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starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smithdirected by: Paul Verhoeven
Audience Rating: X (Mature Audiences Only)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300213005
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6300213005
Label: Orion Pictures Corporation
Manufacturer: Orion Pictures Corporation
Model: 8610
Publisher: Orion Pictures Corporation
Release Date: December 07, 1992
Sales Rank: 21145
Studio: Orion Pictures Corporation
Theatrical Release Date: July 17, 1987
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic books, this original RoboCop is still the best by far, largely due to the audacity and unbridled bloodlust of director Verhoeven. However, the reasons many enjoyed the film are also the reasons some will surely wish to avoid it. Critic Pauline Kael called the movie a dubious example of 'gallows pulp,' and there's no denying that its view of mankind is bleak, depraved, and graphically violent. In the Detroit of the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is brutally gunned down by drug-dealing thugs and left for dead, but he survives (half of him, at least) and is integrated with state-of-the-art technology to become a half-robotic cop of the future, designed to revolutionize law enforcement. As RoboCop holds tight to his last remaining shred of humanity, he relentlessly pursues the criminals who 'killed' him. All the while, Verhoeven (from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) injects this high-intensity tale with wickedly pointed humor and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com:
When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic books, this original RoboCop is still the best by far, largely due to the audacity and unbridled bloodlust of director Verhoeven. However, the reasons many enjoyed the film are also the reasons some will surely wish to avoid it. Critic Pauline Kael called the movie a dubious example of 'gallows pulp,' and there's no denying that its view of mankind is bleak, depraved, and graphically violent. In the Detroit of the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is brutally gunned down by drug-dealing thugs and left for dead, but he survives (half of him, at least) and is integrated with state-of-the-art technology to become a half-robotic cop of the future, designed to revolutionize law enforcement. As RoboCop holds tight to his last remaining shred of humanity, he relentlessly pursues the criminals who 'killed' him. All the while, Verhoeven (from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) injects this high-intensity tale with wickedly pointed humor and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The long arm of the law just got a whole lot longer
You don't really hear a lot about Robocop anymore, but this really was one of the biggest films of the 1980s. For a teenager like me, Robocop was the baddest dude in town back in 1987 - and now, twenty plus years later, he's still pretty much the baddest dude in town. The film really hasn't aged much at all, which came as a pleasant surprise to me. Some of the special effects involving the giant Enforcement Droid (ED-209) aren't impressive as they used to be, and that one shot looking down at ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent Action Film, But A Nintendo Game For An R-Rated Film?
A hit film from the director of later box-office hit "Basic Instinct," the action movie "Robocop" is a classic. While I enjoyed the movie, I've gotta say that I've a small grievance. I played the Nintendo Game based on the film when I was a kid (and the music from the game sounded a bit like the main theme from the movie; I saw the film for the first time ever yeterday). Was a video game really neccessary to market this violent movie to kids? Could've been a Disney movie without all the graphic violence ... Read More
Rating: - Yeah, it's a ridiculous idea, but that's the whole point
In the near-future Detroit becomes so plagued by crime that the police resort to Robocop (Peter Weller), a cyborg police officer, in order to clean up the streets. However, Robocop, who has the mind of a human police officer who was killed in the line of duty, is plagued by nightmares of his death and is compelled to seek out the men who "killed" him and avenge his own death.
After watching "Robocop", I mentioned it to a friend of mine, who told me that he had never really wanted to see this ... Read More
Rating: - Definitely Worth It
Re-experience a classic with a bevy of special features before the Aranofsky remake shifts into high gear.
Rating: - Yes it is a Steelbook case
I just received the DVD version from Amazon.com, some are commenting on
the Blu-Ray for some reason. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it is in fact a Steelbook case. It's really cool, I own just about every release of Robocop and "case wise" this one is the best.
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