Paul Verhoeven's deeply satirical take on the sci-fi dystopia genre was as much about making fun of ourselves as delivering ultra-violent thrills.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 27, 2024

The savagely funny satire of modern capitalism in the Reaganomics era hasn’t lost its edge over the years. Verhoeven’s stylish satire manages to be funny and intelligent amidst the carnage ...

| Mar 9, 2024

“It only took three decades for ‘RoboCop’ to go from a sci-fi thought experiment to prescient documentary. What do the next few hold?”

| Feb 10, 2024

The ultraviolent action movie that was also an unexpectedly witty sociopolitical satire.

| Jan 12, 2024

Robocop is timeless. It’s a brutal classic that is consistently provocative and timely.

| Sep 8, 2023

…a smart, prescient sci-fi movie that delivers a crowd-pleasing underdog story with considerable punch and genuine wit…

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 21, 2023

RoboCop is a lot of things at once: it's a sci-fi action film, a razor-sharp satire, a schlocky B-movie, and plenty more.

| Jul 18, 2023

Peter Weller’s work as slain police officer Alex Murphy, and then as unstoppable law enforcement titan RoboCop, is a thing of peerless beauty.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 24, 2022

Aside from some period-specific filmmaking choices, the film hasn’t aged a day. (35th anniversary)

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 5, 2022

While those whose tastes don’t include the spectacle of large machines noisily blasting at each other are not likely to be enticed by Robocop, this shocked look at the urban future should engage and crank up action fans.

| Jul 18, 2022

Packed with content and featuring the sharpest home video transfer yet, Arrow has produced the ultimate RoboCop package for fans.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 9, 2022

RoboCop offered a glimpse of what law enforcement might look like in the future and while critics didn't particularly like the movie, it has become a cult classic amongst fans.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 31, 2022

35 years after its initial release, RoboCop remains as biting a political satire as ever ...

| May 19, 2022

RoboCop was obviously inspired by that other 80s classic, The Terminator – but The Terminator didn’t have this sophisticated, subversive element.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 18, 2022

Murphy, at least in Verhoeven’s hands, seems to be asking for his fate with his gum-chewing, gun-toting bravado.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 9, 2022

With its stellar AV presentation and bounty of extras befitting a film so defined by excess, Arrows 4K UHD Blu-ray is sure to be the definitive release of RoboCop for years to come.

| Apr 4, 2022

Verhoeven's view of America caricatures extreme evolutions in capitalism, media influence, desensitization to violence, gentrification, and our perception of heroes, each in service of a greater conversation about identity and culture.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 14, 2022

Not only one of the most thoroughly entertaining quotable action movies of its era but a powerful satire of Reagan-era social policies.

| Jul 7, 2021

Paul Verhoeven was reticent about taking on the job at first as he saw it as just another brainless action flick. Lucky for us, he came around, seeing it as the perfect chance to present cutting - albeit campy - commentary...

| Jun 10, 2021

Pulses with an invigorating soundtrack by Basil Poledouris, grandiose heroism, stabs at the media and entertainment industry, and a penetrating story of sacrifice and revenge.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Sep 7, 2020