

RoboCop
Part man, part machine, all cop.
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $53.4M
- Language
- English
- experiment
- christianity
- cyborg
- crime fighter
- dystopia
- allegory
- giant robot
- evil corporation
- cyberpunk
- transhumanism
- detroit, michigan
- law enforcement
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereLos Angeles, California2 Jul 1987
- TheatricalR17 Jul 1987
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical185 Feb 1988
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+17 Sept 1987
CanadaCA
- Theatrical17 Jul 1987
BrazilBR
- Theatrical148 Oct 1987
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT18+3 Apr 2010
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical154 Mar 1988
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-186 May 1988
FranceFR
- Theatrical1219 Jan 1988
- TV12Ciné+ Frisson4 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical187 Jan 1988
- TheatricalBest of Cinema3 Sept 2024
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIII24 Dec 1987
IcelandIS
- Theatrical25 Oct 1987
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RoboCop was released on 17 July 1987.
Audience reviews
5- G8/10
Gimly
3/18/2018
Ahhh, 1987, what a year for cinema. Not the least of which is Paul Verhoeven's incredible feat of practical effects engineering: _RoboCop_. This is one of those older movies where I can totally confirm for you, my love for it is in no way rooted in nostalgia. I didn't watch _RoboCop_ for the first time until 2013, when I was starting up my third decade of life. It's a phenomenal example of the period, but its also a …
- J9/10
John Chard
5/12/2019
They'll fix you. They fix everything. On his first day out on the streets of Detroit, Officer Murphy is brutally killed by known thug leader, Clarence Boddicker. Scientists at OCP are able to use what remains of Murphy's body and build a new heavily armed cyborg police officer, one that could rid the streets of crime forever. Paul Verhoeven has been called many things in his career, bonkers, challenging and vis…
- J9/10
JPV852
11/21/2019
Seen this several times over the years and still holds up well, story and satire wise, though certainly some of the effects were dated (in particular the death of one character falling out a window). Other than that, an entertaining and bloody 1980s action-thriller, where the sequels and a remake, and certainly the third entry, could not touch. Would like to think the proposed RoboCop Returns will succeed where other…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
5/30/2022
Peter Weller is policeman "Murphy" who doesn't make it through his first day on patrol is the brutally lawless Detroit. Luckily for him, though, the "Omni" company has been developing plans for a semi-automated, heavily armed super cop - and pretty smartly he has been fused into this pretty amazing - if totally clunky - body armour that enables him to carry out his new duties with our fear of injury. Pretty soon, tho…
- D10/10
drystyx
4/18/2023
I'd buy that for a dollar and a dime. Outbid them fair and square. This is one of the Verhoeven masterpieces. It's a bit of action and a bit of parody, and a lot of "in your face" directing that puts Verhoeven a step above Tarantino, because Tarantino actually makes fun of the geeks in the audience with one dimensional characters, while Verhoeven gives multiple dimensions to everyone. Here, we have a police force…
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