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Robocop (1987)
- Theatrical - Wide 1987-07-17
- Cast Peter Weller Nancy Allen Dan O'Herlihy Ronny Cox
- Directed by Paul Verhoeven
- Written by Edward Neumeier Michael Miner
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Detroit – in the future – is crime ridden, and run by a massive company. The company have developed a huge crime fighting robot, which unfortunately develops a rather dangerous glitch. The company sees a way to get back in favour... See more with the public when a cop called Alex Murphy is killed by a street gang. Murphys body is reconstructed within a steel shell and named Robocop. The Robocop is very successful against criminals, and becomes a target of supervillain Boddicker.
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The 5 Greatest Action Movie Villains of the ’80s
The 80s didn’t just give us the best action heroes; they also unleashed some of the greatest villains ever seen.
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Your move, creep! Detroit erects a statue of Robocop
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