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Product Description: There's a new law enforcer in town and he's half man half machine! From the director of Total Recall and Basic Instinct comes a "sci-fi fantasy with sleek high-powered drive" (Time) about an indestructible high-tech policeman who dishes out justice at every turn! When a good cop (Peter Weller) gets blown away by some ruthless criminals innovative scientists and doctors are able to piece him back together as an unstoppable crime-fighting cyborg called "Robocop." Impervious to bullets and bombs and equipped with high-tech weaponry Robocop quickly makes a name for himself by cleaning up the crimeSystem Requirements:Run time: 102 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/CRIME Rating: R UPC: 027616091635 Manufacturer No: M109163
Amazon.com essential video: When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic books, this original RoboCop is still the best by far, largely due to the audacity and unbridled bloodlust of director Verhoeven. However, the reasons many enjoyed the film are also the reasons some will surely wish to avoid it. Critic Pauline Kael called the movie a dubious example of "gallows pulp," and there's no denying that its view of mankind is bleak, depraved, and graphically violent. In the Detroit of the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is brutally gunned down by drug-dealing thugs and left for dead, but he survives (half of him, at least) and is integrated with state-of-the-art technology to become a half-robotic cop of the future, designed to revolutionize law enforcement. As RoboCop holds tight to his last remaining shred of humanity, he relentlessly pursues the criminals who "killed" him. All the while, Verhoeven (from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) injects this high-intensity tale with wickedly pointed humor and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com: When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic books, this original RoboCop is still the best by far, largely due to the audacity and unbridled bloodlust of director Verhoeven. However, the reasons many enjoyed the film are also the reasons some will surely wish to avoid it. Critic Pauline Kael called the movie a dubious example of "gallows pulp," and there's no denying that its view of mankind is bleak, depraved, and graphically violent. In the Detroit of the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is brutally gunned down by drug-dealing thugs and left for dead, but he survives (half of him, at least) and is integrated with state-of-the-art technology to become a half-robotic cop of the future, designed to revolutionize law enforcement. As RoboCop holds tight to his last remaining shred of humanity, he relentlessly pursues the criminals who "killed" him. All the while, Verhoeven (from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) injects this high-intensity tale with wickedly pointed humor and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control. --Jeff Shannon
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0027616091635
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageCantoneseSubtitledFrenchSubtitledKoreanSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 09163
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 09, 2007
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1987
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Robocop (1987)
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This ultra-violent, totally awesome satirical cop-actioner (which was originally given an "X" rating by the MPAA, prior to the conception of the "NC-17" sticker) is arguably one of Paul Verhoeven's best films, besting pictures such as his other sci-fi greats Total Recall and Starship Troopers, and his erotic thriller Basic Instinct. Its smart script is a sardonic and bloody one that surveys topical subject matter like the human character and America's cultural obsession with media and its lasting ... Read More
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