125 - Robocop (1987)

For his American debut, Paul Verhoeven knew exactly how to win over movie critics and audiences: with a crude celebration of violence. Listen to Alex and Julio as they discuss the cheap Terminator knock-off ROBOCOP, an encapsulation of everything that was wrong in The 80s! Why are all these cops as trigger-happy as the criminals? Why doesn’t Nancy Allen feel guilty about causing the death of her partner? Did anyone tell Peter Weller he wasn’t a robot at the beginning of the movie? And who can take Red Foreman seriously as a villain?

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