RoboCop (1987) movie poster

RoboCop (1987)

"Part man, part machine, all cop."
ThumbScore
👍 91%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 81%
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Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.4/10 (5,617 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
70

Cast

Peter Weller as Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop · 73% avg
Nancy Allen as Officer Anne Lewis · 76% avg
Dan O'Herlihy as The Old Man · 80% avg
Ronny Cox as Dick Jones · 70% avg
Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker · 72% avg
Miguel Ferrer as Bob Morton · 72% avg
Robert DoQui as Sgt. Warren Reed · 75% avg
Ray Wise as Leon Nash · 71% avg

Is RoboCop good?

Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 81%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#47 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#2 / 57 · 1987
Rank among its director's films
#3 / 9 · Paul Verhoeven

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

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. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven, one of the most incisive and entertaining Hollywood satires ever disguised as a genre film. Peter Weller stars as Officer Alex Murphy, a Detroit police officer who is brutally murdered by a gang of criminals and rebuilt by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products as RoboCop — a cyborg law enforcement officer intended to clean up Detroit's streets as a proof of concept before OCP privatizes the city. As RoboCop enforces the law with robotic efficiency, fragments of Murphy's human memories begin surfacing, and he discovers that his own murder was orchestrated by OCP executives.

Paul Verhoeven, a Dutch filmmaker bringing a European outsider's perspective to American culture, embedded savage satire of corporate greed, media sensationalism, privatization, and American violence within a visceral action thriller. The deadpan fake commercials and news segments punctuating the film — for products like the 6000 SUX car and the Nukem board game — were brilliant satirical touches.

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