Robocop

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Robocop (17-Jul-1987)

Keywords: Sci-Fi, Action/Adventure, Robots, Rape

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Nancy Allen Actor 24-Jun-1950 RoboCop

Ronny Cox Musician 23-Jul-1938 Lt. Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop

Miguel Ferrer Actor 7-Feb-1955 Agent Rosenfield on Twin Peaks

Leeza Gibbons TV Personality 26-Mar-1957 Host of Entertainment Tonight

Paul McCrane Actor 19-Jan-1961 Dr. Robert Romano on ER

Dan O'Herlihy Actor 1-May-1919 17-Feb-2005 The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Kurtwood Smith Actor 3-Jul-1943 Red on That 70's Show

Peter Weller Actor 24-Jun-1947 The original RoboCop

Ray Wise Actor 29-Aug-1947 Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 24-Dec-2006)

Robocop presents a near-future, slightly dystopic sf film. It revolves around the building of the upgraded city of "New Detroit" which ostensibly will be a utopic place without urban crime, scalliwags, and all the "problems" that modern cities are prone to. Along the way, the various groups vie for control of "Old Detroit" (ie, the Detroit of *our* world). To help make New Detroit possible a super mega corp (OCP) plans the roll out of its new "ED-209" (Enforcement Droid) which doesn't get off to the good start that its promoters hope for. An alternative plan (by a competing group of OCP promoters) is given by the new "RoboCop" series. Peter Weller (superb performance) stars as the bionic prototype called by one and all "RoboCop". Along the way, he attempts to recover his (mostly) erased human memories. Needless to say betrayal lies in the path to his redemption. Finally, at the end, he responds to the question "What's your name?" with his name: Murphy. The more-than-just "tongue-in-cheek" criticism (Pop Art, Type II) of our modern world include gas guzzling cars, quick-fix medical solutions, mindless TV and instant news blitzes. Although produced in the mid 1980's (fab musical score!) it still stands well and above most SF film literature of the previous century. Trivia: Portions of the film were filmed in Dallas, Texas, (see map) at the Candien telecommunications company "Northern Telecom/Bell-Northern Research". As part of the deal several NT employees were dressed in uniforms (as cops) in the scene when RoboCop goes to the police computer lab to uncover his own identity. It's probably the cleanest and neatest the DMS-250 lab ever was for that scene. Additionally, NT/BNR "SL-100" telephones were used as props in the OCP board room. The film also features our dear, dear friend Dan O'Herlihy as "The Old Man" (ie, head of OCP) -- also known as "Grig" in "The Last StarFighter". --42-- Frank.

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