In 1987, Paul Verhoeven dropped a sci-fi masterpiece with RoboCop. In 1990, Empire Strikes Back maestro Irvin Kershner, made an okay sequel with RoboCop 2. And then on April 18, 1993, the world got RoboCop 3. It’s not the worst sci-fi sequel of all time, mostly because it’s so hilariously instructive. If you only have a vague idea of what RoboCop is, RoboCop 3 will scan as an inoffensive low-budget ‘90s sci-fi movie. It works as its own, fairly by-the-numbers dystopian sci-fi movie. What makes it so interesting is how incongruous it is with the rest of the franchise. Other than perhaps the various Highlander sequels, there’s never been a more out-of-place sequel than RoboCop 3.
