Mar 24
Austin Film Society Austin, TX
TicketsRoboCop— Man, Machine & the Reality of Robotics
Program Description
The National Evening of Science on Screen® this year is something very different. Paul Verhoeven’s ROBOCOP is, in addition to being a violent action film, a fantastic social satire about command and control, with an emphasis on automated systems of policing. Lo and behold, the world is colliding with what had seemed an outlandish scenario. We will welcome a post-screening panel of robotics experts to consider the implications, both mechanical and ethical.
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Film Synopsis
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Clarence Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters. Cited as one of the best films of 1987, this cyberpunk action flick spawned a franchise that included two sequels, a television series, a remake, two animated TV series, a mini-series, video games, and a number of comic book adaptations.