ROBOCOP - Arresting Dick Jones

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[@Nightweaver1]

The moment when Murphy's faceplate is damaged and it zooms in to his very HUMAN eye, and the music swells and you know at that moment that there's a person under the armor... that's very powerful right there.

[@anthonycarlisle6184]

Technically it's just topical dermal layer of skin and robot eyes, nothing on this robocop is human still unlike that "new" robo with his head and hand or something 🤔

[@tazaycharla3426]

Robocop 1987: Such a deep film, with many metaphors and symbology. Definetly one of the greatest films of all time. Robocop 2014: FUCK!

[@Backyardmech1]

Taza y Charla Symbology? Sorry... I start thinking of Willem Defoe with his rant in "Boondock Saints" with symbolism.

[@jasoncummings7052]

This movie is timeless. Everybody did a great job. But a special acknowledgement of Peter Weller's performance.

[@Rootedcuttings]

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this movie since 1987 but embarrassingly and inexplicably I’ve only recently become acutely aware of how powerfully well directed this scene actually is.

[@rubix4195]

It's nice to see that from 1987 to 2008, a great villain is one that says "you got a little fight in you" to someone struggling.

[@wrestleguy24]

I know, when I was a little older I started to realize he is a little too relaxed and confident knowing that RoboCop's coming to arrest him. I got my wife to watch this with me, and she said he has got to know how to shut him down. And when he started shutting down I told her technically you were right.

[@algordo1997]

I mean Murphy was killed by being shot to death by cop killers. Now, as Robocop, most of his fellow officers fire at him to destroy him under orders.

[@Boxanadu]

And just how beautifully written the whole story is.

[@jasonenglish4531]

Masterpiece 🎉

[@Hooperick36]

That moment Ed 209 starts walking towards Robocop with the background music = priceless..and gives me chills.

[@thewildcardASMR]

Amazing moment.

[@cybergothika6906]

I love how Louis friendship is almost like a fable, everytime she shows up it plays a specific sweet theme, short like a fanfare.

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

Lewis.

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

Ronnie was born to play the role of a corporate scumbag. He's so good at it.

[@mrExcellent101]

The Dark Funny thing is, prior to this he always played nice guys.

[@bearcattony00]

Plays same guy in total recall, also directed by verhoven

[@davidjsaul]

He was good in Star Trek too.

[@theboltthrower8661]

@@mrExcellent101 He was the poor victin of a political conspiracy in "Murder at 1600" I wanted him to be the bad guy again in that movie…. Ronnie is better as the big bad.

[@theboltthrower8661]

Dude I don`t know who is the more psychopathic businessman in movie story, people say Patrick Bateman, but Dick Jones along with Louis Strack Jr from Darkman (1990) were for me the reincarnation of evil… while Pat Bateman was kind of a sick psychotic guy, of course he was a serial killer but inside the guy was suffering and had a bunch of insecurities, while Jones and Louis were really cold blooded psychopaths. Watch Darkman 1990 and tell me that guy isn`t a fuckin demon… lol

[@constantinelheman]

I actually cried seeing Robo struggling to escape.

[@jamrock719]

I did too throughout the whole time he was gettin beat when I was a kid

[@eyeseer1]

"The corporation may own your body but it can never own your soul." A metaphor by Verehoeven directing this movie.

[@brienmaybe.4415]

They get that, too, along with the air.

[@rubix4195]

"What's your name son?" "Murphy."

[@SirMoFoDans4]

That's not a metaphor.

[@NinjaBuddha503]

Sucks how Alex Murphy gets executed as a man by criminals and then faced the same execution by his fellow officers because of the ones in control of everything. OCP controlled the police department and the criminals. Sounds like something in real life but I dont know what...hmmm?

[@sergiovalencia3031]

Ninja Buddha in real life its the Jesuit Order of the Roman Catholic Church aka the Vatican they control the police the military the worlds banks and all organized crime.

[@courtgizzle]

I remember I almost cried in that scene. I said” omg they gonna kill robocop “

[@ryanwarner5006]

Yep democrats

[@mrlaidback83]

I thought it was the Rothschilds that control everything in the world

[@NovaNiteSSB]

Lieutenant and his officers should've been the ones to deal with Cain from Robocop 2

[@bsfilmsinc]

2:28 "Maybe you'd like to meet a friend of mine" then the unmistakable sound of ED209 powering up off screen, before walking into frame - Watching this for the first time, as an 8 year old, I was terrified, but couldn't look away because ED209 was about to throw down with Murphy. The cocky demeanor and dialogue brought by Ronnie Cox is absolutely perfect.

[@delanorrosey4730]

Despite Directive 4, Dick Jones forgot that Robocop can record his memory and his memory is admissible as evidence. I think Robocop suspected something was fishy about Directive 4, researched Dick Jones' psychological behavior, and played into it, hoping he'd spill the beans on himself.

[@josealfredoamartinez6349]

the background music is just on point! its just pure genius!

[@pikespeaklosangeles]

Basil is a genius!

[@dyveira]

Basil Poledouris is one of the most underrated film composers who ever lived. The lack of attention his work gets compared to people like John Williams (who basically recycled the same soundtrack his entire career) is criminal. Robocop is a great example of how a great soundtrack can really elevate a film.

[@franciscogonzalez1110]

0:46 WHEN YOU'RE FINALLY GONNA CONFRONT THE MAN OR WOMAN WHO WAS BEHIND IT ALL!!!😃

[@ARX78]

I like how throughout the film Murphy is regaining his humanity in small ways. By the end his voice is human again. It's a great character arc that they kind of messed up in Robocop 2 by returning his machine voice.

[@sksksk-rx9hc]

Yes by electric shock of shutting down the power when the police force are protesting their strike.

[@petercoderch589]

In the scene that starts at 5:15, all those '"unnecessary" multiple layers of Titanium-laden armor they put on Robocop that they thought would never be needed because he would never face that type of firepower really saved his life. Imagine body armor so tough and heavy that it can withstand the firepower of an entire SWAT squadron for minutes on end.

[@judyhopps9380]

Especially after ED-209's already put some big holes in it.

[@Jay-vw6hn]

The audience really feels for Robocop.

[@peteralick]

Robocop (1987) > Robocop (2014). Not even a contest.

[@SeptimusPrime]

Was born that year! :3

[@peteralick]

I was born in 1980. Robocop was the first 18 Rated movie I watched and the beginning scene with ED-209 gave me nightmares haha.

[@nvkulk]

more like 1987>>>>>>>>>>>>>2014!

[@666mathew]

There was a Robocop this year? I didn't even know.

[@UmbrellaCorpResEvil]

666mathew the remake/reboot was a fucking joke. just awful.

[@charlesumesi]

"I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake." That line cracks me up!

[@isaned]

*in the next scene* His memory is admissible as evidence." Yeah, kinda forgot that the night before you admitted to murder.

[@usul573]

@@isaned Maybe these days people realize that everyone has a camera and microphone in their pocket, but that hasn't stopped a lot of people.

[@isaned]

@@usul573 yeah, but this is the mid 1980's, and tape recordings are not always admissible in court. Plus I was making a joke that he scolded Clarence for spilling his guts and involving Dick Jones, then Dick Jones just up and confessed to murder in front of someone whose memory is admissible as evidence.

[@sweetsweet81]

As a kid, I never realized that the "mistake" he was referring to was Robocop himself.

[@sweetsweet81]

@@isaned that was extremely ironic!!! LOL

[@neojso]

Back in the day I thought it was ridiculous to have a private company to run police department and control everything.... Now I am not so sure what is ridiculous anymore

[@MrPolicekarim]

Nowadays, it would be a documentary! Films like Total Recall, Alien, Aliens, they predicted the rise of powerful corporations. Like Amazon, Netflix, lots of games being online only. Back in the 1980s, at least there was some limit of effect on the average person's life. Sure they had a lot of power, but there were limits, laws, and regulations, to stop them being too powerful. Now they control virtually every aspect of your life. They know what you watch, play, read, eat etc. That's why all those classic 1980's sci fi films are so popular right now! Covid showed us the real state of the world!

[@B-26354]

Private corporations already control police departments. I'm not saying that in an edgy way either but historically this has survived into the modern day. Rail Road Police in the US have cross state jurisdiction but are employees of the rail company, full arrest powers. Port Police are similar in that they're employees of the port company.

[@artfan101]

this movie is so exciting, and thought provoking. Its disturbs me how spot on so much of the social commentary was. This looks like a world we could all be facing in a very short time.

[@albee1000]

I used to feel sorry for Kinney (the exec who ED-209 dogfoods at the start of the movie) when I was a kid. Cut to 20 years later. I see a movie titled "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room." I don't feel sorry for Kinney anymore.

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

@@albee1000 life in the big city ? xd :D

[@andresdr]

I think we are there already

[@sksksk-rx9hc]

AI and other technology is already happening we are heading in that direction of technocracy.

[@stoogefest16]

The groundwork has largely been established. Now we’re in the reinforcement stage.

[@chasec4478]

The stop motion and puppetry are so good CGI wouldn’t even compare today. Also great editing

[@lisvender]

For some reason, that brief shot of Robo's revealed eye as ED marches in on him chokes me up.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

I've always liked the sudden fearful emotion in it, despite the fact that he seemed totally emotionless before the shutdown attempt!!!!!!!!! It's like he realised he was no longer invincible!!!!!!!!!

[@startydedelta7105]

It really is a perfect shot. Right after overcoming Directive 4, and suddenly not being unstoppable, it was a perfect way of showing his humanity start to shine through again.

[@ARX78]

lisvender I always thought it was an element of fear. With the helmet you can't see his eyes, but his fear of the situation is part of the overall theme of the movie to show his remaining humanity.

[@Redshirt434]

That was the mad artistic skill from Paul Verhoven who wanted to visually show Peter Weller's eye acting through the visor to show that Alex Murphy is finally emerging out of Robocop.

[@jeffwads6158]

Robocop is such a masterpiece. Sad how today's movie's are garbage in comparison.

[@jeffo9396]

Don't paint all modern movies with a broad brush.

[@ajctrading]

@@jeffo9396 today's movies are garbage

[@rubix4195]

@@jeffo9396 I am sorry but the depth of most films nowadays doesn't go beyond a layer of graphite compared to the films in the past. That's why they fail when they try to remake these films in the present era with the "relevance" of today's world and fail every time because they don't understand them.

[@B-26354]

​@@jeffo9396 Why? They are.

[@somethinburnin]

Lewis wasn't able to make the save at the beginning (unarmed, no backup, no escape plan), but she sure as hell made sure she could this time. (Had ability to escape with him)

[@defaultusername123]

Lewis doesn’t get enough credit. She did her damn best lol.

[@rubix4195]

@@defaultusername123 You should see the thread on when Murphy gets shot: Lewis gets a lot of flak when Lewis, as a character, is a practical blue collar protagonist. Sure, she is filled with guilt about Murphy but, like a lot of police officers, I think she would not let an officer in need down. She's also one of the officers who didn't endorse or say anything about striking which shows a lot about her character.

[@saintbabylon7250]

I remember crying as a lil boy when the police just shoot him up like right after he battles ED. It just doesn’t end for Murphy

[@jasonmarin8187]

I was always disappointed that when Hedgecock told the officers that he was ordered to destroy Robocop that they just walked away rather then stepping in to protect a fellow officer.

[@Iam123-i5j]

​@@jasonmarin8187kinda like how real officers operate

[@pheenix42]

Remember, this movie won an award for its' sound effects editing.

[@russelblacker2562]

1:33 me approaching girls

[@jimmcbobason1745]

Russel Blacker Thats funny as hell >-

[@Luigiboy-yl7rb]

Russel Blacker me to

[@jamesfrench7299]

At least I'm not the only one although it feels like it the time.

[@joekidd2291]

Maybe you are hardwired to like men?

[@keithmitchell7443]

Me to pretty girls have a directive 4 on me

[@0ACapedCrusader0]

I've been watching so many Robocop clips, I might as well have watched the whole movie. lol (\I I/)

[@manly1974]

Paul Verhoeven put together a good movie with Robocop.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

I've watched the movie at least 10 times now and I still watch the clips!!!

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

I've been watching so many Dick Jones clips, I might as well of worked for Dick Jones - I work for Dick Jones! Dick Jones!!

[@rubix4195]

@@clarenceboddicker6679 "What is this ***!?!" before defenestration >

[@cdsnuts2012]

I would of loved to of seen how Murphy would of seen it at 2:50. He looks so human and fearful. It doesn't have as much impact when you see his eye through his damaged visor but it's really intense that Murphy has just realised he's not indestructible. He's totally human here (or as can be)

[@rockys201]

Even though he was getting his ass kicked, he still managed to blow up one of ED-209's arms!

[@TrentonWade]

This movie has so many gems from the music to the lines being said, and brutality. Top 3 all time.

[@HammerLex77]

0:46 - shivers down the spine at this part.

[@charms71]

HammerLex77 my childhood right there man lol...high entrance into a manhood lmao

[@leonardstokes6036]

Just to be able to loop a certain part of this song and make it an entrance theme to a fighter's arena.

[@AlanTClark]

The scene where the robot falls down the stairs and then makes sounds of a screaming pig is so the 1980s movie style! 😅

[@abeeshaw]

OMG.. the soundtrack was epic !!!

[@waleskaaddams]

That scene of the "cops" shooting Robocop is SO sad!! 😢😭🤖💔

[@SalemGhassanHanna]

Verhoeven called RoboCop his "Jesus movie". I just realised that the scene where Lewis carries him over her shoulder after the police shootout looks a bit like Simon of Cyrenia helping Jesus carry his cross after a Roman flogging.

[@jamesfrench7299]

Which is why the remake is blasphemy.

[@courtgizzle]

This still beat the 2014 robo

[@BigMoney23223]

One of the greatest movies of all time. When I was a kid I would sprint to the wall at blockbuster to hopefully grab one last copy. It was the only movie I cared to rent in the entire store

[@Brian6587]

Love the music at the beginning of the scene and as he's going up the elevator especially beginning at 0:46 and love Dick Jones Directive 4 theme at 1:36. So epic! I work at an office and for some reason sometimes when I walk in, I have the theme at 0:46 playing in my head! The soundtrack really is a work of art and elevates the whole movie!

[@The.panthera.]

They don’t make movies like this anymore 😢

[@80MWH]

I always felt there was something emotional about that close-up during the fight where we see Robo's human eye looking through the crack in the visor.

[@Ntwadumela89]

Good point

[@combinecommando001]

We meet again....stairs, my arch-nemesis.

[@c20skilly]

Lol

[@Luigiboy-yl7rb]

Ed-209 wants to know your location

[@Ostsol]

@@Luigiboy-yl7rb He's upstairs.

[@silverpslm]

They aren't arched, they are angles and squared. Bah dump tss.

[@TPDManiacXC626]

Po from Kung Fu Panda agrees wholeheartedly.

[@yishujia186]

That directive 4 thing predicts the world today.

[@RemusWolves]

My God this is a metaphor for stoning! Every time you watch this movie you notice something new. Such a deep film.. it's a shame people mistook the satirical title 'RoboCop' for this being a mindless action film; nothing could be further from the truth.

[@AdhamOhm]

So many Biblical allegories throughout this movie. The presence of Robocop threatens Dick Jones' position of power, so Jones sets Robo's fellow police officers against him. Very much like Jesus being at odds with the Roman and Jewish leadership, so they set Jesus' own people against him.

[@sandwichbreath0]

So true. The sequels went into over-the-top comic/action flick territory, but this first movie was a brilliant bit of dark speculative science-fiction in the true sense of the term.

[@vvtt4229]

@@sandwichbreath0 vv

[@jamesfrench7299]

It always got good reviews whenever I read about it.

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

@@AdhamOhm it's a shame the bible had to educate people anything related to political power; probably wouldn't be in the mess we're in right now. Wait are there stories told that are older tahn the Bible that portray political power or stories of kings "feeling threatened"? because if there are , i'd like to know.

[@charlesferdinand422]

Much better than the 2014 reboot when RoboCop overcomes Directive 4 through sheer willpower lolwtf.

[@Girard1020]

ED-209 is just like a Star Wars Imperial Walker the if they're suppose to be All terrain it means to walk on every surface they step on. His only weakness the legs.

[@combinecommando001]

Walkers have the most obvious weak points which are the legs, but stairs are kind of meant for smaller ones. Anyhow walkers as a vehicle has a huge advantage and it's the fact it has a natural high ground by itself and it's all terrain.

[@sexcorpio6976]

YEAHH, I have the same impresión, likewise, Robocop resembles c3po

[@TheIndependentRealist]

Robocop looks like a man on a mission on his way to arresting Dick Jones! lol

[@IroquoisPliskin-t8z]

That part when he falls to the floor and Louis approached him with the car and he extended his arm to protect himself is so powerful and it brings me tears because his human side is coming out and that expression of extending his arm to protect himself show how human and vulnerable he is at that point. He is dependant of another human being.

[@nathanbishop5614]

This movie is so accurate, what happens to a police officer if they arrest or report one of their superiors? They get fired

[@everydayirace]

Dead or alive you're coming with me...

[@phillytheflyerable]

5:43 always gets me..... like frankensteins monster. first they create him, then they destroy him

[@vissova]

"You know what this robot cop needs? Shrieking animal sounds."

[@smartalec2001]

Hey, it's an urban pacification droid. Anything that scares people into running away or giving up is good.

[@Black-Rat]

Really ?? Sounded a lot more like ED-209 was crying like a baby if you ask me..

[@macklee6837]

Man, I love the sounds ED-209 makes

[@5Gazto]

How to know it's an excellent movie: the metaphors...

[@mrkeitt]

It's amazing how awesome Robocop still looks in 2020. This movie was way ahead of its time #WhatATimeToBeAlive #YouHadToBeThere #TheGreat80s

[@RobertSmith-gn2he]

It was WAYYYYYY ahead of it’s time. GPS tracking on Robo. LEDs are mentioned too. Those are just what I remember from seeing it a few years back. I had the same exact thought

[@Janderson_Bitfinger]

The best Robocop.

[@sweetsweet81]

Hands down!!!

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

I just realized something. What they are doing to Robo is the modern day equivalent of stoning people to death.

[@Madbandit77]

Biblical metaphors. Murphy walked on water during the climax.

[@NinjaBuddha503]

Robocop is meant to be Jesus resurrected and enacting Justice.

[@manly1974]

Another of my favorite movies, A Fistful of Dollars, also has biblical metaphors, a gut wrenching beating scene that makes the viewer fear for the protagonist, and a final scene with a satisfying dispatch of the bad guy.

[@McCbobbish]

When I watch this scene, I don't see an action hero escaping the bad guys, I see a bunch of goons moving to terminate an escaped slave. Because they don't see him as a person, they see him as property.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

I simply see a guy who after finding out who he truly is, determined not to die that easily.

[@Radley1982]

Yes, very true. Sad, but true.

[@charlesvan13]

Jones had two motives for eliminating Robocop. He was pissed that Bob Morton won his contract because the ED209 was a failure. But also he has recorded evidence that Jones is a criminal working with Boddicker.

[@lisvender]

+charlesvan13 oh yeah! Seeing ED blasting Robo must have been a total vindication for Jones.

[@SJLGG]

With HD cameras nowadays, I rather pay good money to see another robocop stop motion movie, sick of all this CGI bullshit thats too fake

[@gorillaau]

SJLGG Robo2014 was all black plastic.. which means you can't see the detail, just a blob. If you were hiding from the original robcop, you would be loathing those footprints... unrelenting and no where to hide... Bring back proper costume design and effects. "Dead or alive you are coming with me" "F@#k you!" "Dead then!"

[@leroydhill5433]

I actually find robocop to be the far more superior model than Ed 209. The main reason being that Ed 209 can not get down the stairs which makes it easier for criminals to get away! Haha!! They just have to use the friggin stairs! Whereas robocop can! So there’s no escaping robocop

[@dwilmer7]

Dick Jones murdered Robocop's father, Bob Morton. Bob Morton was sort of a bada** imo.. he stood up to Jones in the restroom scene when everyone else fled.

[@chrismc410]

Jones looked like he was half-tempted to take Morton's cheeks He figured I'm going to take his life, might as well take that ass too.

[@jim021]

Fun Fact: Ronnie Cox (Dick Jones) was tapping his fingers to the music in the scene during the shoot when you see him waiting at the desk.

[@sweetsweet81]

I caught that too

[@ShinRyojin]

As a kid watching this scene, I remember hating the ever loving hell out of Hedgecock for ordering the open fire on Robo.

[@Jess1234]

loved the part where hes going up the elevator

[@maximilianolopez1044]

kubrickesque

[@TheIndependentRealist]

4:29 ED-209 has fallen and can't get it up. Haha!

[@SharksRule86]

The part where the cops shoot at Murphy is more sad than when he got killed at the beginning.

[@adamdesanti6713]

It's an OCP corporate swat-team. Different from the rank-and-file cops who were good cops that were suffering from under-funding and cuts when the city privatized the police-force and OCP took over running it for profit.

[@NevanSlone]

5:11 when someone says anything positive about the 2014 Remake

[@GTgaming98]

So true the remake was awful I seen it with my class in high school and they said it was awful aswell

[@pringleman882]

@@GTgaming98 Curious, the whole class or friends. Could you clairfy. Just curious

[@manners-84]

Dick Jones berates Clarence for screwing up and then makes the same error.

[@TransformersCollector]

Why did Ed 209 scream like a baby on its back? 😂😂😂😂

[@robertpolanco1973]

Personally, I LOVE both versions of "Robocop" from 1987 and 2014. However, what I didn't like were the two "Robocop" sequels after 1987. Other than those, I LOVE science-fiction so much!

[@DexterMullen]

05:00 I cried when i was i kid, and i still try not to cry now when i'm 30 years old, good memories , good movie...

[@josephbritt6890]

Excellent movie

[@abeeshaw]

It really scared me as a kid when the ED 209 fell down the stairs and started screaming !!!

[@ThomasLynch-ti7wr]

I just had a flashblack to the Robocop arcade game when you battle the ED machine.

[@QuantaSolace]

I love how before this Dick was chewing out Clarence for getting him involved and that Murphy’s recordings can be used as evidence. Dick then tells Murphy that he killed Bob. Granted, he thought he could kill Murphy but it gets used against him in the end.

[@beeswaxlike]

Dick Jones is mah man. "You better take me in..." haha...not many if any villains can match him from this scene.

[@michaeleverest7631]

Nice touch Robocop went up in the same lift his creator Morton rode in!!

[@BlackSad83500]

I like how they do not hesitate a second to fire on a cop car, potentially one of them inside, at the end of the clip.

[@DexterMullen]

Titanium for example, is extremely light and extremely resistant and yes expensive. He is not made of iron metal or steal, obviously.

[@davsny5]

"Hey wait a second, he's a cop for God's sake, Hitchcock you can't do this, we have orders to destroy it, oh shit, you maniacs, fire at Will!" Typical cops couldn't even follow simple fucking orders they all fired at Robocop aka Alex Murphy when Hitchcock specifically told them to fire at Will. In all fairness though, this was 26 years before After Earth and 29 years prior to the Oscars boycott and Fresh Prince of Bel Air was pretty good so I guess at that point no hard feeling for Will. Got to love Dick Jones, "Come in officer, you know I don't usually see anyone without an appointment but in your case I'll make an exception!" Bad ass!

[@calogerohuygens4430]

RoboCop's remake? I wouldn't buy that for a dollar either!

[@ben8209]

The little finger tap at 0:58 is one of the most subtle and brilliant 4th wall breaks in movie history. Dick Jones is mocking the triumphant tone of Robocop’s entrance and the impending sense of justice felt by the audience at that point.

[@colincampbell3199]

This is kinda reminiscent of that time Clarence's gang shot him down multiple times.

[@sweetsweet81]

That's exactly what it is

[@cgh7337]

Why would Jones be "contributing" anything to Bob Morton's creation? I think it is made clear very early in the movie they hate each other.

[@ShinRyojin]

Probably something that was done under the radar.

[@BeachamBegins]

Jones was being sarcastic.

[@RaiderChampion34]

Jones had to buy off on it and added it

[@scottknode898]

Christopher G. Jones was jealous of Morton and hated him for his cocky behavior as he thought he was trying to Jones thunder away by creating Robocop program and impress The Old Man. We all kind of new right away as kids that Jones was a villain to.

[@dirtyharry1844]

This movie have more layers than a birthday cake.

[@Misiulo]

And what if Robocop just presented this evidence to a prosecutor for other cops to arrest Dick Jones. Would Dick's influence with the police be enough to stop them?

[@isaned]

Yes, because if they let Clarence Bodiger out of jail, a cop killer, in less than 24hr, how long do you think it would take Dick Jones to get released? About 5 seconds?

[@Kaervak]

Robocop discovers he is the murdered cop Alex Murphy. He goes after the guy responsible (Clarence) and learns Clarence is just a pawn for a guy that works for the company that created him. The company that gave him a new life is responsible for taking away his old life. The music that plays when he drives to his company's headquarters and steps out of the car to confront the crooked Dick Jones is powerful. All his snooping into his past ultimately led him back to OCP.

[@Kaervak]

Also, Dick Jones was probably aware that a semi-autonomous, near invincible, robot could disrupt his criminal enterprise with Clarence and expose his corruption. Out of fear for that scenario he used his leverage to have Directive 4 installed. A robot like ED-209 would not have been a threat to Dick as it wouldn't be able to do its own detective work. Bob Morton's creation was a threat that could expose him, so both Bob and Robocop had to be destroyed.

[@Colin_]

Dont forget as well that at the beginning of the movie the OCP exec Bob said he moved prime candidates into particular Police districts for the RoboCop program. So they wanted Murphy (or others like him) dead so they could build RoboCop.

[@robertsilva8097]

I like RoboCop that came out in 1987 I was 13 when this was came out

[@TPDManiacXC626]

Is that the Somalia flag as your image? If yes, I have no problems with that.

[@bartletrules]

Put as many millions as you wish in CGI and digital effects in a modern movie, but only a very few will result in the same urgency, intensity and drama that both Paul Verhoeven and the mastery of Phil Tippet brought to this film. (kudos also to Craig Hayes for the ED-209) Robocop is best of the best in late 80's/early 90's action and scy-fy blockbusters!!!!

[@Love-Sensibility]

Ed crying is both cute and annoying at the same time lol

[@genxtasy9914]

this and the 2nd Robocop was so violent. I'm surprised my parents let me watch this when I was 8 years old

[@papytromblon]

Saying "i had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake , now it's time to erase that mistake" is a BIG mistake

[@spectator1996]

Nothing more intimidating than a growling killer cyborg. Nothing more pathetic than seeing that same cyborg squealing on its back.

[@yossiazose5879]

I love how they programmed a robot like Ed209 to make crying baby noises whenever it falls down the stairs.

[@diegoguerrero4023]

When I saw this movie I was 11 years old and started crying when they started shooting at him 😔. Timeless movie with a lot of messages regarding the world we living.

[@chad33e]

We have thoroughly tested the new unit. He is more capable in every way. Stairs:

[@jasonmarin8187]

My sister laughed when ED-209 fell down the stairs and started crying.

[@courtgizzle]

I wish I have directive 4 so nobody have the ability to throw punches at me.

[@courtgizzle]

+abobjenkins I have a bachelor's in criminal justice. What you got?

[@courtgizzle]

+abobjenkins you frontin!!!

[@stevegreen9460]

why is edd 209 build with a squeely pig sound fuction when it falls over...? lol

[@Anonymous-ny7yn]

Ronny Cox played those ruthless characters like Dick Jones and Cohaagen so naturally.If there was a real Dick Jones somewhere,he would be proud.

[@NinjaBuddha503]

This is exactly how a politician would act when a good peace officer wanted to serve them to justice. A directive 4 and a hit on your life by very faithful peace officers. Kind of like the story of ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner. Coincidence?