RoboCop: Rogue City Ties Up A RoboCop Movie Plot Hole
Though it's not often that movie tie-ins make for solid video games, that's exactly the case with the recent release of . A first-person shooter developed by Teyon, Peter Weller of and fame reprises his role to take down the criminals and unscrupulous characters of Old Detroit once again. Set after the second film, picks up where the movies left off and follows the story of James Murphy and his partner, Anne Lewis.
[Warning: The following article contains story spoilers for RoboCop: Rogue City.]
does more than just reference the movies. As the game delves into the lore of the universe, it helps flesh out story elements that were left out of. One of the biggest unknowns of the film franchise is where the movie's main antagonist, the Old Man, goes in the third movie. Replaced by a new CEO of OCP and an entirely new actor, it wasn't the most satisfying end for such an iconic character.
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The Old Man is perhaps the franchise's biggest villain, arguably even more devoid of morality than the drug-addled Cain from. Played by the Oscar-nominated Dan O'Herihy, the Old Man stood in the RoboCop franchise as a depiction of unbridled capitalism and greed. With a lack of an official name, he stands as just another rich corporate CEO who aims to reach his goals by any means necessary. O'Herihy failed to reprise his role in, instead being replaced by another iconic actor, Rip Torn, famous for his roles in the films and other major movies and TV shows since the 1950s.
According to a post on the RoboCop Archive with the screenwriter of, Fred Dekker, the Old Man wasn't written out of the story, however. Surrounding the reasons why the Old Man wasn't in
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