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All movies seen on 12/31/2011

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RoboCop (1987)

Directed by Paul Verhoeven

Action

Most recently watched by lordofthemovies, sensoria, philipjablon, jeneot33, scottfinn, sleestakk, Adrian_Charlie, jcdeleon1, seanCduregger, schofizzy

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 102 minutes

Actors

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 | Angie Bolling | Jason Levine | S.D. Nemeth | Bill Farmer | Michael Hunter | Spencer Prokop | Debra Zach | L.J. King | David Packer | Leeza Gibbons | Mario Machado | Bill Blair | Don 'Tex' Clark | Gilbert B. Combs | Jon Davison | Wanda De Jesus | James Field | John Garrett | Allan Graf | Katie Griffin | Chip Johnson | Debra Lamb | John Landis | Randall Oliver | Scott Sligar | James Staszkiel | Scott Thomson | Paul Verhoeven | Mark Edward Walters | Sean Wohland

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I’m always interested to see how well the films of eras past hold up in distant hindsight, hence me watching all of these older movies, but iconic figures like Robocop get extra special attention. And for the most part, Robocop holds up.

Certain antiquated elements stand out and are charming: the stop-motion animation of ED-209, the gruff DIE HARD-esque characters, and the computer systems. Certain elements stand out and fail: the Ford Taurus cop cars, the Eighties fashion and the obvious use of a Texas city (Dallas, specifically) to stand in for Detroit. And certain elements just stand out: the story, and Robocop himself.

I was geniunely surprised at how much I still like ROBOCOP and how well it still plays; the embodiment of the character on screen is still amazing to look at and quite impressive. The story also hits all the right beats, for all of its allegiance to action film elements of the era with one note villains and gruff, but overly heroic heroes. Nonetheless, it manages to flesh out a robot and give that tin man a big heart. And a big gun.

Favorite line: “Bitches, leave!”

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