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Synopsis: Detroit - in the future - is crime-ridden and run by a massive company. The company has developed a huge crime-fighting robot, which unfortunately develops a rather dangerous glitch. The company sees a way to get back in favor with the public when policeman Alex Murphy is killed by a street gang. Murphy's body is reconstructed within a steel shell and called RoboCop. RoboCop is very successful against criminals and becomes a target of supervillian Boddicker.
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Paul Verhoeven
Production: Orion Pictures Corporation
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
1987
102 min
Website
2,692 Views


the city to run local law enforcement.

But at Security Concepts,

we believe an efficient police force

is only part of the solution.

No. We need something more.

We need a 24-hour-a-day police officer.

A cop who doesn't need to eat or sleep.

A cop with superior firepower,

and the reflexes to use it.

Fellow executives,

it gives me great pleasure to introduce

you to the future of law enforcement.

ED-209.

The Enforcement Droid, series 209,

is a self-sufficient

law-enforcement robot.

but that is only the beginning.

After a successful

tour of duty in Old Detroit,

we can expect 209 to become the hot

military product for the next decade.

- Dr McNamara.

- We'll need an arrest subject.

- Mr Kinney, would you give us a hand?

- Yes, sir.

Mr Kinney is going to help us simulate

a typical arrest and disarming procedure.

Mr Kinney, use your gun

in a threatening manner.

- Point it at ED-209.

- Yes, sir.

Please put down your weapon.

You have 20 seconds to comply.

I think you'd better do

what he says, Mr Kinney.

You now have 15 seconds to comply.

You are in direct violation

of Penal Code 113, section nine.

You now have five seconds to comply.

Four, three,

two, one.

I am now authorised

to use physical force.

Somebody wanna call a goddamn

paramedic? Let's go, Johnson.

Did you pull the plug on this thing?

Don't touch him. Don't touch him!

- He didn't hear the gun drop.

- He didn't hear it?

Dick, I'm very disappointed.

I'm sure it's only a glitch.

A temporary setback.

You call this a glitch?

We begin construction in six months.

Your "setback" could cost us

$50 million in interest payments alone.

Not necessarily. Perhaps you know

of the RoboCop programme,

developed by myself at Security Concepts

as a contingency against this?

- Thank you, Mr Morton. I'm sure this...

- Now wait a minute.

Dick!

Maybe what we need here

is a fresh perspective.

Tell me about your plan.

How long will it take?

We're ready to go. We've restructured the

police department with prime candidates.

I'm confident we can go

to prototype within 90 days.

Good. Get your staff together. I'll

expect a full presentation in 20 minutes.

Thank you, sir.

Yes! That's how it's done in the big

leagues. You see an opening and go for it.

Watch your back, Bob.

Jones is gonna come looking for you.

F*** Jones. He fumbled the ball

and I was there to pick it up.

Too bad about Kinney, huh?

That's life in the big city.

- When do we start?

- As soon as some schmuck volunteers.

Pretty fancy moves, Murphy.

Yeah, well, my son Jimmy

watches this cop show, TJ Lazer.

This Lazer does this when he takes down

a bad guy. So my kid thinks a good cop...

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Edward Neumeier

Edward Neumeier is an American screenwriter, producer and director best known for his work on the science fiction movies RoboCop and Starship Troopers. He wrote the latter's sequel, and most recently wrote and directed Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. more…

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