RoboCop Movie Review 1987

A nearly dead Detroit cop, Alex Murphy (Weller), is used as the brain for a crime-fighting robot in this bleak vision of the future. Humor, satire, action, and violence keep this moving in spite of its underlying sadness. Slick animation techniques from Phil Tippet. Verhoeven's first American film.

Distribution

Orion Home Video, MGM, 2500 Broadway, 3515, Santa Monica, CA 90404-3036, Phone: (310)449-3000, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Future Cop, Robots & Androids, Cyberpunk, Detroit, Special FX Wizards: Rob Bottin, Post-Apocalypse, Loner Cops, Technology--Rampant, Corporate Shenanigans

Screenplay

Michael Miner, Edward Neumeier

Cast

Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Ray Wise, Miguel Ferrer, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert DoQui, Felton Perry, Paul McCrane, Del Zamora

Cinematography

Jan De Bont

Director

Paul Verhoeven

Music

Basil Poledouris

Producer

Orion Pictures