RoboCop

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Paul Verhoven's (Total Recall, Basic Instinct) 1987 sci-fi actioner set in crime-ridden Detroit. RoboCop was a financial and critical hit on release.

"When a good cop (Peter Weller) gets blown away by some ruthless criminals, innovative scientists and doctors are able to piece him back together as an unstoppable crime-fighting cyborg called 'Robocop.' Impervious to bullets and bombs, and equipped with high-tech weaponry, Robocop quickly makes a name for himself by cleaning up the crime-ridden streets of violence-ravaged Detroit." (Source: Official Synopsis)

Starring
Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer

Directed by
Paul Verhoven ('Starship Troopers', 'Showgirls', 'Basic Instinct', 'Totall Recall')

Written by
Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner

Action, Crime, Science Fiction | USA | Official Website

PRESS REVIEWS

Average rating

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Thriller with a difference.

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Empire (UK)

It was this love of mayhem combined with a biting comic attack on neo-fascist corporatism - most notably seen in the TV ads for products like the apocalyptic board game Nuke 'Em - which helped raise Robocop above the common sci-fi herd.

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Los Angeles Times

Despite a level of lurid violence that may offend many, this movie has a motor humming inside. It's been assembled with ferocious, gleeful expertise, crammed with humor, cynicism and jolts of energy. In many ways, it's the best action movie of the year.

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New York Times

Paul Verhoeven, a Dutch director ("Soldier of Orange"), doesn't let the furiously futuristic plot get in the way of the flaming explosions, shattering glass and hurtling bodies.

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Variety (USA)

Robocop is as tightly worked as a film can be, not a moment or line wasted.

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