Review of RoboCop (1987) by Midlands M — 10 May 2014

"Your move, creep". Paul Verhoeven's seminal futuristic fascist/Jesus cyborg cop is being given the reboot treatment next year but it's the 80s original that audiences still have a warm affinity for.

Taking a B-movie premise but dressing it in religious allegory, the director uses TV news bulletins, car commercials and a whole host of brilliantly inventive special effects (the suit itself is still a marvel) to create a modern classic set in the run down city of Detroit.

With themes of corporate conflict and technological tensions, the film has the set pieces to satisfy the appetite of action fans but an intelligent satirical edge to ensure its place in the sci-fi classics canon.