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Ourselves, Our Robots: Thin Line between Human and Robot

Robocop

Paul VERHOEVEN

USA1987 103min D-Cinema Color

Synopsis

In a dystopia and crime-ridden Detroit, Murphy, a policeman, killed in the line of duty that the department decides to resurrect as a as a powerful, indestructible cyborg named Robocop. However, his human side is tortured by his past, and he wants revenge on the thugs who killed him.

Diretor

Paul VERHOEVEN

He began his career by making documentaries for the Navy after he entered the Royal Netherlands Navy. He received international recognition with The Fourth Man(1983). Since then, he directed several films in US that made
him a big box office success. His major works include Robocop, Total Recall(1990), Basic Instinct(1992) and Starship Troopers(1997).