This is the bluray version of Robocop 1 and even though I love the movie, this version is not considered as being "TRUE" bluray as it is not really much different in quality then any of the ones on normal dvd and the fact that the picture is also grainy at times, but that is probably due to ... Read review
When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven'sRoboCopwas like a high-voltage ... more
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 originalRoboCopis 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 humour and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control.--Jeff Shannon, amazon.com
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Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Action/Adventure - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Jack Ging, Marla Heasley, Lance Legault, Melinda Culea, Mr T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict, George Peppard, Carl Franklin
Advantages: Listening to Robocops theme sounds better and so does his quotes Disadvantages: Not the definitive edition as there is still some grain
...is the bluray version of Robocop 1 and even though I love the movie, this version is not considered as being "TRUE" bluray as it is not really much different in quality then any of the ones on normal dvd and the fact that the picture is also grainy at times, but that is probably due to the movie being over 20 years old. The good news about this version is that the sound is great and takes advantage of a surround sound.
If ... ...I recommend that you buy the 20th anniversary edition of the film which comes in a steel bookcase. However I would still recommend this version as it is probably going to be the best they can get to high def with these older films but you never know maybe one day they will re-release this is proper HD and do this movie justice.
And for all of those who are wondering if this is the directors cut then yes it is the directors cut. ... more
This is the bluray version of Robocop 1 and even though I love the movie, this version is not considered as being "TRUE" bluray as it is not really much different in quality then any of the ones on normal dvd and the fact that the picture is also grainy at times, but that is probably due to the movie being over 20 years old. The good news about this version is that the sound is great and takes advantage of a surround sound.
If you want the best version to date so far then I recommend that you buy the 20th anniversary edition of the film which comes in a steel bookcase. However I would still recommend this version as it is probably going to be the best they can get to high def with these older films but you never know maybe one day they will re-release this is proper HD and do this movie justice.
And for all of those who are wondering if this is the directors cut then yes it is the directors cut.
Murphy is a good cop who is shot to pieces while on duty and winds up reborn as a crime-fighting machine. An ambitious executive at OCP, the corporation running the futuristic city of Detroit, fuses Murphy's torso with bulletproof steel limbs and rewires his brain with computer chips so he will have no will of his own.
Release details
DVD Region
Blu-ray
Studio(s)
MGM ENTERTAINMENT; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
DTS 5.1
DVD Description
Peter Weller stars in this urban sci-fi Western as Murphy, a good cop who literally gets shot to pieces while on duty and winds up reborn as a crime-fighting machine. An ambitious executive at OCP, the corporation running the futuristic city of Detroit, fuses Murphy's torso with bulletproof steel limbs and rewires his brain with computer chips so he will have no will of his own. Murphy's former partner tries to help RoboCop remember his human past, but his circuitry blocks whatever dim memories remain. Luckily, a chance encounter with one of his killers wakes up the human essence in RoboCop, causing him to rebel against his programming and commence on a one-cyborg mission of vengeance that leads all the way to the top of OCP. This second English-language film by Dutch director Paul Verhoeven is unremittingly brutal, darkly comic, and filled with bits of clever satire and pathos. A special highlight is the hilariously incompetent ED-209, RoboCop's main rival in the department of automated law enforcement. Considered by many critics to be one of the best films of its genre, ROBOCOP was followed by several sequels and a 1994 TV series.
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