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Director: Paul Verhoeven
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From Time Out Film Guide
In a futuristic Old Detroit, the crime rates are soaring. Thirty-one cops have been wasted since Omni-Consumer Products took over responsibility for the police department; but, undaunted, Officer Murphy (Weller) and his cocky colleaguette Lewis (Allen) pursue a van-load of bank bandits into a derelict steel mill, where the sado-capitalists corner Murphy and use him for target practice. OCP's plans to construct Delta City can only go ahead if the designated area is safe enough for workers to go about their business unmolested. Their 'enforcement droid' ED 209, a galumphing giant cyborg, short-circuits at its unveiling, leaving the moribund Murphy, his insides wired into a computer-controlled titanium shell, to save the day. But RoboCop is not programmed to deal with corruption within the organisation. Verhoeven's blend of comic strip and snuff movie is vile, violent, and very funny. The pace is breakneck, and when the wit does run out, way-out weaponry and whole-scale destruction keep the appalled excitement burning.Author: MS
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- Gav said...
- Posted on Sep 14 2007 10:46 This film has quotable dialogue on a par with the Big Lebowski or any of Arnies early films. Probably one of the most intelligent and fore-sighted films ever made. No, im not joking.
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- Tina said...
- Posted on Jul 31 2007 15:31 I love this film, i think it is excellent. I think the sequels are rubbish, but this one is in a class of its own! Can be very violent in places though, and very touching in others. Can't believe it's 20 yrs old now.
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Cast & crew
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Producer: Arne Schmidt
Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 102 mins
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