Robocop

    The future of law enforcement is here as I review the original Robocop, directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Peter Weller (Buckaroo Banzai), Nancy Allen (Carrie), Kurtwood Smith (Red from That '70s Show), and Dan O'Herlihy. This classic sci-fi, crime, action movie is one of the greatest movies of 1987. It spawned a great franchise including two sequels, a cartoon series and a remake in 2014.
    Our story takes place in the futuristic city of Detroit, and it's full of crimes everywhere. A company had recently developed a huge crime fighting robot, which unfortunately had a dangerous "glitch". But the company found a way to turn things around when a cop named Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) got seriously killed by a gang of criminals led by Clarence Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith). Murphy's body was reconstructed and put in a steel machine and is now known as Robocop. Robocop is very successful around the city. But his number one priority is to get revenge on Boddicker for killing him in the first place.
     I think this is one of the greatest crime movies I've ever seen. Robocop is also another movie that deals with dystopian dynasties, like a previous movie I reviewed, Pleasantville. What I like the most about the movie is the concept of it. A robot policeman, knowing every crime going on and everything. The action is amazing too. Bloody, but amazing. This movie might be similar to James Cameron's Terminator movies, I think. Maybe I'm wrong, but you be the judge.

         Parents Guide: This movie is rated R for language and bloody scenes. The scene where Murphy gets killed by Clarence and his gang is very graphic. There's also some drinking and drug use, for example, there's a scene with a man with two woman sniffing cocaine with straws. And also, there is a scene where two men try to rape a woman.
  Did You Know?: The screenplay had been rejected by almost every big director in Hollywood. Kurtwood Smith originally auditioned for the role of Dick Jones. The Robocop suit was the most expensive item on set, costing about $1 million. The special effects were done on a Commodore Amiga computer. The repeated line on the TV, "I'd buy that for a dollar," came from a short story called "The Marching Morons" by Clive M. Kornbluth.