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User Reviews for: RoboCop

ryanmalesevich
9/10  2 years ago
I decided to revisit RoboCop after last watching it in over 14 years ago. According to my IMDB rating I gave it a 6/10 at the time. I'm glad I revisited it because I got a lot more out of RoboCop on this repeat viewing.

The special effects are fun! The melting scene and the interactions with ED-209 are awesome. I appreciate these historical special effects since we are so used to the clean CGI of modern films.

The satire is brilliant. RoboCop takes violence to absurd levels. It's got me thinking more than most movies I watch today.

One topic I've spent time on is zero-sum games. Certain populations have a world view that if a different group gets help, they lose. I've noted this more since BLM and it seems to make sense to me. This isn't a world view that I agree with and is doing humanity a great disservice. RoboCop brings this up with Jones delivering the recorded message to Morton:

"It helps if you think of it as a game Bob. Every game has a winner and a loser. I'm cashing you out, Bob."

The screenwriter, Edward Neumeier, identified this 35 years ago. There are other themes that echo to the world today. It's brilliant.

Plus, the movie is very quotable!
- I'd buy that for a dollar.
- Someone wanna call a goddamn paramedic?
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