On July 17, 1987, director Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop hit theaters. The Orion Pictures sci-fi actioner went on to gross $53 million that summer and launched a franchise. The Hollywood Reporter’s ...
Paul Verhoeven's ruthless 1987 sci-fi satire has been broken down, reconfigured and souped up for this flashy remake starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton from Jose Padilha, director ...
Does this review need to say more than “RoboCop is a perfect film”? Director Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 cyborg Christ vehicle is a satirical sci-fi blend of corporate oversight, decaying infrastructure, ...
I was young when the first RoboCop movie released, and I “Skipped” into it with some of my friends due to my preteen status barring me from “R” rated movies. While I can say it was cheese to the max, ...
If anyone was under the impression that Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 “RoboCop” was a vision of the future, Jose Padilha’s pumped-up, cleaned-up update makes it clear that this sci-fi concept merely holds a ...
What’s happened to the American action film? As Hollywood filmmakers have found the digital means to create bigger and more elaborate special effects, they seem to have forgotten what really makes an ...