Continuity mistake: When the Enforcement Droid Series 209 fires at the police cars, the car in front has two stickers on the driver's door reading "Security Concept." After two bullets hit the door, the sticker with the "Security" text is missing.
Continuity mistake: Robocop collapses in the sewer, and a man with a screwdriver checks him. The screwdriver swaps hands between shots after he says, "Track him?" (00:41:25)
Continuity mistake: When Robocop is in the sewer, Nikko extends his left arm, grabs a ladder and mumbles, "Oh, rats." There's an instant cut, and now it's his right arm extended.
Continuity mistake: RoboCop bends down to pick up the map at his feet, and he does so by scooping his hand underneath it and lifting it with his thumb and index finger, as it is lying flat on the ground. Yet when the camera angle changes to show RoboCop correcting his posture, the map is now rolled up and he is holding it in his hand, which is now in a fist position. (01:20:22)
Continuity mistake: Watch the subtitles in the police chase against the battered yellow van. In one scene where the two gentlemen are narrowly escaping the hit, the young officer says "ease it up" but the subtitles say "jesus".
Answer: They wanted to make the film approachable to a broader age group. Kids were into Robocop, even though the movies weren't necessarily "kid friendly", so they made the third movie one that parents wouldn't mind their kids seeing in an effort to get more sales.
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