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RoboCop (1987)

 -  Action | Crime | Sci-Fi  -  17 July 1987 (USA)
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In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally-wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.

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Emil M. Antonowsky
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Sal (as Lee DeBroux)
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Storyline

Detroit - in the future - is crime-ridden, and run by a massive company. The company have developed a huge crime-fighting robot, which unfortunately develops a rather dangerous glitch. The company sees a way to get back in favour with the public when a cop called Alex Murphy is killed by a street gang. Murphy's body is reconstructed within a steel shell and named Robocop. The Robocop is very successful against criminals, and becomes a target of supervillian Boddicker. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

robocop | gang | police | robot | cyborg | See more »

Taglines:

Part man. Part machine. All cop. The future of law enforcement.

Genres:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi

Certificate:

R | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

17 July 1987 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Ilektronika Jasusa  »

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$53,424,681 (USA)
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Kurtwood Smith claims in the 20th Anniversary DVD release that the scene where he is taken into the precinct was the first scene he'd shot, and proposed the spitting of the blood and swearing to give the scene more punch. Paul Verhoeven, intrigued, decided to give it a shot. Smith mused that this may have simply been due to Verhoeven's love of bloodletting. See more »

Goofs

When Robocop strikes the robber at the convenience store, it clearly shows Robocop swinging his right arm backwards clothes-line style, dropping the robber to the floor, yet the robber is thrust forward into the glass case, which would have been impossible from that angle. See more »

Quotes

Clarence Boddicker: Hey Emil! How's the Gray Bar Motel?
Emil: Not bad.
[shows his prison uniform]
Emil: They let me keep the shirt. Nobody popped my cherry!
Leon Nash: Emil how ya doin' man, good to see ya!
Joe Cox: [Joe pulls up in a stolen car] Hey hey! First they me out of jail for free, then look what I find in the prison parking lot: but a brand new 6000 SUX, still got the factory sticker on it!
Leon Nash: Hey Clarence, Joey's got a car just like yours man!
Joe Cox: Yo Clarence, what do you think buddy!
Joe Cox: [seeing Clarence take out a Cobra Assault cannon] What you ...
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Crazy Credits

The standard copyright notice at the end of the film includes a warning that "This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries and its unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution by enforcement droids." See more »


Soundtracks

"Show Me Your Spine"
Music by P.T.P.
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4 July 1999 | by (Netherlands) – See all my reviews

Robocop is an unbelieveable experience. I haven't watched the film since 1988 and the other day I recieved it on DVD. So I eagerly popped it in the player and BOOM!!! The only way I can describe Robocop is ultraviolence. The film is so over the top and out of control. The film speaks of a future where big companies will run the governmental defense. Those times are upon us more and more everyday. Paul Verhoeven has made one of the most important science fiction films ever made and it's a brillant piece of cinema.


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