RoboCop 4K 1987 DC

The fact that Paul Verhoeven's films have their own original "chip" - often a fantastic action-adventure hides a second rich layer of food for thought on various social and political topics - is the criterion by which they later become classics of the genre, which "cannot be beaten".

... When the main enemies for the citizens of the city and Robocop himself are not a gang of violent thugs, but the greed and stupidity of the managerial decisions of a famous monopoly corporation, which no one in the city is able to disobey. Especially when the entire police force is financed by it (and kept on a short leash by it), and its bosses don't give a damn about cops.

That's why I think that the perception of this film in our country must also have changed for the past 20 years, because in the late 80's during the "Soviet Union" our citizens were not yet acquainted with the realities of capitalist "sharks", who often possessed great political power and their own army. They explain every decision they make with "concern" for the environment, the population, the city, etc. Ring any bells? This idea will be further developed in the second and third films of the series, where the O.C.P. corporation will be in full swing and the city authorities will be powerless to fight back.

And so it is no coincidence that the red thread of the whole trilogy about Robocop is the line of confrontation between a free individual living in a rather cynical and not very civil society and corporate/state interests, often intersecting with criminal gangs.

Thus, an interesting plot about a man-machine struggling with corruption and his memories, coupled with uncompromising R-rated action shot in an old-school manner, is a simple recipe for a living classic (comparable to Cameron's "Terminator") and absolute entertainment at the same time.

Needless to say, Michael Bay with his terabytes of F/X graphics in a fairy tale for young morons can never excite a viewer who was raised on top-notch, soul-driven sci-fi since childhood.