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Sunday, 17 March 2013

Robocop (1987)

The first and best Robocop film is an attack on capitalism, privatisation and the media that puts the individual on one side of a set of broken scales and corporate profit on the other. It’s a violent comic-bookish film that isn't afraid to go to the dark places where ambition lives and daylight doesn't reach.
The Unrated Director’s Cut adds some horrifyingly guilty-fun OTT violence. Verhoven was forced to make cuts before they’d even grant him an R (18) rating! It’s a little creaky in places, but mostly it's aged well considering it's over twenty-five years old and had a modest budget to begin with.
Basil Poledouris’ Robo theme will remain in your head for days.
Melty-skin guy still gives me the wiggins; just knowing that particular scene in approaching causes anxious gut-flutters every time.

4 directives out of 5

2 comments:

cuckoo said...

Delightfully violent film.

Probably the best thing Kurtwood Smith would ever do.

Ray Wise, Miguel Ferrer and Dan O'Herlihy will please Twin Peaks nerds.

Who doesn't want to see Paul McCrane melt with a sexy kersplat?

I'd buy that for a dollar.

4 Robo-christs out of 5

Dr Faustus said...

The ED 209 is relentless in the extended scene in the boardroom. There's so much blood. Heh!

I like when melty man goes splat but he's icky for a few seconds before. Makes me shudder.