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'''''RoboCop''''' is a 1987 [[science fiction]] [[action movie|action]]<ref name=complex>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/11/the-50-best-action-movies-of-all-time/robocop|title=The 50 Best Action Movies of All Time|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|date=November 23, 2016|accessdate=May 6, 2017|archive-date=March 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313061718/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/11/the-50-best-action-movies-of-all-time/robocop|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[crime movie]]. It is [[Movie director|directed]] by [[Paul Verhoeven]]. The movie stars [[Peter Weller]], [[Nancy Allen (actress)|Nancy Allen]], [[Dan O'Herlihy]], [[Kurtwood Smith]], [[Miguel Ferrer]], and [[Ronny Cox]]. It is set in a [[crime]]-ridden [[dystopia]]n [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] in the near future where the [[police force]] is run by Security Concepts, a [[corporation]].<ref>S. Perkowitz, ''Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007), p. 150</ref> ''RoboCop'' centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is brutally [[attack]]ed and fatally wounded by a gang of [[criminal]]s. He is then made into a [[cyborg]] law enforcer known as "RoboCop".<ref>Elaine L. Graham, ''Representations of the Post/human: Monsters, Aliens, and Others in Popular Culture'' (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002), p. 209</ref> The movie had two [[sequel]]s, ''[[RoboCop 2]]'' (1990) and ''[[RoboCop 3]]'' (1993). A [[RoboCop (2014 movie)|remake]] of this movie was released in February 2014.
'''''RoboCop''''' is a 1987 [[science fiction]] [[action movie|action]]<ref name=complex>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/11/the-50-best-action-movies-of-all-time/robocop|title=The 50 Best Action Movies of All Time|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]|date=November 23, 2016|accessdate=May 6, 2017|archive-date=March 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313061718/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/11/the-50-best-action-movies-of-all-time/robocop|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[crime movie]]. It is [[Movie director|directed]] by [[Paul Verhoeven]]. The movie stars [[Peter Weller]], [[Nancy Allen (actress)|Nancy Allen]], [[Dan O'Herlihy]], [[Kurtwood Smith]], [[Miguel Ferrer]], and [[Ronny Cox]]. It is set in a [[crime]]-ridden [[dystopia]]n [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] in the near future where the [[police force]] is run by Security Concepts, a [[corporation]].<ref>S. Perkowitz, ''Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007), p. 150</ref> ''RoboCop'' centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is brutally [[attack]]ed and fatally wounded by a gang of [[criminal]]s. He is then made into a [[cyborg]] law enforcer known as "RoboCop".<ref>Elaine L. Graham, ''Representations of the Post/human: Monsters, Aliens, and Others in Popular Culture'' (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002), p. 209</ref> The movie had two [[sequel]]s, ''[[RoboCop 2]]'' (1990) and ''[[RoboCop 3]]'' (1993). A [[RoboCop (2014 movie)|remake]] of this movie was released in February 2014.


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RoboCop
Directed byPaul Verhoeven
Written by
Produced byArne Schmidt
Starring
CinematographyJost Vacano
Edited byFrank J. Urioste
Music byBasil Poledouris
Distributed byOrion Pictures
Release date
  • July 17, 1987 (1987-07-17)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million[2]
Box office$53.4 million (US)[2]

RoboCop is a 1987 science fiction action[3] crime movie. It is directed by Paul Verhoeven. The movie stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. It is set in a crime-ridden dystopian Detroit, Michigan in the near future where the police force is run by Security Concepts, a corporation.[4] RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is brutally attacked and fatally wounded by a gang of criminals. He is then made into a cyborg law enforcer known as "RoboCop".[5] The movie had two sequels, RoboCop 2 (1990) and RoboCop 3 (1993). A remake of this movie was released in February 2014.

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References

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  1. ↑ "Classification.gov.au". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Box Office Information for RoboCop". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ "The 50 Best Action Movies of All Time". Complex. November 23, 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ S. Perkowitz, Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007), p. 150
  5. ↑ Elaine L. Graham, Representations of the Post/human: Monsters, Aliens, and Others in Popular Culture (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002), p. 209

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