Underrated Movie: Robocop

Robocop is an awesome movie with great action, hilarious dark humor, and brilliant, memorable characters. Unfortunately it tends to get grouped with other, more pedestrian, action movies as loud, stupid, and violent. As this review from Netflix points out, Robocop offers more:

Robocop is a remarkable movie with a profound human drama which is often overlooked and underappreciated. Peter Weller's character begins as man who is unwittingly commandeered by a ruthless executive for an experimental cyborg project Robocop. Robocop is sent out to police the city against the most depraved criminals imaginable. As the story unfolds, you find yourself wondering who is worse, the thugs or the corporate execs. In the middle is Robocop, now only half-human, he stands out in sharp contrast as the most human of all. Robocop, who is treated as if he has all the rights of a toaster, struggles to regain the humanity that was stolen from him. The story is moving, however the extremely graphic violence is not for very sensitive viewers. I should note the violence is an integral part of the story, since it sets up the contrast between Robocop and the world he struggles to find a place in. Well worth seeing, but don't bother with the sequels. The sequels take the three-dimensional Robocop and turn him into a two-dimensional comic book character with absolutely none of the charm of the original.

I couldn't have said it any better myself. It is a human story starring a cyborg. The take on corporate life is particularly biting and the main villians are appropriately evil. I urge everyone to see the movie again, for the first time. A classic. 5 stars.