RoboCop [1987 film]

by Paul Verhoeven (Director), Michael Miner (Screenwriter), Edward Neumeier (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Nancy Allen (Actor), Ronny Cox (Actor), Miguel Ferrer (Actor), Paul McCrane (Actor), Dan O'Herlihy (Actor) — 5 more, Basil Poledouris (Composer), Arne Schmidt (Producer), Kurtwood Smith (Actor), Jost Vacano (Cinematographer), Peter Weller (Actor)

Series: RoboCop (film 1)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations / Mentions
287	2	93,025	(4.19)	1 / 5
RoboCop is designed to stop a crimewave which is spreading all across America. The cyborg, created from the body of a slain Detroit police officer, is programmed to serve the public trust, uphold the law and protect the innocent. All goes well at first and Robocop stops every sleaze ball he encounters, but there are forces which will stop at nothing to see him eliminated.… (more)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

drjahnke, Stephensames, aabowie, Cosettey, horseheadbookends, joshuaLawrenc_, mirva

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

	Group › Topic	Messages	Last Message
	Made into a Movie: Strike that--reverse it, thank you.	1 unread / 1	CurioCollective, June 2020

» See also 5 mentions

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

A murdered cop is turned into a cyborg.

Corny, with a bad sense of humor and a misguided attempt at satire that conflicts with the aggressive tone. It had the potential to be interesting science fiction, but that element is confined to two or three scenes. Instead, the focus is on action, which consists entirely of tropes copied from better movies.

Concept: B
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: D
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: D
Music: D

Enjoyment: C minus

GPA: 1.9/4 (

)

comfypants | Nov 18, 2015 |

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/

This review has been flagged by multiple users as abuse of the terms of service and is no longer displayed (show).

shelldvds | Dec 3, 2006 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (30 possible)

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Verhoeven, Paul	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Miner, Michael	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Neumeier, Edward	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Allen, Nancy	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cox, Ronny	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ferrer, Miguel	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McCrane, Paul	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Herlihy, Dan	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Poledouris, Basil	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schmidt, Arne	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smith, Kurtwood	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vacano, Jost	Cinematographer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Weller, Peter	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

RoboCop (film 1)

Belongs to Publisher Series

The Criterion Collection (23)

Criterion Laserdiscs (198)

Is contained in

RoboCop Trilogy Collection [films 1-3 set] by Paul Verhoeven

Robocop / The Terminator / Walking Tall (Triple Feature Video) by Paul Verhoeven

The Terminator [and] Robocop (Double Feature Video) by James Cameron

Is retold in

RoboCop [2014 film] by José Padilha

Has the adaptation

RoboCop by Ed Naha

Robocop: The Official Adaptation of the Hit Film (Marvel comics) by Bob Harras

RoboCop Movie Special (Marvel Comics)

Inspired

RoboCop Vol. 1: The Future of Law Enforcement (Marvel Comics)

Has as a reference guide/companion

RoboCop: The Definitive History by Calum Waddell

Has as a supplement

RoboCop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [1987 soundtrack] by Basil Poledouris

▾Awards and Honors

Awards

Hugo Award (Nominee – Dramatic Presentation – 1988)

Notable Lists

501 Must-See Movies (Emma Beare, 2004) (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

RoboCop [1987 film]

Original title

RoboCop

Alternative titles

Original publication date

1987-07-17

People/Characters

RoboCop (Peter Weller)

Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen)

Dick Jones (Ronny Cox)

Clarence Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith)

Bob Morton (Miguel Ferrer)

(show all 6 items)

Important places

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Michigan, USA

Important events

Related movies

RoboCop (1987 | IMDb)

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

1987 film directed by Paul Verhoeven
Do not combine with the 2014 movie directed by Jose Padilha or the 1994 TV series (1 season)

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

RoboCop is designed to stop a crimewave which is spreading all across America. The cyborg, created from the body of a slain Detroit police officer, is programmed to serve the public trust, uphold the law and protect the innocent. All goes well at first and Robocop stops every sleaze ball he encounters, but there are forces which will stop at nothing to see him eliminated.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary