RoboCop (1987)

 

MPAA Rating

Reason

Running Time

Distributor

Theatrical Release date

R

Violence, gore, drug references, and language

102 minutes

Orion Pictures

July 17, 1987
 

     Orion Pictures launched a film franchise back in 1987 called “RoboCop” and released it in the summer, a decade before blockbuster movies were the rage of the season. “RoboCop” told a simple story and made it original in its concept. The movie’s set in the futuristic city of Detrot and a mega-conglomerate company called OCP is partnered up with Detroit’s police force in their never-ending war on crime. Officer Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is the latest cop who has been re-assigned to the war-torn area, is partnered up with Officer Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen), and killed on his first assignment by Clarence Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) and his group of thugs. OCP makes Murphy the ”prime candidate” for the RoboCop project, and transforms him into a cyborg.
    The movie focuses more on story than the action sequences, a rarity for any action or horror movie (and becoming extremely rare by modern standards), which is a plus. The movie is described as a sharp satire of big business corporation: its depiction of OCP and its Senior President Dick Jones (Ronny Cox) unveiling its ED-209 law enforcement robot, ensuring that cops will ultimately be replaced by invincible machines that can stop crime in his tracks. Bottom line: the ED 209 has some glitches in its system and, after an unforeseen accident, Bob Morton (Miguel Ferrer) pitches his “RoboCop” project to the chairman (Daniel O’ Herilhy). The result is that because of Robocop’s success, Morton is promoted to Vice President while Jones is ultimately humiliated. Soon afterwards, RoboCop/Murphy starts regaining his memory after a run-in with a criminal, and pretty soon he is considered a liability by Jones leading to eliminate Morton’s mistake.
    The story, the acting, the director, the movie’s futuristic setting, and Basil Poledouris’ memorable score are the best things that one can take away from the movie. The movie never faulters for a minute, and the action never lets go. Despite some corny moments, “Robocop” is a must-see for what a true action filmmaking was like, and this was before Jerry Bruckheimer burst onto the scene.


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