Catzo was a follower of Cain and member of the Nuke Cult.
Biography[]
When RoboCop came searching for the cult at an old sludge plant, Catzo set a landmine for him, but only managed to destroy his car. Later, after RoboCop was overpowered and lifted by an electromagnet, Catzo helped guide the helpless cyborg into position on to a metal platform and chained him down. He along with Gillette took on active roles in dismantling RoboCop with a variety of tools while Cain, Angie and Hob observed.[1]
He first used a chisel and hammer to repeatedly strike RoboCop, first on the chest and then on his visor, managing to crack permanently damage his RoboVision, before giving up due to exhaustion. He later climbed onto the platform and readied a jackhammer on RoboCop's groin while Cain mocked the helpless cyborg. He turned the jackhammer on, causing RoboCop to twist in agony as his entire body violently vibrates and RoboVision fill with static. His armor however, proved too tough to be pierced.[1]
At Hob's suggestion, Catzo redirected the jackhammer to RoboCop's right hip joint where the armor was weaker. He laughed in triumph when the jackhammer managed to easily break through. RoboCop grit his teeth in agony while the whole right leg was severed from RoboCop's body and fell to the factory floor, thrashing violently as though still struggling against the chain that held it down.[1]
RoboCop's head twisted left and right while his abdomen was then cut open with a buzz saw. He flitted in and out of consciousness due to his systems crashing, each time catching glimpses of Catzo and Gillette drilling and chiseling away at his body. Eventually, RoboCop saw Hob ripping out a bundle of his internal cables and hydraulic lines, playfully spraying the fluids at an irritated Catzo, then onto RoboCop's visor before he screamed and passed out for good.[1]
After Officer Duffy was deemed responsible for tipping off RoboCop to the cult's location, Catzo and Hob lured Duffy to an abandoned hospital, where Catzo knocked him out and took him to be eviscerated alive.[1]
Catzo was later present at a raid on the sludge plant by the Detroit Police Department.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Catzo's fate is unknown in the final cut of the film. In the fourth draft of the script, he is thrown into a vat of Nuke and overdoses, a similar fate seen in the RoboCop 2 arcade game. In the game, Catzo appears as the boss of Stage 3, firing at RoboCop while standing next to a vat of Nuke. When shot by RoboCop, Catzo is flung into the vat, eventually emerging as a muscular mutant with faster and stronger attacks including spitting acid. His mutation is similar to Emil's death in the first movie.
In the comic adaptation and novelization, he is killed in a knife fight, stabbed in the heart by Officer Anne Lewis. According to Catzo's actor, Michael Medeiros, this scene was filmed and stills appear to exist from it, but it did not make the final cut for unknown reasons.
Notes[]
- Elvis Presley's skeleton is seen among the treasures of the Nuke Cult and deleted scenes reveal Elvis is worshipped as a god. Presumably Catzo based his appearance on Elvis.