| RoboCop
				(1987), 
				Director: Paul Verhoeven, rated R for language, gory 
				violence 
				Part man. Part machine. All cop. 
				
		  Starring: Peter 
				Weller, Karen Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood 
				Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Paul McCrane, Lee 
de Broux 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★★★★ 
				- perfect 
				"Let me make something 
				clear to you. He doesn't have a name. He has a program. He's 
				product." - Bob Morton 
				Why watch this? 
				It's an excellent sci-fi film about a possible future of law 
				enforcement. 
				Plot Summary: 
				In a crime-ridden future Detroit, the Omni Consumer Products (OCP) 
				corporation privatizes the police force, seeking to implement 
				their advanced robotic officers to control the city's rampant 
				criminal activity. When police officer Alex Murphy is brutally 
				murdered by a gang, OCP uses his body to create RoboCop, a 
				cyborg law enforcer programmed to serve the public trust. As 
				RoboCop patrols the city and fights crime, memory fragments of 
				his past life as Alex Murphy begin to resurface, leading him on 
				a path to investigate his own death and the corruption within 
				OCP. Dad's Preview: 
				In this shockingly violent film there are two competing 
				companies striving to secure financial backing to create a 
				"robotic policeman". One company creates a full robot. The other 
				creates a cyborg - part machine, part man. When the Robocop 
				experiences lingering memories, it causes a conflict between his 
				company's implanted directives and a desire to protect humanity. Peter Weller is 
				compelling as the RoboCop. Another strength of the film 
				is its villains, played delightfully by Ronny Cox, Kurtwood 
				Smith and Miguel Ferrer.  
				
				 
				 Orion Pictures
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