RoboCop
5.9/10
Rating
118 min
Runtime
2014
Release Year
José Padilha
Director
Cast
Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley
Quick Synopsis
Set in the year 2028, RoboCop follows OmniCorp, a multinational company specializing in robot technology. While their drones have been used by the military abroad, their use in American law enforcement has been banned. OmniCorp aims to change this and sees an opportunity when Alex Murphy, a dedicated police officer and family man in Detroit, is critically injured in the line of duty. The company decides to transform Murphy into a cyborg law enforcer, combining human elements with robotic technology. Their goal is to deploy RoboCop units across cities to reduce crime and increase profits, but they do not anticipate that Murphy's human consciousness will persist within the machine.
Detailed Synopsis of RoboCop
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.
