RoboCop
RoboCop
“ Part man, part machine, all cop. ”
CINEMA1987-07-17
DIGITAL2010-04-03
RegionUS
Runtime102 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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 pro...
DIRECTOR / Director
Paul Verhoeven
KEYWORDS
experimentcyborgcrime fighterdystopiaallegorygiant robotevil corporationcyberpunktranshumanismdetroitmichiganlaw enforcementgentrificationcorrupt systemmegacorporationghosts of the pastshockingdeepemotional
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Collection: RoboCop Collection
RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy who is brutally shot to death by a gang of criminals and subsequently revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as "RoboCop". Collection includes 2 sequels.
