RoboCop (1987) (1987)
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Critic Consensus: While over-the-top and gory, Robocop is also a surprisingly smart sci-fi flick that uses ultraviolence to disguise its satire of American culture.
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Movie Info
| Rating: | R |
| Genre: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Directed By: | Paul Verhoeven |
| Written By: | Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner, Ed Neumeier |
| Runtime: |
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Cast
as Officer Alex J. Murp...
as Officer Anne Lewis
as Dick Jones
as Clarence J. Boddicke...
as Robert Morton
as Sgt. Reed
as Leon Nash
as Johnson
as Emil Antonowsky
as The Old Man
as TV Newscaster
as TV Newscaster
as Drug Dealer
as Walker
as Kaplan
as Steve Minh
as Miller
as Manson
as Lt. Hedgecock
as Bobby
as Dougy
as Bail Bondsman
as Kinney, OCP marketi...
as Starkweather
as Chessman
as Tyler
as Technician #1
as Technician #2
as Dr. McNamara
as Hophead
as Grocery Pop
as Chandra
as Murphy's Wife
as Peter the Homeowner
as Emergency Doctor
as Joe P. Cox
as Gas Station Attendan...
as Bixby Snyder
Critic Reviews for RoboCop (1987)
All Critics (57) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (50) | Rotten (7) | DVD (44)
Verhoeven's strong suits have always been visual energy and a Rabelaisan realism: a gutsy, jovial way of ripping through social systems.
RoboCop relies for most of its impact -- and, more disturbingly, for much of its comedy -- on an absurd exaggeration of physical force.
When the law-enforcing RoboCop cleans up corrupt Motown, his victory is satisfying because he's got machinery and morals on his side. RoboCop is where high-tech meets High Noon.
Like the tormented figure at its center, this movie combines the mechanical with the human. And though much of the film is made up of spare parts from cop shows, exploitation flicks and comic books, it nevertheless comes to life.
A sci-fi action film with a silly title that turned out to be a biting satire of big business practices.
There's a brooding, agonized quality to the violence that almost seems subversive, as if Verhoeven were both appalled and fascinated by his complicity in the toxic action rot.
Audience Reviews for RoboCop (1987)
Never saw this in the 80's when it was first out. Just watched it 2015, and let's just say I am underwhelmed.
Super Reviewer
The most awesome 80's movie! Full of 80's style, gore, interresting themes, smart scenes and lines and of course it's black humour satire.
Super Reviewer
A smart political satire disguised as a comic book revenge movie that mixes hilarious dark humor, ultraviolence and science fiction without any tonal problems, and it is a wonder to see that although surely a product of its time it is still thought-provoking and able to entertain.
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RoboCop (1987) Quotes
| The Old Man: | That's nice shooting there. What's your name son? |
| Officer Alex J. Murphy/RoboCop: | Murphy. |
| TV Newscaster: | Robo, excuse me Robo. Any special message for all the kids watching at home? |
| Officer Alex J. Murphy/RoboCop: | Stay out of trouble. |
| The Old Man: | Dick, I am very disappointed |
| Alex J. Murphy/Robocop: | Dead or alive, you're coming with me! |
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