Latest / Let's Watch It Again : Film Reviews & Retrospectives / Revisiting Robocop (1987) with Dom Griffin
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- Rob Lee welcomes Dominic Griffin on to the podcast to discuss the 1987's classic Robocop. Let’s Watch It Again here: Instagram Website Robocop Trailer 7.6/10 IMDb 90% Rotten Tomatoes 67% Metacritic 92% Google Users Summary In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters. Release date: July 17, 1987 Director: Paul Verhoeven Starring Peter Weller Nancy Allen Daniel O'Herlihy Ronny Cox Kurtwood Smith Miguel Ferrer Writers Edward Neumeier Michael Miner