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RoboCop

Orion Pictures

Jon Davison Productions

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Peter Weller

Nancy Allen

Dan O'Herlihy

Ronny Cox

Kurtwood Smith

Miguel Ferrer

Robert DoQui

Ray Wise

Felton Perry

Paul McCrane

Jesse D. Goins

Del Zamora

Calvin Jung

Rick Lieberman

Lee de Broux

Mark Carlton

Edward Edwards

Michael Gregory

Freddie Hice

Neil Summers

Gene Wolande

Gregory Poudevigne

Charles Carroll

Kevin Page

Yolonda Williams

Tyrees Allen

John S. Davies

Laird Stuart

Stephen Berrier

Sage Parker

Karen Radcliffe

Darryl Cox

Jerry Haynes

Bill Schockley

Donna Keegan

Mike Moroff

Marjorie Rynearson

Jo Livingston

Joan Pirkle

Diane Robin

Adrianne Sachs

Maarten Goslins

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Jason Levine

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Bill Farmer

Michael Hunter

Spencer Prokop

Debra Zach

L.J. King

David Packer

Leeza Gibbons

Mario Machado

Bill Blair

Gilbert B. Combs

Jon Davison

Wanda De Jesus

James Field

John Garrett

Allan Graf

Katie Griffin

Harry Johnson

Debra Lamb

John Landis

Randall Oliver

Scott Sligar

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Scott Thomson

Paul Verhoeven

Mark Edward Walters

Sean Wohland

Jost Vacano

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Jackie Resch

Gary Combs

Jamie Bunch Elliott

Randy Fife

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Basil Poledouris

Mike Shanks

Arne Schmidt

Sol Negrin

Miles Teves

Phil Tippett

William Sandell

Sally Dennison

Margaret Prentice

Julie Selzer

Rob Bottin

Michael Miner

Edward Neumeier

Frank J. Urioste

Stephen Lim

Mark Goldblatt

Greg Wayne Elam

Debbie Evans

Jeannie Epper

Gene LeBell

Johnny Gutierrez

Bart Mixon

Gayle Simon

Donald Flick

Peter Kuran

John Marshall

Erica Edell Phillips

Carlos Delarios

Dan Sharp

Fred Lackey III

Michael J. Benavente

Michael J. Kohut

Aaron Rochin

David A. Whittaker

Stephan Dupuis

James Christopher

John Pospisil

Robert Gould

Bonnie Clevering

Stephen Hunter Flick

Steve Bartlett

Avram D. Gold

Carla Palmer

Robert Wald

Spiro Razatos

Charles Newirth

William Purcell

Joan Thomas

David B. Householter

Janet Lucas Lawler

Paula Squires Asaff

Keith Richins

Allegra Clegg

Deana Newcomb

Randy E. Moore

Lawrence A. Aeschlimann

Dale L. Martin

Rocco Gioffre

Erica Rogalla

James E. Tocci

Kerry Rike

Michele Panelli-Venetis

Robert Driskell

Anette Haellmigk

Bill MacSems

E.W. Bradford

Craig Pointes

Don Broughton

Diane L. Greenwalt

Jerry G. Henery

Brian Cowden

John Knight

Larry Langley

Alvin Milliken

Dennis W. Milliken

Teressa Longo

Tom Villano

Bundy Chanock

Florent Danny Retz

Joe Finnegan

William Vance White

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Ahhh, 1987, what a year for cinema. Not the least of which is Paul Verhoeven's incredible feat of practical effects engineering: _RoboCop_. This is one of those older movies where I can totally confirm for you, my love for it is in no way rooted in nostalgia. I didn't watch _RoboCop_ for the first time until 2013, when I was starting up my third decade of life. It's a phenomenal example of the period, but its also a great movie on its own.

_Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._

They'll fix you. They fix everything.

On his first day out on the streets of Detroit, Officer Murphy is brutally killed by known thug leader, Clarence Boddicker. Scientists at OCP are able to use what remains of Murphy's body and build a new heavily armed cyborg police officer, one that could rid the streets of crime forever.

Paul Verhoeven has been called many things in his career, bonkers, challenging and visionary, here with his first perceived block buster American feature, he showcases all of those things. Robocop on the page (and with its title) looked like your average run of the mill sci-fi shoot them up, with its basic premise not exactly oozing originality either. But Verhoeven had screenwriter's Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner in his corner, and they came up with a superior script to fully realise his vision. That Robocop is a satirical critique of totalitarianism and corporate corruption is now a given. Yet it wasn't at first evident to the summer block buster crowd, but Robocop has stood up well to critical re-examinations and the depth digging that so many have afforded it.

So with the script he wanted in place, Verhoeven utilised his memories from childhood, where his Netherlands home was taken over by a stomping German army, and added in the destruction factor, with no amount of technical expertise as well. Verhoeven paints an unhinged portrait of this Detroit (actual location shoot was parts of Texas), with skew whiff angles and bizarre twists lining the picture, the special effects even today looking tremendous. Robocop is extremely violent, especially in the directors cut that's now widely available, but even during the most wincing scenes, it stays brisk and sparky, and on his side is that his characters are as inhuman as the title protagonist is!. Thus the fusion of berserker sci-fi and human realism sits easy with the viewer, with the result serving notice to what a fine director Verhoeven can be.

Peter Weller dons the Robo suit (enduring agony for weeks on end apparently) and does what is required, and Nancy Allen kicks buttocks as Murphy's partner, Anne Lewis. But it's with the unsavoury characters that Robocop gains its acting kudos. Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer and a wickedly vile Kurtwood Smith dominate proceedings, helped immeasurably by the nature of the script. Verhoeven is thought to be a hard character on set, demanding much from all involved, even driving the normally amiable Weller to thoughts of violence against his director. But few, if any of those involved in Robocop can now say the final result wasn't worth it, because between them they made a genre classic. 9/10

Seen this several times over the years and still holds up well, story and satire wise, though certainly some of the effects were dated (in particular the death of one character falling out a window). Other than that, an entertaining and bloody 1980s action-thriller, where the sequels and a remake, and certainly the third entry, could not touch. Would like to think the proposed RoboCop Returns will succeed where other failed, but don't hold out much hope. **4.25/5**

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Peter Weller is policeman "Murphy" who doesn't make it through his first day on patrol is the brutally lawless Detroit. Luckily for him, though, the "Omni" company has been developing plans for a semi-automated, heavily armed super cop - and pretty smartly he has been fused into this pretty amazing - if totally clunky - body armour that enables him to carry out his new duties with our fear of injury. Pretty soon, though, he discovers that he is amidst a web of corruption. Can he stay alive, keep his partner "Anne" (Nancy Allen) safe and thwart the evil plot that may well be tied into the criminals who left him for dead in the first place? Plenty of action and pyrotechnics follow as the story marches along to it's pretty obvious conclusion. Plenty of pace, some pretty banal dialogue - it's all the usual stuff that I found adequate, but really pretty dated now. Weller is ok, but I'd sooner have had Arnie in the role to inject some charisma and a little humour to this otherwise rather dry and procedural affair. It's perfectly watchable, but I can't quite rave about it.

I'd buy that for a dollar and a dime.
Outbid them fair and square.
This is one of the Verhoeven masterpieces.
It's a bit of action and a bit of parody, and a lot of "in your face" directing that puts Verhoeven a step above Tarantino, because Tarantino actually makes fun of the geeks in the audience with one dimensional characters, while Verhoeven gives multiple dimensions to everyone.
Here, we have a police force that is collapsing to crime that is idolized. Talk about seeing the future! 
Big business claims they run the police force by equipping them like they do the military.
One little cop, Murphy, runs afoul of the most dangerous criminal, and this criminal is something else. He will probably make you laugh with his nerdy look and his lines, but he's deadly. However, he does tell his gang to give Murphy a hand.
The big business has a big boss, an older guy about to retire according to his second in command, Dick. And Dick is aptly named. Meanwhile, a young upstart who is a bit of an anti villain or anti hero, played by Miguel Ferrer, is not afraid of "Dick". 
You may have seen some of the famous scenes, and you've surely heard the catch line "I'd buy that for a dollar", which is meant to be the very nonsense catch phrase that it became.
Peter Weller is Murphy, and Nancy Allen is his loyal police partner who lets one of the bad guys take her out, but she does come back in.
The black comedy of this film helps to make it the classic it is.

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