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Robocop

RoboCop

1987

Paul Verhoeven

Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer ...

6.0

81,756

Sci-Fi. Action After Omni Consumer Products (OCP) announced that it bought out the Detroit police department, the department decides to go on strike. Alex Murphy, gets transferred from Metro South to the West. He and his partner, Anne Lewis, track down a group of criminals led by Clarence Boddicker. Unfortunately, Murphy was killed by Clarence's gang. Bob Morton, one of OCP's employees, transforms Murphy's corpse into Robocop, to compete with another ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"We're no longer quite sure where 'RoboCop' is going, and that's one of the movie's best qualities (...) this is not a standard thriller (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"It's been assembled with ferocious, gleeful expertise, crammed with humor, cynicism and jolts of energy. In many ways, it's the best action movie of the year"
		Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Verhoeven strives for bloodcurdling, darkly comic eloquence. He gives us heart with the hardware. Savagery with smarts."
		Walter Goodman The New York Times	"Whatever may have been in the minds of the writers, Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner, has more trouble emerging from Mr. Verhoeven's sizzling battles than poor Murphy does from his robosuit"
		Clark Collis Empire	"A sardonic but perfectly-realised depiction of a mayhem-fuelled near future (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Mark Monahan Telegraph	"The world may not be a nicer place for the existence of 'Robocop' - but it's certainly more fun"
		Variety	"'RoboCop' is as tightly worked as a film can be, not a moment or line wasted."
		Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"A stylish piece of work that leaves a sour aftertaste (...) The action scenes, which are meant to carry the project, are over-scaled, over-familiar and over-directed (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Time Out	"The pace is breakneck, and when the wit does run out, way-out weaponry and whole-scale destruction keep the appalled excitement burning."
		Alan Jones Radio Times	"[A] deft science-fiction masterpiece from director Paul Verhoeven, which delivers on both violent action and satirical fronts (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Thrilling, subversive 80s masterpiece (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

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