Please Put Down Your Weapon. You Have 20 Seconds To Comply.

Maybe it's a chilling vision of the total security state; maybe it's a cool combination of realistic computer graphics and location foootage; maybe it's just a parody of COPS-style docu-squalor. Whatever it is, the celebrated Tetra Vaal commercial answers The Onion's old question: If they can put a man on the moon, why can't they make killer robot police?

It doesn't make a very good case for the robocop's effectiveness, though: The violent crime rate seems to be going up as the ad goes on.