What is Robocop?

Robocop is a sci-fi action film made in 1987 by Orion Pictures. It created a trilogy of movies and a 2014 remake of the original.

Plot Summary

Robocop follows Alex Murphey a police officer who is murdered by a gang of criminals. He is then turned into a half-human half-machine by the corrupt corporation Omni Consumer Products with the three directives of

  1. Serve the Public Trust
  2. Protect the Innocent
  3. Uphold the Law
  4. A Secret Fourth

Alex Murphey, now Robocop fights both crime and corruption in an action-filled hour and a half which makes it easy to see why this movie started an entire series.

Much of the site centers around a few short clips of a news station. Through these news broadcasts, Robocop introduces much of the world and creates a backdrop for the movie

About Us

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We're a group of freshmen who go to Uni. We made this website for a school project on the way technology is shown in well-known movies from the past.

Contact Information

We can be contacted from any of these emails; harshp3@illinois.edu, zpsun2@illinois.edu, or mulozas2@illinois.edu