Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a classic move for anyone who likes action.

Even though this movie is over 20 years old, it's still a classic. The biggest downfall is the acting. Ironically Peter Weller is a lackluster talent as a cop, but it was his voice that helped make Robocop what it was. The new version is pretty good also.

This remastered Blu-Ray for this 80s film was very well done. They stayed true to the original director's intent. Movie itself definitely shows its outdatedness, but made me feel nostalgic when I watched it.

While I remembered loving this film when I was young. It has not aged as well as I was hoping it would. The bluray is very well done. Good film just not great

A classic movie that has a real man turned into a robot to save his life. He struggles with keeping his human side while being a great robot cop.

Classic 80's action/sci-fi. I remember the summer that this movie came out. 1987 and it still entertains me to this day.

one of my all time favorite movies. Its funny , entertaining and a good fun popcorn type movie. Not serious but enjoyable.

Great movie. The only bad part was receiving a damaged package.

I liked this movie when it came out in the 80's. It was a good action movie.

Classic. Upgraded my DVD copy to hi def. good picture and sound.

I'm not a fan of Robocop, but my husband is. If he's happy, I'm happy.

Loved it younger and it was fun to see again after all this time.

I'm not sure what I expected from having this movie remastered in 4K. What I saw is that the old grainy film was still grainy. Kind of like seeing 2001 on Blue-ray where the special effect cuts are visible.

Will I know this was great in its day it is really dated at this point still a good story

I purchased this item thinking this would be the ultimate blu ray remastered transfer and I was so disappointed because it turned out to be reqular dvd quality. The only good thing about this blu ray is the special features. I would not recommend this blu ray to anyone.

Anytime a remaster is done for an older film you run the risk of disaster. It's about choices you make in the process from sources, decisions to restore the film, transferring, compressing the files for DVD or Blu-ray and others. Although the item pictured (at the time of this review) doesn't list this as the unrated director's cut on the cover, I can confirm that this IS that edition. This was released early via Best Buy (1/7/14). The final cover states just below the title that this is the unrated director's cut. The early releases come with movie money for the remake of "Robocop" on the back of a sticker on the cover. You have to go online to get the ticket for this. The plot, for those who haven't seen the film. is as follows: SPOILERS: Murphy (Peter Weller)a police officer terminally injured in an attack by a gang of criminals (Kurtwood Smith, Ray Wise among them), is given a second chance at life as a cyborg. With his memories wiped, Murphy seems like the perfect cop now--a combination of machine and human compassion-- but his memories of his wife and son (as well as his brutal killing) begin to break through causing emotional confusion. Partnered with his former partner as a human (Karen Allen), Murphy uncovers a plot to drag the city of Detroit further under the influence of a criminal by the very company that made him forcing him to fight his own "programming" NOT to bring the people to justice that need to be taken down. END OF SPOILERS: Weller gives a marvelous performance in a difficult role where he can't use the bulk of his face to express emotion. His performance is anything but robotic. Allen gives good support as his former partner who suspects that Robocop IS Murphy (the company refuses to disclose his former identity at first)while Miguel Ferrer is marvelously oily as an executive at the company (as is Ronny Cox who seems to have missed his calling at playing bad guys--he's great here and in "Total Recall" as well). The real stand out, though, is Kurtwood Smith best known for "That 70's Show" as Clarence J. Boddicker a sociopath with a dark sense of humor. Be warned that the "Director's Unrated" cut IS much more violent and explicit than the original "R" rated version. The director had to tone it down for the MPAA and this is the version that he originally submitted to them (they came back with an "NC-17" or "X" rating at the time if I recall correctly). Strangely enough, Verhoeven, his producer and co-writer seem to think they are watching the "R" rated version of the film in the commentary track for the film. I'm not sure if that's because the commentary was originally recorded for that version, they were shown a different version or were just mistaken. Luckily, this MGM/Fox catalog reiissue turned out right. "Robocop" looks marvelous. You need to keep in mind that "Robocop" has ALWAYS looked grainy--that was the intentional look of the film to begin. The transfer remains as true as possible to the original look of the film. While there are occasional compression artifacts that briefly crop up, but, on the whole, the film receives a marvelous looking transfer. Keep in mind the film is over 25 years old and the transfer reveals the limitations of the original source. Without going overboard with digital noise reduction this s the best the film has ever looked and likely will ever look. The audio is presented with a nice sounding 5.1 lossless DTS HD track. The special features are also quite nice as well. We get a new group interview done at UCLA with the director, co-writer and main actors for the film. It runs nearly 40 minutes. The commentary track on this edition featuring Director Paul Verhoeven, Writer Ed Neumeier and Producer Jon Davison. I haven't completely listened to this yet but the bits and pieces that I sampled prior to writing this review featured a pretty good discussion on the making of the film. There's also a featurette on the bad guys in the film with new interviews of actors Kurtwood Smith, Ray Wise and Miguel Ferrier. This runs about 15 minutes. We also get a 2001 half hour documentary on the making of the film including that doesn't shy away from issues including the problems between Rob Botten and director Paul Verhoeven. A pair of 1987 featurettes are also included which are nice to have as well. We also get "The Boardroom: Storyboard with Commentary with Animator Phil Tippett" a vintage piece. Finally we get deleted scenes and various trailers for the film. Verhoeven's unrated version finally receives a top notch Blu-ray transfer and release. Highly recommended.

The movie itself is great and works on several levels. The violence is memorable and occasionally disturbing. The action and plot are solid. The premise is interesting too. Seeing Murphy deal with his humanity after he becomes a cyborg is touching and definitely makes the audience sympathetic to the main character. The Blu-ray release has good image quality but not great. This is the "directors cut" of the movie, so some of the violence is extended, which was a big selling point for me. There are no extras here though, so if you are into that sort of thing, you might be better off finding the Criterion Collection DVD. Otherwise, this is a great buy.

This exciting and surprisingly emotional hit put Paul Verhoeven on the map. In the near future (although the film definitely has the feel of the 1980's, when it was made), a good cop (Peter Weller) is viciously gunned down in the line of duty by nasty thugs and their nasty leader (Kurtwood Smith). As fate would have it, he's basically resurrected when he's chosen to become the title character, which is really a police-renovation program designed by an amibitious executive (Miguel Ferrer) of the company which runs the police force. Now that he's been reincarnated with superhuman looks and abilities, Robocop cleans Detroit's streets of human scum. However, when memories of his previous life resurface, he becomes determined to find those responsible for taking that life from him, which eventually leads him to the company's ruthless president (Ronny Cox). Like The Fly the previous year, the title character is both sympathetic and tragic, thanks, in large part, to the great work of the actor (Weller, in this case). If you want humanity in your sci-fi, this is the film for you.

I have held off buying Robocop on blu ray because of all the negative picture reviews that have been issued with previous editions. I have owned this movie on dvd in both regular and Criterion editions. The re mastered picture looks amazing on this edition. The detail and color of Robocop's suit is beyond what I have ever seen in the past. It has an added sparkle and purple hue. There are many minute details on the suit that were lost on previous editions. One bad part of the better looking blu ray is some of the effects looked dated and cheesy, but hey that's the movie for you. Another added bonus is the price right now is $7.99 and you get a code for $7.50 to go towards seeing the new Robocop when it comes out so it's like paying .50 for the movie.

Robocop is satire. It's much more a social statement and much less a masterclass in cinematic special effects. It wasn't made on a huge budget; its effects weren't meant to be top notch. And it isn't a movie that was made to watch at a church function. If you "get" what Robocop is supposed to be, it's an amazing movie. If you treat it as action popcorn fare, you'll have it, you'll have missed the point, and you'll be doing yourself an injustice. A decent transfer for Robocop purists who may still watch a VHS copy. With upscaling bluray players I doubt you'll see much improved video quality over the standard DVD, but if you happen to find it on sale, it's a worthy addition to the collection.