Robocop is a cyberpunk science fiction movie directed by Paul Verhoeven. It was released in 1987.

Synopsis

Detroit - in the future - is crime ridden, and run by a massive company. The company have developed a huge crime fighting robot, which unfortunately develops a rather dangerous glitch. The company sees a way to get back in favour with the public when a cop called Alex Murphy is killed by a street gang. Murphys body is reconstructed within a steel shell and named Robocop. The Robocop is very successful against criminals, and becomes a target of supervillain Boddicker.

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Robocop Information

Movie entry in Internet Movie Database.