Review of RoboCop (1987) by Jeff L — 26 Jul 2012
Clarence Bodicker: Ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne . . . .
POW! Murphy's arm is exploded.
Clarence: ne-ne-ne-ne-ne.
POW!!!!! Murphy's head explodes into a whited-out screen.
Clarence is imitating the movements of the robotic killing machine that will do him in later in the movie.
(Murphy's Law).
EXCELLENT parody and satire on our over-commercialized culture.
Paul Verhoven really "goes into it" on the Criterion Laserdisc and the DVD commentaries (the DVD has a different commentary than the Laserdisc). He describes Murphy as a Christ-Like character who is revered, then hated, then resurrected.
The extremely gory scenes are actually inserts shot by Jon Davison in order to throw-off the MPAA; two sources: The Criterion Laserdisc and Video Watchdog support this.
An awesome, multidimensional film!
This review of RoboCop (1987) was written by Jeff L on 26 Jul 2012.
RoboCop has generally received very positive reviews.
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