RoboCop

RoboCop from Orion Pictures marked Flesh + Blood director Paul Verhoeven's Hollywood debut and instantly became an enduring sci-fi/action classic when it landed in theaters in the summer of 1987. Verhoeven's peerlessly exciting and kinetic visuals were matched by a sharp script iconic cast and exceptional special effects by Rob Bottin (The Thing) and Phil Tippett (The Empire Strikes Back). The film takes place in Detroit in the not-too-distant future. Heroic cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai) is gunned down in the line of duty only to be resurrected as RoboCop - a cybernetic mix of spare human parts and Motor City steel and the latest defense against crime designed by the all-powerful OCP Corporation. As RoboCop's memories of his former life as Murphy resurface only his ex-partner (Nancy Allen Dressed To Kill) stands beside him to fight against the vicious thugs responsible for his death as well as a nefarious top-level OCP executive orchestrating