RoboCop

It's the not-too-distant future and the corporate conglomerate that runs the city of Old Detroit has developed a huge metal android to combat rampant street crime. When this creation demonstrates a murderous glitch, Robert Morton sees an opportunity to advance his company position by building a better cop machine. He gets his chance when cop Alex Murphy is brutally killed by a gang of sadistic hoodlums. Murphy's body is reconstructed by technicians and dubbed Robocop...

Paul Verhoeven expertly balances bloody violence and satirical bite, lampooning 1980s corporate culture at every turn, as he poses important questions about the influence of commercial interests and the role of law enforcement in society.