Review of RoboCop (1987) by John M — 25 Mar 2012
Smart, visceral and gritty. Everybody knows the premise of a cop in Dystopian Detroit who gets gunned down and brought back as the metallic supercop, right? I have no idea how I have gone 25 years of my life without ever seeing this, but somehow I managed to.
Paul Verhoeven has already made one of my favorite movies in Total Recall, and the thing he does not get enough credit for is infusing a layer of intelligence into his science fiction; they could have by every right just made another stupid action movie (just read the premise again) and nobody would have complained, but they really went the extra mile here.
This has lots of jarring violence, and really, for a movie that's coming up on being 25 years old, some of the effects still make you feel queasy. Mixed on top of that is some social commentary and a whole lot of fun.
It also works as a deconstruction of police movies in general, taking tropes and turning them on their ear. I really liked this, and if you are a fan of Verhoeven, science fiction, quality action films or all three, by all means, check this out.
This review of RoboCop (1987) was written by John M on 25 Mar 2012.
RoboCop has generally received very positive reviews.
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