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Robocop
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 8 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Crime | Sci-fi
Written by:
Edward Neumeier
Michael Miner
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 17, 1987
DVD: October 12, 1999
Running Time: 102 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R
Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, and Ronny Cox
When Officer Alex J. Murphy (Weller) is murdered in a futuristic crime-ridden Detroit, scientists and doctors decide to turn him into a "Robocop". He seeks revenge when memories of his past life return.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Variety Staff (Not Credited)
Robocop is as tightly worked as a film can be, not a moment or line wasted.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)
A first-rate production full of nonstop action and inventive special effects but what truly makes Robocop spellbinding is a superior script.
Read Full Review >Empire Clark Collis
It was this love of mayhem combined with a biting comic attack on neo-fascist corporatism - most notably seen in the TV ads for products like the apocalyptic board game Nuke 'Em - which helped raise Robocop above the common sci-fi herd.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Michael Wilmington
Despite a level of lurid violence that may offend many, this movie has a motor humming inside. 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. [17 Jul 1987]
Washington Post Rita Kempley
With its droll underpinnings, Robocop does for cyborgs and Detroit what "Blade Runner" did for androids and L.A.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Howe
Robocop is one weird and entertaining hybrid of camp and sci-fi shoot-'em-up.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Though Robocop is too well-crafted to be entirely loathsome, it's at best an amoral goof. Yet like the comparably silly Lethal Weapon, it cynically pushes all the right action-audience buttons. Better duck - here comes a monster hit. [17 Jul 1987]
Boston Globe Jay Carr
[Verhoeven's] cold, slick, funny, high-powered movie is informed by a humanism this genre almost always abandons in its chase after vigilante splat. [17 Jul 1987]
The New York Times Walter Goodman
Paul Verhoeven, a Dutch director ("Soldier of Orange"), doesn't let the furiously futuristic plot get in the way of the flaming explosions, shattering glass and hurtling bodies.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Great effects and a nasty undercurrent drive this vehicle.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The action is skillfully directed by Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, and there are many bursts of razor-sharp social satire. But the story amounts to a celebration of brute force in a crudely etched law-and-order context.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole
Robocop isn't going to win Verhoeven any medals - the focus remains on action, guns and gore - but it's a flashy movie with enough wit to be more than just another dumb bucket of bolts. [17 Jul 1987]
Chicago Reader Pat Graham
There's a brooding, agonized quality to the violence that almost seems subversive, as if Verhoeven were both appalled and fascinated by his complicity in the toxic action rot.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
It's a violent yet occasionally funny film - thanks to some inventive gags that pop up - and it hits some of the same blood-splashed chords as "Terminator." [17 Jul 1987]
Chicago Tribune Dave Kehr
Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop is a stylish piece of work that leaves a sour aftertaste. [17 Jul 1987]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Richard T. gave it a10:
Great story, great effects, timeless science fiction!
Matt L. gave it a10:
This movie is epic as hell; fantastic score from Basil Poledouris, adrenaline-pumping action, touching scenes (that don't go overboard), capitalist satire, cool villains, over-the-top violence and a fascinating protagonist make this, in my opinion, the best movie of the 80s.
