaning groaning noises to describe Robocop in pieces. Hilarious lol

[@joshmuecke85]

Robocop looked like fischerprice in robocop 3

[@DJSkandalous]

Hey Tony look I finally found you now 😂

[@HackTheMovies]

IT'S MY BEST FRIEND DJSkandalous!

[@Bill_198]

26:12 Riiick

[@TheBestComicKing]

1:33:30 Son of a bitch, they did remake Total Recall!! XD That movie never crossed my mind until you mentioned it, Tony!!

[@johnestrada294]

You haven't done an "Is it just like the movie " video in a while

[@HackTheMovies]

Im capturing footage for a new one

[@only257]

@@HackTheMoviescool 😊

[@msscott22]

RoboCop 2 still one of the most misunderstood sequels. Great film. Almost as good as the original.

[@jordanbaker2880]

Disappointed there was no mention of my favourite scene in 2 - the mad contortionist violin player 😂 Not as good as the original obviously but compared to the kind of sequels we get nowadays RoboCop 2 is like, Citizen Kane ( no pun intended )

[@HackTheMovies]

I showed a clip of it!

[@jordanbaker2880]

@@HackTheMoviesApologies Tony, I had the vid on the background and when the RoboCop 2 chat ended I thought that was it, obviously I jumped the gun 😔 A bad look for me and for OCP!

[@erathsmedor1]

1. Robocop 2. Robocop 2 3. Robocop 3 4. Robocop remake

[@ChaseSchleich]

Robocop 2 makes me want to try Nuke so damn bad. It looks awesome.

[@YesterdaysMoose]

RoboCop > RoboCop 2 > RoboCop (2014) > RoboCop 3 I hate RoboCop 3 so much that it's the only film I don't own. However, based on this review, I might give it a second look.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

I've read Frank Miller's Robocop 2 comic. I don't see what was considered "unfilmable" about it. Also, it's definitely not any better than the movie.

[@quarter_cab]

Does he call himself "the god damn Robocop"?

[@dreamlandnightmare]

@@quarter_cab Unfortunately, no!

[@spotthedogaye2921]

It's 3 Saved you an hour and half.

[@hashtagfilm]

RoboCop 2 is so much better and smarter than people give it credit for. It has many short comings, but it's highly enjoyable and intelligent. It's the only piece of RoboCop media after the original that actually feels more in line with the original.

[@markula_4040]

I'm picking the reboot as the worst. 3 is bad but there is still some fun. The reboot is just joyless and complete misses the point of what made the original movie so awesome.

[@chuckyluvsu13]

I actually like RoboCop 2 more than the first film !! Even though I absolutely love the first film !!

[@TiNRiB]

I'm in the same boat buddy.

[@msscott22]

RoboCop 2 is so underrated it's insane.

[@chuckyluvsu13]

@@TiNRiB thank you for agreeing, we are definitely in the minority and I never understood the hate that this movie gets sometimes.

[@chuckyluvsu13]

@msscott22 Yes absolutely !! The sheer insanity that this movie provides is so damn good !!

[@jaysonb.6669]

Robocop 2 was LEGIT awesome cinema experience & great dark-comedy popcorn flick during movie night with friends. I don't NEED to see another John Wick or Gone with The Wind. Variety is the spice of life! This is why so snooty, film critic bashers screw up feature films.