Director Paul Verhoeven is known for very graphic violence in his movies. He never wanted to shy away from the brutality of killing. His influence was World War II and the atrocities that happened during that time period. The whole movie is supposed to be an over-the-top satire of social, political, and corporate excess and greed.

Fun Fact: the man at the party acting wild at 19:41 is Paul Verhoeven. He directed Robocop!!👍🎞📽

I loved this when I was a kid, still love it today. (Total Recall & Starship Troopers are worth the watch too!)

Fun fact: the actor who plays RoboCop, Peter Weller, has a doctorate in Renaissance Art and teaches in a professorship with it.

Robocop has one of the great theme tunes. When he goes out for the first time and it kicks in, perfect.

Emil, the guy who was trying to rob and threaten to kill the gas station attendant and is a member of Clarence Boddicker's gang recognized Robocop is Murphy was because he said his catchphrase "Dead or Alive You're Coming with Me", which if you remember earlier in the film was the first thing Murphy said to Emil when he confronted and tried to arrest him at the abandoned factory.

When Murphy was shot, he didn't die right away because the bad guys were just shooting his body armor for fun, and to torture Murphy. Then the last head shot, failed to cause his immediate death, which can happen. People can survive head shots sometimes. Murphy died on the hospital emergency room table, apparently due to his wounds being too much for him.

In a way Robocop is a comedy, extremely dark parody. It is a biting caricature of consumer world, with smiling TV news about horrible things, corrupt corporations oblivious to the morality, consuming products without conscience. And about news and movies being gory, Robocop being gory to absurd level. Fitting mirror to the real hypocritical world. Note: The toxic waste guy being squished... this scene is legendary being absolutely disgusting in a funny way.

There's a LOT to unpack in ROBOCOP, from the satire the director was going for, to how much work the lead actor put into his role, etc. On the surface, it's this violent 80s action movie, but it's so much more than that. I encourage you to look up video essays & behind the scenes footage about it.

My favorite movie. Now we're talking.

RoboCop is a masterclass of action editing, there is not one missed beat and everything flows effortlessly in this film. Director Verhoeven reused the same narrative device of TV commercials/Propaganda for Starship Troopers as they immediately set the satirical tone.

Super reaction! Samardeep's reaction reminds me of my sister's when we all saw this show for the first time around '91 😂! Thank you for taking up the recommendation of watching this. Hope ya'll get to watch Total Recall (1990) and Starship Troopers (1997) too! Awesome old '90s sci-fi classics.

I always got the goose bumps when his partner would say Murphy, it's you. She still saw him as the person she knew.

According to Peter Weller, the concept of putting Murphy's brain inside a metal skull and putting his flesh and blood face on the outside was based on a psychological study about the need to see a human face. I remember reading an article in Psychology Today or some other psychology magazine published for the general public in the mid 1980s which talked about that exact subject.

“What? Attempted murder!? Well, it’s not like he killed somebody!” My favorite line in the film.

I can't believe you edited out "bitches leave," the greatest one-liner in cinematic history.

They need to make a good "Toxic Waste Man" costume to answer the front door with on Halloween.

The Hospital Scene where they're working on Murphy is Real. The Filmmakers didn't know anything about the medical field so they hired real Doctors and Nurses, gave them a scenario and told them to do what they would do in a real situation.

Emil remembered Murphy not because of his lips but from saying Dead Or Alive You're Coming With Me. He said that to him before they killed him.

Saw this at the Belford Outdoor double feature with Platoon...when I was 7 years old. The 80's were awesome.

I'm so glad red foreman changed his life around 😂🤣

I don't know if it's cultural or just a relationship connection, but you guys got the best intro. It's crazy, I actually love watching you guys talk before the reaction. Respect

The guy at the gas station recognized him not by his lips, but by his line "Dead or alive, you're coming with me, creep!"

Robocop is a cyberpunk classic! Glad you both liked it! Another great Peter Weller movie is "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension." It's a comedy/sci-fi that I think both of you would enjoy very much.

Great reaction as usual guys. After watching this reaction I feel I shiould give you some context on American film making and the Eighties. In America used to have to 4 types of theaters, your big theaters, your art houses, and your grindhouses & Drive Ins. The big theaters were in the better neighborhoods, charged more money, and could afford to show the big Hollywood studio movies. The Art Houses were near the colleges, were moderately priced, but they couldn't afford to show the big Hollywood studio movies, so instead they used to show artistic movies, documentaries, Classic black and white Hollywood movies, and foriegn dramas. The Grind Houses were not in the good parts of any town, they were in the poorer areas so they couldn't charge what the big theaters charged and they certainly couldn't afford to show the big Hollywood studio movies. They showed movies from smaller studios. But in order to compete with the big Hollywood studios, the smaller studios showed what the big studios wouldn't. They had gratuitious nudity, they had much more swearing, much more violence, so much more gore, more sex scenes, and the comedy was much raunchier. They also showed foriegn films, but it was limited to gory European horror movies, Hong Kong action movies, or Japanese Giant Monster movies. As a result the grindhouses got more asses in seats than the big theaters, but the big theaters still made more money because they charged a lot more for thir seats. The Drive-Ins were just like the Grind Houses, except they were outdoor cinemas you drove to and watched the movie in your car. Do you have Drive-In movie theaters in were you're from? I know they were apretty big deal in the States and in Australia, I don;t know if anywhere else had them. Anyway, in the Eighties the big studios started experimenting producing smaller budget movies for grindhouses, to their surprise they made money. This started the golden age of grindhouses. When the studios wanted to take a chance on a film, director, or star they would make a low budget grindhouse release, but they had to play by the grindhouse rules, because playing by the studio rules meant failure at the grindhouses. Robocop was one of those movies, in fact you guys have seen quite a few of these grind house classics, and you've enjoyed them. That's why I bring it up. The Terminator, Predator, Rambo, Tremors, the Naked Gun, Spaceballs, and Robocop were all films I enjoyed watching at the local grindhouse. If you like this sort of thing, there are plenty of movies we can tell you about. You can't go wrong with movies directed by John Carpenter, particualrly Escape from New York, the Thing, and Big Trouble in Little China. Quentin Tarantino beased his directoral style on old grinhouse movies, you might enjoy Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Til Dawn, and he even made a movie calld grindhouse. Anyway, the grindhouses were pretty much driven out of busines by cable TV, video stores, and the big theater chains, but they are still a very fond memory. I'm glad you are enjoying them on your channel.

I saw this when I was still too young to watch such things. I remember how disturbing it was when the criminals shot Murphy's hand off, then arm off, then everywhere else. My brother would quote the line "I'll buy THAT for a dollar!" for years afterwards.

He remembered Robocop by what he said: "Dead or alive, you're coming with me."

love the simplicity to the very last bit of the ending scene and lyrics to the movie, (Old man) : "nice shooting son, whats your name" ......... (Robocop turns and answers with a smile) : "Murphy" .......boom!!! cue ending music! ....... one of the best ending to a movie everrrrr!

There was also an arcade game called Robocop. It was the most impossible game to play. It took quarters ($0.25 USD). We would literally throw quarters into the machine playing to keep reparing Murphy. You could spend $5 in about 2 minutes. Complete ripoff, but captured the feel of the movie intensity.

20:15 You're multilingual, so you might find this interesting. Because Paul Verhoeven is Dutch and his director of photography, Jost Vacano, is German, they didn't realize how offensive the word "bitch" is in American English, so while they were directing this scene which has Clarence entering and saying "Bitches leave," they kept referring to the two actresses as "the bitches." The actresses apparently didn't take it personally and were good sports about it.

I was 4 years old the first time I saw RoboCop, and I loved it!

I remember in the 80s we actually thought by now there would be robotically controlled electric cars, and movies on discs, video games that looked like movies, tiny powerful computers with tracking maps, laser weapons, and drones, facial recognition, and... um. Hmm....

My dad took me and my friend to see this when I was a teenager because we were too young to get into a R rated movie. I am pretty sure I covered my eyes like you guys a few times. As for the sequels, 2 is pretty good but as good. 3 should never have been made. Never watched the live action TV show or kids cartoon. Yes, it had a cartoon like Rambo. It was a different time.

I'd recommend watching another Verhoeven film - Starship Troopers. It's action packed and you'll see the directoral similarities between the two movies. It's great for a reaction!

25:58 Parbrahm (reading the marquee): "Nude. Nude. Nude. Adult Books." Samardeep: "Your place to go." Parbrahm is Mister Sarcasm, but Samardeep gets in some good zingers too.

My pal Nancy plays Officer Lewis. She's awesome.

This was my first rated 18 VHS movie i watched, i remember it was all the craze in high school and i begged my mother to buy it when we were at the store, she had no clue! The toxic waste dude mentally scarred me, i always fast forwarded past him haha.

The movie was rated R but it spawned toys, games, and cartoons for kids in the 80s. Fun food for thought.

I think I heard that even though you don't have any memory you still have the reflexes that your body still remembers. He remembered because of the line "Dead or alive you're coming with me", which has become an iconic line.

In the 80s they once played this on TV and overdubbed all the salty language. It's one of the greatest things I've ever seen. Dick Jones used to call the old man funny names, death-breath, fuddy-duddy, and one time even, a lot worse.

I see people have already mentioned "Total Recall" (1990) and "Starship Troopers" (1997). Both of these films are by the same director of this film, Paul Verhoeven and share his futuristic version of violence.

"In this movie is anybody shot normally?!" 😄

The point of the gun twirling part was to show you they couldn't erase every part of the memory.

I've seen Robocop easily several dozen times. It was my late father's and my favorite movie. We watched it together all the time. I own 4 different versions of it. I've been watching reaction videos on KZfaq for a few months now, and y'alls video was the best one I've ever seen. Y'all are so funny and so kind to each other. Much love from Texas!

One of the top five science-fiction films of all time. Seamlessly blends humor, satire, graphic violence, themes of corporate greed and what it means to be human into a brilliantly acted, directed and edited film. A true classic. Plus Clarence Boddicker is an AMAZING villain.

you guys are hilarious!!! at first I couldn't stand yalls voice.... and pitch and volume, but then your personalities and naivete won me over 100%!!!! Hope to see you guys watch many more American movies!!!

Whenever people think Emil recognises Murphy from his LIPS, instead of from the line Murphy/RoboCop says to him twice (Dead or alive, you're coming with me), mostly because they were busy TALKING OVER THAT PART, always infuriates the HELL out of me.

If you're asking what was going on with us in the 80s, we were halfway convinced we would end up in a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, and our attitudes were pretty fatalistic. Lots of future apocalyptic movies.

You know what I just realized? They quote "murdered" Murphy at the steel mill in the beginning, Clarence boddiger . And Robocop kills them at the same steel mill in the end. And this is my favorite movie of all time. Just wanted to point that out

You guys, it wasn't a shit, The guy was not eating robocop shit, lol, it was a rudimentary nutrient paste to keep his organ's functioning that tasted like baby food.

17:37 He didn't recognize his lips. He recognized him when he said DEAD OR ALIVE YOU ARE COMING WITH ME. Before he became Robocop, he said that as well.

The best line in the film is after ED 209 shoots Kinney,Bob Morton yells out"Someone call a goddamn paramedic!"

We use, USB. RoboCop uses, FUSB. 😂

I watched this with my Dad and brother when I was 11 years old.

13:16 Most heartwarming and hilarious thing I have seen in a minute, respect to you two! And yes, this movie was a tad too much for even us Americans, you have to understand who directed it, pushing the edge was his middle name, though he actually did a solid job.

At 14 years old I watch this movie when it came out we thought it kicks ass still one of my favourites

17:29 He remembered him because he said "Dead or alive your coming with me" earlier in the warehouse scene

Wish i could have warned you guys how violent this movie is

Rated R in the 80s was wild lol

Emil doesn’t recognize Robocop because of his mouth. He recognized the catch phrase that Murphy says earlier in the film. “Dead or alive, you’re coming with me.”

This is my favorite movie of all time since it came out. It has everything, action, drama, comedy, sad parts, funny parts, the music is good, the hero is good and you root for him, you want him to win, the bad guys are played great by the actors, they really make you hate them!. it's a good story about Murphy recovering his identity and memories, the scene when he goes to the empty house is very sad but it's one of the best scenes. The actor is great, he's most of the movie with his face covered but with movements and his mouth he can make you understand what he's feeling and what he's thinking.

If you haven't seen it yet, absolutely check out Starship Troopers. It's done by the same director, and has both great action and satire, though it keeps the graphic style as well.

You guys are very observe-ant (i cannot spell), and sweet, and hilarious. Love to watch old movies with y'all.

That guy melted by toxic waste and then hit by a car is still one of the most gruesome things I've ever seen.

I saw this movie at the theater on a whim on a day off without my girlfriend. Saw it advertised in the newspaper. Hadn't heard anything about it. Sounded good. Loved it. Went to see it again the next day with my girlfriend. She loved it. The violence was surprising, but added to the tone of the movie. Y'all's reaction was a pleasure to watch, as it always is.

He wasn't alive, he died. They tried to shock him etc just as formality but OCP wanted it done to help preserve the brain tissue etc. He died and they resurrected him as RoboCop, mostly just a brain, eyes and a handful of organs in a metal shell. The face is just placed over the metal skeleton. This is my favorite movie of all time. The satirical look at America in the 80s and all of their fears is so on display - remember that in the 80s, CNN came around and the 24 hour cable news cycle was invented. That plus Reagan era policies showed to Ed Neumeier the writer the slippery slope we were on as a country. Sadly, a lot of it has come true. The corporate control of politics, the privatization and militarization of the police force, the corporate-owned media being a mouthpiece for their interests, the de-humanization of average citizens, the immense gentrification for the sake of corporate-owned property values, it's all here now. RoboCop himself is a walking Ship of Theseus paradox, the ultimate question of what actually makes a person a person? Is it your memories? Is it a soul? Can it be taken from you without losing yourself? And if lost can it be regained? Thankfully the movie answers yes: when the Old Man asks what his name is, he reclaims humanity and dignity that was stolen from him by responding with "Murphy," not "RoboCop."

This was a great kids movie in the 80's.

Love how genuine you guys are with your watches. Can't wait to see more

I watched this on pirate video back when it was released. Movies used to take about 12 months to come out onto video after cinema release. I was 10 years old not knowing anything about the movie and it’s stuck with me all these years. Also at the time I think it was one of the movies with the highest amount of fucks in or swearing ha ha.

This reaction was hilarious!

Don't freak out about the nasty looking food. It is just applesauce that hasn't been treated to retain color. Pear looks about the same. Banana is nearly black but creamier. (I have made lots of baby food.)

I saw it in the cinema in 1987 with a friend. We were only 12 years old, but the cinema owner let us in anyway, haha. The movie was rated adults only, but he was short of customers.

Robocop is an American futuristic western film. You have the lone sheriff come to town and clean it up by taking out the bad guys.

in the 80s they made fun of newscasters giving bad news with a smile, so then newscasters started giving bad news with overly troubled faces

28:15 Loved her reaction to that part. Yes that was really gruesome Yes, that part really creeped me out where Emil looked like a swamp monster after ramming his van thru that container of Toxic Waste, and melted his skin and body disfiguring him

History is why T1 pictured 2029 so technologically advanced. Think what life was like in America, in1900. Now think what it was like in 2000. The world went from the steam engine to the Space Shuttle in 80 years. Doctors transplanted a kidney in '54 and a heart in '67. In 1984 (T1), the Cold War was still going strong so a nuclear war was on everyone's radar. Supersonic tech advances were the norm, not the exception. Forty years ahead was far enough to be plausible, yet close enough for some of the audience to imagine themselves in it. In 1989, with the end of the Cold War and the end of fear of planetery annihilation, T2 (1991) had a more humanistic story.

Actually, about 50% of the shots the the head are survived. In this case its actually more probable that the blod loss kill him.

27:39 "toxic waste?!" "he will get burned,... it was such a painful death!" unfortunately he did last a bit longer,... 28:13 "oh man, don't show him again, and again!" 😂 this is a morbid look into the robotic future, where it's a dog eat dog world for the big industries. a satirical glance at what is happening in the news as well, and how they don't care about what they report, just another story for them. great reaction! 👍

"I'll buy that for a dollar" was stolen from the 1951 story "The Marching Morons" which also inspired the movie "Idiocracy."

In the 80s everybody was afraid of nuclear war with the Soviet Union so they turned toward excess. Big action movies, glam metal music, wall street culture, and crack cocaine. In the 90s everybody was making money and feeling pretty much safe. The internet becomes popular after personal computers became widespread. Grunge music, Michael Jordan, dial up internet, and MDMA.

*(Short Circuit)* An American & "Indian" make killer robots for the US Military COMEDY

I always loved the little man on TV breaking the 4th wall as he points to the camera and says "I'll buy THAT for a dollar!" after Robocop saves the people at the convince store. Fun fact: the old man (OCP Chairman) couldn't maintain a southern accent and occasionally slips back to his native *Irish.*

Funny aside... Ronnie Cox - the actor who played "Dick Jones" - played a LOT of powerful bad guys in the 80's and 90's, usually corporate or government types. And they were all intensely nasty characters. Ronnie, however, a bluegrass musician who fell into acting in the movie "Deliverance" because of his musical skills, is widely known as one of the nicest guys you could ever meet in real life, lol! "Deliverance"...another great movie for you guys to check out, by the way...

I lived through the 80s, and I can tell you this movie is practically a documentary. xD

of all the reaction videos I have seen for this movie, your 2 reactions are the best

The 80's is when technology really took off like the first home computers, microwaves, VCR's, robotics and all of it. Lots of alarmists warned, as the still do, how bad the world can be instead of how better it could because that sells books and movies. Action over utopia. Oh, that was also when Russia and the U.S. had the highest amount of nuclear warheads and another big fear everyone had. Another good movie is called War Games that highlights those fears.

When Robocop is on his knees because of directive 4. The doors open, the light turns on and ED209 steps into the room. It's a 5 second shot that will pass you by. But go watch that scene. Watch the lighting. That's a huge difficult shot. And juist for a 5 second clip that only editors and film makers will appreciate

I've got to say, I laughed my butt off at your reaction the ED-209 scene. Welcome to 80s ultra violence. One of my favorites.

Another one of my all time favourite films, im new to your channel but ive already found youve posted 4 of my all time favourite films (Robocop, Exorcist, Airplane and Boys n the hood)

Great job! Really loved your animated responses! Thank you for posting! I Liked & subed!😃😄🙂😀

Believe it of not i saw this movie when it was first released on VHS in the 1980's when i was 9 years old. The scene with the acid melted man getting run over upset me so much. I couldn't get it out of my mind.

19:42 Director Paul Verhoeven is also well known for his crazy dancing 😅

btw also the bad guy clarance boddicker his name is kurtwood smith he was the father from that show that 70s show red foreman

Fun facts: The director had to cut many scenes because the film kept getting rated X, which means it would never be allowed in theatres. Rated X is usually only reserved for adult films. Also, Clarence Boddicker's look was modeled after a Nazi officer.

As a person born before the 80s, I don't believe that the filmmakers believed that the 2000s would be what they showed in their movies. In the 1940s, some scientists thought that we would have flying cars by the 1980s. We didn't. So I believe filmmakers of the 80s were only showing the future they envisioned for their characters, not what the actual world would be like.

You don't get mainstream Hollywood movies as violent as this anymore. It's a real shame.

Can I just say that a movie from 1986 predicted a lot of things. Hand held GPS, Facial recognition, USB (his was a spike but it's a USB), DVD's,...

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A cartoon was made based on the movie franchise

I definitely watched these movies when I was a kid but that also explains a lot, looking forward to seeing you two watch two and three…