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Robocop - Criterion Collection
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List Price: $39.95
Our Price: $59.40
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Orion Pictures Corporation
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith
Directed By: Paul Verhoeven
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: X (Mature Audiences Only)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781559408899
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 1559408898
Label: Orion Pictures Corporation
Manufacturer: Orion Pictures Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Orion Pictures Corporation
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1998-09-30
Running Time: 103
Studio: Orion Pictures Corporation
Theatrical Release Date: 1987-07-17
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Editorial Reviews:
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When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic books, this original RoboCop is still the best by far, largely due to the audacity and unbridled bloodlust of director Verhoeven. However, the reasons many enjoyed the film are also the reasons some will surely wish to avoid it. Critic Pauline Kael called the movie a dubious example of "gallows pulp," and there's no denying that its view of mankind is bleak, depraved, and graphically violent. In the Detroit of the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is brutally gunned down by drug-dealing thugs and left for dead, but he survives (half of him, at least) and is integrated with state-of-the-art technology to become a half-robotic cop of the future, designed to revolutionize law enforcement. As RoboCop holds tight to his last remaining shred of humanity, he relentlessly pursues the criminals who "killed" him. All the while, Verhoeven (from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) injects this high-intensity tale with wickedly pointed humor and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control. --Jeff Shannon
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Steelbook
Comment: So, does this release come in a steelbook. I heard from some people saying that they got a regular package. Can anyone clarify?
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Summary: Not quite a true release.
Comment: This Blu-ray release of Robocop DOES NOT contain any special features, contrary to what the back cover says. It is only the movie(Uncut Version), a trailer, and subtitles. I had expected at the very least the same special features and documentary that are on my friends DVD release.
I do not own the DVD release of Robocop, so I cannot compare the picture and transfer quality of the Blu-ray and DVD. However after reading about the many different DVD releases of Robocop, the special features alone make the Blu-ray release seem to worth about $5.
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Summary: Excellent DVD
Comment: I was really looking forward to getting this DVD and it didn't disappoint. The video quality was crisp and clean and the audio was excellent. The extra features were a little thin and very recycled, but otherwise this was a great addition to my library.
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Summary: Unimpressive visual quality.
Comment: Unfortunately I have to say that the benefits from High Definition are not to be found in this BluRay edition, video quality is grainy and essentially not worth as an upgrade for the already great Criterion Collection edition.
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Summary: great blu-ray
Comment: this was a great movie and a great blu-ray recording almost no graininess at all threw the movie definitely recommend this movie if your a robocop fan
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