RoboCop
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A policing report worth backing Frances Wright...people with head injuries at the G20 (and indeed Ian Tomlinson's death) was the product of the unsafe environment created by lines of Robocop-style outfits wielding batons, and using shields not defensively but as weapons to inflict pain. In this article: Climate change, RoboCop, and UN |
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The Monster Squad: 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray) (Review)
...steady growth into cult fame, earning the Monster Squad a deserved place a monster conventions and cult-classic film screenings for years to come. Strikingly, RoboCop's political insights are as timely today as on its release in 1987.
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Centre Daily Times | 3 days ago
EPIX Serves up a Thanksgiving Feast…of Fury
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AICN Anime - Ninth Anniversary Column, Covering Satoshi Kon, Electric Ant, Trigun and More...
...and a disconcertingly too real splash of An American Werewolf in London by Aeron Alfrey... not to mention tributes to Salo, Mars Attacks!, Robocop and more... worth the price of admission for a genre geek in and of itself. On April 28,...
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Guardian | 5 days ago
Why French Algerians' football celebrations turned into a battle
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Cnet | 7 days ago
The future is now: Sci-fi films in real locations
...for Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner," while the dramatic Dallas City Hall, at 1500 Marilla, acted as the headquarters of evil corporation OCP in RoboCop. Some films use such locations more extensively, both to evoke an unfamiliar future and to...
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RoboCop is a 1987 cyberpunk themed film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg known as "RoboCop". RoboCop explores larger themes regarding the media, gentrification and human nature in addition to being a big budget action film. It has spawned merchandise, two sequels, four television series, video games and two comic book adaptations.
The film features Peter Weller, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Allen, Miguel Ferrer and Ronny Cox.
- Name:
- RoboCop
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Release Date:
- July 17, 1987
- Directed By:
- Paul Verhoeven
- Produced by:
- Jon Davison
- Written By:
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- Michael Miner
- Edward Neumeier
- Editor:
- Frank J. Urioste
- Cinematography:
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- Sol Negrin
- Jost Vacano
- Music By:
- Basil Poledouris
- Distributed By:
- Orion Pictures
- Length:
- 103 Min
- Language:
- English
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