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Peter Weller | ... | ||
Nancy Allen | ... | ||
Dan O'Herlihy | ... |
The Old Man
(as Daniel O'Herlihy)
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Ronny Cox | ... | ||
Kurtwood Smith | ... | ||
Miguel Ferrer | ... | ||
Robert DoQui | ... | ||
Ray Wise | ... | ||
Felton Perry | ... | ||
Paul McCrane | ... | ||
Jesse D. Goins | ... |
Joe P. Cox
(as Jesse Goins)
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Del Zamora | ... | ||
Calvin Jung | ... | ||
Rick Lieberman | ... |
Walker
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Lee de Broux | ... |
Sal
(as Lee DeBroux)
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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. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com> / edited by statmanjeff
Detroit is under siege by a corrupt CEO in the police department...also by rapists, robbers, and the group of thugs who murdered Officer Murphy. Murphy (flawlessly played by Peter Weller) was a family man with a big heart whose body is eventually 'saved' by tech-geniuses, transforming him into a robot-cop (with a big heart, natch). The violence in the film is incredibly brutal in the manner of "Death Wish", yet it can almost be overlooked--even deemed necessary--in the context of the plot. Weller exudes sensitivity (not easy to do under that coat of armor), and he's matched very well by Ronny Cox (delightfully sinister and sniveling) and spunky Nancy Allen (in her best performance). A bleak vision of the future, though one which offers hope underneath its chestplate of destruction. Followed by "RoboCop 2" in 1990, "RoboCop 3" in 1993, and a television series in 1994. ***1/2 from ****