RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven

1987

In a dystopian future, a corporate-controlled police force in Detroit introduces their new law enforcement weapon: a cyborg cop who discovers that even with superhuman strength, he cannot escape the bonds of bureaucracy, corruption, and senseless violence that plague the city.

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+ This movie is totally radical, man! It's like, a commentary on like, society, and like, corporations and stuff, and the action is like, totally intense!

- This movie is like, a totally violent and fascist depiction of the future, man, where corporations control everything and the police are just tools for the ruling class, it's like totally depressing, man.

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Detroit crime city

The corporatization

Machine replace man

Cut off my own thumb

Homemade grenade detonate

Mars on a vacay

Murphy die replaced

Eighties sleaze and yuppie scum

Eye on number one

A future Detroit

Worship a cutthroat culture

Question who profits

You have seen trauma

Seek a crisis counselor

Now have a good day

So much blood and guts

Extreme violence glorified

Subversion ignored

Nine Points of View

The Optimist

Titans of industry guide corporations for the benefit of public safety.

The Mystic

If you slowly replace human parts, at what point is the humanity lost?

The Hyperbolist

Greatest gratuitous violence ever!

The Dualist

Good movie, a favorite among our boys and girls in blue.

The Trickster

Frankenstein of the 21st century.

The Skeptic

Why are people still in this city? Why are the police so retro in this universe?

The Rationalist

Sadly close to the mark on real estate development.

The Empath

At least they have crisis centers for PTSD?

The Overthinker

Iran-Contra on a cityscape, a folktale of John Henry proportions on top of being a modern day Frankenstein.

Estimated Budget - $13,000,000

Estimated Box Office: $53,400,000

The RATIO: 4.11

My

Rating:

6

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