Robocop

This year marks the 20th anniversary of one of my all time favorite movies, Robocop!



Why is Robocop on the top of my list? Well, there's a ton of reasons, let's go through them. First, it's just a great Sci-Fi story, Alex Murphy a good family man and cop is just trying to keep the streets of Detroit safe for his family. When he rushes into danger without waiting for backup a gang of psycho criminals shoot him to pieces. Now, ordinarily that would be the end, the good guy dies, but in this one the super corporation, Omni Consumer Products, has a plan to clean up Detroit without paying the real cops, so they rebuild Alex into a cyborg cop...a...Robocop! Now, besides just being a great action movie, Robocop also has some great subtext going on too. First, there's the commentary on 80s corporate greed, then there's the not so subtle take on government corruption, it's really quite a bit deeper than just a robot cop movie!

Then, there's the romance factor. Yes, Robocop is quite a romantic movie. You see, Alex Murphy has such strong love for his family that even after death and cybernetic rebirth, he's still in love with his wife and son, and the ultimate goal of Robocop becomes the same as that of Alex Murphy, to clean up the city for families!

There's also the fact that it's set in Detroit (even though it was filmed primarily in Houston), being a lifelong resident of Detroit, I keep hoping for Robocop to show up and clean up the town...Lord knows, it's gonna take a giant robot to clean Detroit up!

I'm giving Robocop 4 out of 4 cigars,

because it's one of those movies that I can watch and rewatch. It was one of the first DVDs in my collection and I'm probably have to pick up the new 20th anniversary edition. If you haven't seen it, then you need to rush out right now and get it....RIGHT NOW! GO!!!! So, until next time, when we'll ask ourselves if Robocop was just happy to see us, or if that was just a Auto-9 in his pocket, remember the best movies are bad movies!