RoboCop

1987

1h 42m

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7.4/10

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In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

Directors

Paul Verhoeven

Writers

Edward Neumeier(writer by)

Michael Miner(writer by)

Stars

Peter Weller

Nancy Allen

Dan O'Herlihy

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Peter Weller

Officer Alex J. Murphy …

Officer Anne Lewis

The Old Man

Dick Jones

Clarence Boddicker

Bob Morton

Sgt. Warren Reed

Leon Nash

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Emil Antonowsky

Joe Cox

Kaplan

Steve Minh

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Directors

Paul Verhoeven

Writers

Edward Neumeier(writer by)

Michael Miner(writer by)

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6/10

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.

Geronimo196730 May, 2022