Prima che la senilità prendesse il sopravvento,
Paul Verhoeven aveva un certo tocco in fatto di
brutalità.
In questo senso
RoboCop resta uno dei suoi apici, pieno di violenza e crudeltà anni '80 come ora non se ne fanno più (che sennò la mammina protesta per le schifezze che il bimbo è
costretto a guardarsi, dopo che
lei lo ha trascinato al cinema credendo che tutti i film fossero come
Bianca Neve Sotto i Nani... errr...
Biancaneve e i Sette Nani...
).
Un futuro distopico che somiglia fastidiosamente al presente (dell'epoca), nel quale solo la volontà di un singolo - seppur non esattamente umano - può opporsi al male ed alla corruzzione ormai endemica e non più condannata dalla società.
Violenza, sparatorie, un protagonista
tozzo come pochi e dialoghi da storia del cinema d'azione; più di così non si può davvero chiedere al genere.
La recente edizione in doppio DVD mi lascia perlesso: discreta senza morirci dietro la compressione video, i due dischi con la versione classica e quella "del regista" sembrano francamente indistinguibili se non per un paio di dettagli insignificanti.
Simpatici ed abbondanti gli extra.
Visto in lingua originale non è male, ma ormai il doppiaggio italiano mi è entrato nel sangue che "fa un po' strano" sentirli parlare con voci differenti.
Sempre di Verhoeven, in tema di nefandezze, consiglio
L'Amore e il Sangue (già
recensito qui).
Voto: 8.5.
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Verhoeven, Paul (I)
Data di nascita: 18 July 1938
Coniuge: Martine Verhoeven::(7 April 1967 - present) 3 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Paul Verhoeven graduated from the University of Leiden with a degree in math and physics. He entered the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the Navy and later for TV. In 1969 he directed the popular Dutch TV series "Floris" (1969), about a medieval knight. This featured actor Rutger Hauer who has appeared in many of Verhoeven's later films. Verhoeven's first feature, Wat zien ik (1971) (trans. "What do I See?"), was released in 1971. However it was his second, Turks fruit (1973), with its combination of raw sexuality and a poignant story line, that gained him great popularity in the Netherlands, especially with male audiences. When his films, especially Soldaat van Oranje (1977) and Vierde man, De (1983), received international recognition, Verhoeven moved to the US. His first US film was _Flesh & Blood (1985)_ , 1985, but it was RoboCop (1987) and especially Total Recall (1990) that made him a big box office success. Sometimes accused of portraying excessive violence in his films, Verhoeven replies that he is only recording the violence of society. Verhoeven has co-scripted two of his films: Soldaat van Oranje (1977) and _Flesh & Blood (1985)_ . He also directed an episode of the HBO "The Hitchhiker" (1983) TV series. Several of his films have been photographed by Jost Vacano including the hit cult film Starship Troopers (1997) starring Casper Van Dien.
Trivia random: Of all his films, claimed that Starship Troopers (1997) was the only one he would be interested in revisiting for a true sequel (the 2004 Phil Tippett directed Starship Troopers 2 does not involve him) but at one point he wanted to do Minority Report (2002) (directed by 'Steven Spielberg' ) as a follow-up to his Total Recall (1990).
Citazione random: "The sooner we admit our capacity for evil the less apt we are to destroy each other."
Salario massimo: $5,000,000, per Basic Instinct (1992)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
RoboCop (1987)
Regista: Paul Verhoeven Scrittore: Edward Neumeier,
Michael Miner Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.4/10 (28200 voti)
Durata: 102 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:In a near future, the Motor City known as Detroit slowly becomes the spawn-ground for Crime as a gang of Cop Killers goes on the rise. Private organism, Omni Consomer Products (OCP) eventually seizes control of local law enforcement to ensure a secure an Urban pacification program. Just assigned to the Metro West Precint, Officer Alex Murphy is massacred to death by this gang, as his partner Anne Lewis is barely able to do nothing. At the same time, a young visionary executive, Bob Morton, seizes the chance when the ED-209 law enforcement Droid shows lack of perfection by killing a fellow executive to create the Perfect Cop. The near death Murphy is used as the subject. With his memories erased, he is resurrected as Robocop, the future of law enforcement. As he sweeps away with crime, case by case, he eventually becomes involved with the Cop Killing Gang, and Anne Lewis herself. All of this, triggering his dormant memories of his past life as he searches for who he really is, and uncover a conspiracy going deep in OCP with the Senior Vice President himself.
Trivia random: Robocop's musical theme - with a slightly slower tempo - is the same five-note motif used in the score of Bride of Frankenstein (1935) during the scene where the villagers pursue and capture the monster, and return him to town for trial and imprisonment.
Citazione random: Manson: Where are you from?::Murphy: Metro South.::Manson: Welcome to hell.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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