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Called by Ken Russell “the greatest science-fiction film since Metropolis,” controversial director Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop is a special effects-laden cult phenomenon. The film features a resurrected and roboticized hero (Peter Weller) in a new, supercharged cyborg body, struggling to reclaim his memory and avenge his own death. Written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner, this film is a grown-up superhero fantasy come to vivid, bloody life.




Cover by David Hutchins and Joseph Negro


 Peter Weller
Alex J. Murphy/RoboCop
Nancy Allen
Anne Lewis
Dan O'Herilhy
The Old Man
Ronny Cox
Richard "Dick" Jones
Kurtwood Smith
Clarence J. Boddicker
Miguel Ferrer
Robert Morton
Robert DoQui
Sergeant Reed
Ray Wise
Leon Nash
Felton Perry


Paul Verhoeven
Edward Neumeier
Michael Miner
Frank J. Urioste
Jost Vacano
William Sandell
Executive producer
Jon Davison
Basil Poledouris
Robocop designed and created by
Rob Bottin
Erica Edell Phillips
Dale Martin
Craig Davies
Peter Ronzani
 David and Nathan Zellner’s Top 10
 Mogwai’s Top 10
 Sean Baker’s Top 10
 Don Hertzfeldt’s Top 10
 Nathan Lee’s Top 10




Tooled from spare hardware—the trunk and limbs of a forklift, the rubberized joints of a vacuum cleaner, and the brain of a police officer—Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop character is a Terminator with the conscience of a constable, a Frankenstein gon…


Sep 9, 1998






