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Nancy Allen, Peter Weller, Miguel Ferrer, and Kurtwood Smith in RoboCop (1987)

Parents guide

RoboCop

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Severe
  • Profanity:
    Severe
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Moderate
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Severe

Sex & Nudity

Mild
123 of 291 found this mild
Very brief male & female locker room nudity.

Violence & Gore

Severe
193 of 207 found this severe
A man tries running over Murphy/Robocop but misses causing him to crash straight towards a silo with toxic waste dumped on him gets hit by a car, the van splashes with waste and goo and the man has molten fingers, a dead eye, gooey skin and crust all over his face so as his tongue. He lunges at another man and the man screams in horror. The man then lunges and welps on a road and a car collides and rams him (blood splashes on the windows). Disgusting!
A man is thrown from a van to a car after he is injured as a revenge for burning up the money. Men in a van shoot at a police car then from the side and out towards the window.
A cop goes into a factory full of thugs and he tries to arrest one, he shoots one and then the thugs surround him and toys him. The leader interrogates him and beats him with a shotgun repeatedly. He then lays him on the ground and then has the cop's hand blown off (blood pours) and then is tortured by being shot by shotguns in the chest with a Kevlar leaving a severed arm and then finished off by the head (He screams in agony).
A man has surgery, surgical team do flatliners and give him a shot of energy and there is blood all over his chest and a crusted bullet hole on his forehead. He dies and is regenerated into a cyborg robot.
A man holds his boss hostage after he is exposed for all the trouble he committed, the boss tells him he is fired and pushes away from him causing Robocop to openly shoot him in the torso, step backwards to a window falling many stories down and dying.
A man tries to shoot Robocop at a night party and his gun flies off. He then tries to crotch kick him but his foot breaks because of the metal. He is dragged and nothing happens.
An armed robbery takes place where a man threatens to shoot a convenience store clerk for money to a safe. He kicks cans and Robocop appears. The cop bends his gun after he shoots nothingness bullets at his chest and Robocop throws him into a fridge of liquids shattering glass everywhere.
This is a VERY violent, gory, and over the top film, but most of it is done in a comical way
Definitely one of the most violent non-horror movies of all time.
Film per tutti. (Film for everyone)

Profanity

Severe
126 of 182 found this severe
28 uses of 'shit' (2 paired with 'bull', 1 with 'horse') and multiple uses of d*ck.
7 uses of 'bitch' (3 paired with 'son of a-').
2 uses of 'cocksucker'.
2 uses of 'faggot'.
2 uses of 'bastard'.
One derogatory term for Italians.
2 uses of 'pussy'.
35 uses of 'fuck' (2 paired with 'mother', although one is implied)

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Moderate
102 of 162 found this moderate
A man is seen smoking at a gas station.
A man and 2 women reference cocaine.
Some drinking and sometimes smoking.
A scene in an active cocaine manufacturing warehouse.
There is a scene in which people are shown briefly shown snorting cocaine.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
113 of 162 found this severe
This movie is Extremely violent and graphic enough to reach an R rating. R17+ for Sequences graphic bloody sci fi violence langauge some sexuality and drug use.
The villains in this movie are sadistic and corrupt which is the reason that they are the villains.
The last 15-5 minutes are very intense and gets brutal.
The toxic waste scene could be haunting for viewers
The film is set in a noir and dark atmosphere in dystopian futuristic day detroit with thugs criminals and cop killers, all uncivilized, which is the point of their existence in the film.
In a business meeting scene, an entrepreneur forces another businessman to demonstrate what another police robot does with a person with a real, it shoots him with live ammo. As of today, this scene is a bit insane.
A street person repeats his demand and pulls out a medium sized gun in front of elderly cashiers to put money in his bag.
Rated R for strong bloody brutal violence, language throughout, some drug content and brief nudity.
Most of the violent sequences described above can be frightening, disturbing, or intense, however it is often comically over the top.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 18
  • Australia
    • R18+
    • MA15+TV rating
    • Monline rating
    • Mcut, theatrical rating, online rating
    • Runcut, video rating
  • Brazil
    • 14
    • LivreVHS rating
  • Bulgaria
    • D
  • Canada
    • 18AAlberta, British Columbia
    • Roriginal rating, Manitoba/Ontario
    • RNova Scotia
    • 13+Quebec
    • 16+director's cut
    • Runcut
    • 14A2004, re-rating, Manitoba
    • 18A2004, re-rating, Ontario
  • Czech Republic
    • 15DVD rating
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Ecuador
    • 15self-applied
  • Finland
    • K-18
    • K-182002, uncut
    • K-181988, cut
    • (Banned)1987
    • (Banned)1987, cut
    • (Banned)1987, uncut
  • France
    • 12 avec avertissementnew rating
    • 13original rating
  • Germany
    • 18
    • 16edited version
    • 182014, re-rating, uncut, director's cut
    • Not Rated2002, uncut, SPIO/JK
  • Greece
    • K-16
  • Hong Kong
    • III
  • Hungary
    • 18
    • 16original rating
  • Iceland
    • (Banned)
    • 16Director's Cut, video release
    • 16cut
  • India
    • UAvideo rating
    • A1988
  • Indonesia
    • 17+self-applied
  • Ireland
    • 18
    • 18Blu-ray rating
    • 18DVD rating
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • R15+
    • R18+
  • Malaysia
    • 18SG
  • Maldives
    • 18+Rself-applied

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