Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Movie Review - RoboCop

Hi Blog,

Robocop is one of the movie titles that rooted well in my brain since I was young. I remembered if you want to watch such movies (Violence movie that time with all the gore and blood) you need to purchase LD (Laser Disc which was expensive that time, but VHS which was cheap, win over LD in the market.)

LOOK! How big this MOTHER of DISC!
(I don't own this picture, credit to whoever took this picture)
A picture which compares CD with LD
Okay RoboCop, it was a well-known sci-fic movie title in 1987 which centered on a police officer who brutally murdered by a gang and turned into a superhuman cyborg and enforce law of safe, named Robocop. you can read more from this link and the trailer below.


Let me tell you, in the 80-90, the idea of robot or cyborg was new and revolutionary. Everyone just amazed by it and wondered how it works. How cool to gear up with metal suit and fight crimes. After many years, Hollywood brings back Robocop and remake it with better graphic. :D So Exciting!!! You might want to read up more details about the movie, click here for New RoboCop 2014.

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New RoboCop surely look cool and flashy!
(I dont own those pictures)
A Chinese poster of RoboCop, quite COOL

Okay back to the latest title, Robocop. I will say more like after-movie-sharing-session here.

In the movie, they touched more on the emotional challenges (regain humanity in him) whom Policeman Alex turned into Cyborg RoboCop which didn't portrait much in the 1987 Robocop. I will say they did it very well. Like how Alex felt the lost of his more than 80% of his body (he left with his xxxxxxx Spoiler removed by blog, many viewers saw it and we feel extremely disgusted.), his loving family, control by computer and how he uncovered the truth over his death etc.


In the movie, they also showed the challenges of having cyborg to work for human and enforce law. The pros and cons aspect, were clearly spelled out in that movie. In the beginning of the movie, they are racist enough to show the cyborgs over some third world countries. The impact of having those cyborgs without feeling was a NO-NO, so they want some cyborg which can think and feel like human does. That is why RoboCop created. This part of the movie, reminded me of Matrix movies and Terminator movies too. 

Somehow if we want to link up the whole movies together, we can put Robocop is the beginning of advanced technology of robots, somehow the government (usually Amerixxx which wants full control over the world) wants robots to be used, they create "Sky" and turned around to wipe out human kinds, then matrix will be the future. Just a thought.


This is how robots took over the world in Matrix. I can't find a complete video in youtube but you can check on Animatrix for more, why human feels cyborg without human feeling is not supported. Or Terminator, where Robots fight back because they feel human are the MAIN threats to the world. Having a foresight of what will happen in future, will help Human to be better manage in usage of robots/cyborgs.

The idea of technology aids human in the movie is innovative and helpful too. How we wish it can be possible ASAP. Movies which has futuristic ideas, actually help human to come out new ideas. Just like how how cell phone was created. The video below actually showed that technology is in good use and more to come. :D



Anyway back to RoboCop, you can also see the dark side of people worked for money and appeared like justice and righteousness too. Honestly, we all dislike this group of people and worst, they are the people who play above the law. So watching how Robocop opened a box of Pandora which covered a lot of dark secret in that movie, really made us feel JUSTICE!

"Justice is never so slender to us as when we first practice it. "
 HENRY WARD BEECHER, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit

That was why the poster has this caption.

The real enemy is just beside or within us.

Robocop suit somehow reminded me of Ironman but Ironman just OVERPOWER and in this movie, he talked so calm like Batman. Well, every kids love Ironman and Batman, RoboCop will too. Right?


Okay, I end here and you guys can check out 7 little-known and a funny Honest trailer about Robocop.



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Overall score for RoboCop.
4.5/5 HIGHLY Recommended,
but if you just want ACTION movie, then you can forget about this movie.

Jeff
I don't own any pictures above, Credit to whoever owns the pictures

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